This is a shot of my beautiful Niece (L) and my Oldest Daughter (R) who FINALLY let me snap her portrait. I have shared many shots of my youngest daughter (who is my favorite model) in the past because she has no fear of having her photo snapped but my oldest has been a normal 15 yo teenager and every single frame I have of her in the last few years had a hand in her face or goofy expression. But I think that her Christmas gift of getting her braces off on Christmas Eve. (they were on for 32 months) has given her a new found freedom and joy to SMILE once again and she granted me my Christmas wish of taking her picture without all the moaning or silliness, "Thanks Jac! You made your dad VERY happy . . ." I converted this one into a sepia with light vignette using Nik Silver Efex Pro. Just a few clicks here & there along with a ghost frame & key line then it was done. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend, I'm just relaxing and playing with some images today, to me that's all the joy I need! ~Bill~ - Welcome to Bill Pador Photography! Professional Photographer Serving NJ-NY-PA Weddings - Sweet 16 Parties

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$Bill Pador > Continuing on my Sunset theme this was shot about a 1/4 mile from yesterdays sunset in a location that I shot one similar back in the spring over this swamp land. The last 3 days of Holiday have worn me out and I need some well deserved rest. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday and now take the time to enjoy & relax over the weekend since New Years Rockin Eve. is just a few days away. Thanks for all the wonderful comments on yesterdays image, it has now become one of my favorite sunsets to date and I'm glad I took the risk in shooting it while the temps chilled me to the bone, it was all worth it ;) ~Bill~ \ "ATTENTION Nikon D300 Owners !" / If your not aware, Nikon has released a "MAJOR" FIRMWARE UPDATE on 12/16/08 bringing us up from Ver. A)1.03 & B)1.03 to Version A)1.10 & B)1.10 This is a HUGE UPDATE and contains 'MANY' VERY VALUABLE FIXES & UPGRADES to include Upgrades to the 51 point AF 'SPEED' which I have just tested and is BLAZING fast Auto Focusing using 51 Point now! I would say it has made it 75% FASTER !!! I mean it is VERY FAST grabbing and locking on in 51 point mode now, just WOW !!! Many more upgrades, to read them all go to the following link for the new features & the FILE DOWNLOAD . . . (*The link below is for the U.S.A. Version) Other Countries please use your usual Main Nikon Link and do a search for the Upgrade. This is a 'MUST HAVE' folks, the amount & quality of upgrades is fantastic !!! "ENJOY" ! ~BILL~ PS: * There is ALSO a 'Nikon D3' Firmware Update to Ver.2.0 which was released 12/16/08 on the same page ***For Nikon D300 U.S.A. Firmware Upgrade Page*** CLICK HERE For Europe Windows Users CLICK HERE For Europe MAC Users CLICK HERE$

$Bill Pador > "Reflective Christmas Sunset" Just after I finished eating my Christmas dinner I stepped outside for a cigarette. I looked to the west and saw the sun setting and it was throwing off some really wonderful colors. Being that I was in a neighborhood loaded with houses where I was visiting I grabbed my coat and headed for an area I have previously taken a magnificent sunset in the past (The East Hanover Sunset). It was a race against time because I saw how low the sun was already and the colors seemed to be peaking. I felt my cars speed increasing trying to beat the clock and when I made it into the area I was amazed to see these colors blazing in the sky. I was so worried about losing the color I stopped my car in the right lane of a 4 lane road, put my emergency flashers on (this WAS an emergency! right?) and grabbed my camera, bipod & Cokin Sunset Filter, jumped over a snow bank & the guard rail and started cranking off some shots. This was the result !!! I was able to capture the blue part of the sky reflecting off the small frozen stream (bottom left) that runs up to the middle of the shot that adds special character & IMO just simply AWESOME!!! I was freaking out on the side of the road like a little kid and couldn't wait to get home to see it on the large screen (and to warm up I was FROZEN Solid). I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, this was one of those captures that really makes you proud to be a photographer !!! Regards, ~Bill~ \ "ATTENTION Nikon D300 Owners !" / If your not aware, Nikon has released a "MAJOR" FIRMWARE UPDATE on 12/16/08 bringing us up from Ver. A)1.03 & B)1.03 to Version A)1.10 & B)1.10 This is a HUGE UPDATE and contains 'MANY' VERY VALUABLE FIXES & UPGRADES to include Upgrades to the 51 point AF 'SPEED' which I have just tested and is BLAZING fast Auto Focusing using 51 Point now! I would say it has made it 75% FASTER !!! I mean it is VERY FAST grabbing and locking on in 51 point mode now, just WOW !!! Many more upgrades, to read them all go to the following link for the new features & the FILE DOWNLOAD . . . (*The link below is for the U.S.A. Version) Other Countries please use your usual Main Nikon Link and do a search for the Upgrade. This is a 'MUST HAVE' folks, the amount & quality of upgrades is fantastic !!! "ENJOY" ! ~BILL~ PS: * There is ALSO a 'Nikon D3' Firmware Update to Ver.2.0 which was released 12/16/08 on the same page ***For Nikon U.S.A. Firmware Upgrade Page*** CLICK HERE$

This is a shot of my beautiful Niece (L) and my Oldest Daughter (R) who FINALLY let me snap her portrait. I have shared many shots of my youngest daughter (who is my favorite model) in the past because she has no fear of having her photo snapped but my oldest has been a normal 15 yo teenager and every single frame I have of her in the last few years had a hand in her face or goofy expression. But I think that her Christmas gift of getting her braces off on Christmas Eve. (they were on for 32 months) has given her a new found freedom and joy to SMILE once again and she granted me my Christmas wish of taking her picture without all the moaning or silliness, "Thanks Jac! You made your dad VERY happy . . ."

I converted this one into a sepia with light vignette using Nik Silver Efex Pro. Just a few clicks here & there along with a ghost frame & key line then it was done.
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend, I'm just relaxing and playing with some images today, to me that's all the joy I need!

~Bill~

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