My 1st Birthday

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to shoot a 1st birthday for a client. This was my first "kids party" photo shoot done for a client. I was not sure what to expect but quickly learned how fun and rewarding these birthday's are to shoot. My task was to shoot photo-journalistic shots and capture the kids doing what they love doing best, being kids. I was in stealth mode most of the event and occasionally would capture the attention of a kid. One of the more memorable shots was of this little girl that wasn't sure what she was looking at or had never seen a camera that big. Although she looks a bit scared, she had wonderful blue eyes and I couldn;t help myself, I had to capture those big blues. This shot was taken with my 1DS MarkII and a 50mm 1.2L lens. This lens provides a beautiful DOF (Depth of Field) but be careful when using wide open, you need to be spot on!