BILLINGS MONTANA PHOTOGRAPHER – SALA IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT

Here’s a punch of color to end the month of February with!  I’ve been in a black and white mood lately and I sense a lot more black and white images coming soon, but first a little color.  We have a corner in our living room that is lit with two large red floodlights that we lovingly refer to as the red light district.  I love the mood that colored lighting gives a room, and the red light is matched with the warm light of our fire place.  It really makes for a cozy corner of the house.  That’s probably why our pup Sala loves to lounge around in the red light district, basking in the warmth of the fire.  I’m drawn to the light as well and love to photograph it.  It’s amazing that I spend all day every day thinking about photography but can’t ever seem to get enough.

I love photography and I would love to photograph you.  I am working on a portrait series and need more subjects!  If you know someone in Billings who would make a good subject please send them to my Billings portrait photographer website here: http://www.portraits.paulbellinger.com

ANGEL BOY

Angel Boy, Columbia MO

Big Red sitting on guard in the sun at the end of our bed.  Isn't he a handsome boy?  We have lots of nicknames for Big Red and not all of them are very flattering.  But in this photo I think he resembles "Angel Boy," the nickname I use most when he's behaving like a perfect angel (very rarely used nickname).  And the light was so beautiful on him that it could have been shining down from heaven directly.  Fitting for an Angel Boy.

I really like to use natural light.  In this case I wish I would have turned up the ISO a stop or two and increased my shutter speed so I could get a sharper image handheld at this range.  But I'm quite happy with this exposure.  I have not converted many photos to black and white in recent memory and this is one of the first I've tried using Lightroom3.

Photo taken Jan 28, 2012