A blog with musings, observations, and ideas by Samuel Febres, of samuel febres photography & design on technology, life, and arts.
Happy Mother's Day to my amazing wife! She puts up with quite a bit with two guys taking over the house, and (for the most part) does it with so much grace and poise. I love you babe!
The boy sneaking in and peaking out while mom gets her photo taken.
Sometimes you gotta get in close to cut out the boy. :)
I had the privilege of documenting Easter at Engage Church this past Easter, here in Tallahassee, Florida. It was an incredibly busy, fun filled, exciting, and joyful day. With a photo booth for fun photos with friends and family, and then in the afternoon, an Easter party with great food, a DJ, a bounce house and egg hunt for children, baptisms, AND of all things, a wedding; It was an incredible day at Engage.
I am honored to have been given the opportunity to capture so many fun and beautiful moments with family and friends. Here are a few of my favorite moments from that day.
Father baptizing his son.
Group of friends at a party.
Pastor Adrian Crawford preaching at Engage Church in Tallahassee, Florida on Easter (2015).
Below are a few more of my favorite photos from Easter at Engage 2015.
Hard to believe February is here already! We just started this new year! I hope your year has started exceedingly well. I just wanted to check in and share a few recent projects as we begin the new year.
Diana and Matt had a mini photo session last fall. It was a very fun shoot and their son, Declan kept us all on our toes the entire time, which made for some great photo moments. You can view a couple more photos of the Greenslades in Portraits section.
Antonio, a drummer and entrepreneur, known around the internet as RealistOnTheSet, was looking to get a website put together. In addition to a new website, we got some new photography for the website and created a logo for his website and social media profiles. View more photos from Antonio’s session in my portfolio and visit his website at http://www.realistontheset.com/.
Website screenshot for Antonio Williams, RealistOnTheSet.com.
High Beams is an EDM duo with regular gigs in the region. They were looking for a logo that included a pig in it, in homage to Kevin Bacon, one of the member’s pet pig. Visit Facebook, check them out, and like their page.
Liz and I have worked together before on some promotional photography photos. You can view some of those photos under the portraits section of my portfolio, and her logo under the graphic design section. This time, DJ E Liz wanted a video reel to use for promotional purposes. With a mix she made specifically for this promo reel, we were able to put this together.
Lastly, I’ve been trying out some new things for personal projects. I've never been one for self portraits, but it's something I've decided to try experimenting with to get certain looks and feels. Another thing that I've decided to start experimenting with is night time photography and cityscapes. The personal projects section of my website will be up and running soon, but for now, check these images out below.
Thank you for taking the time to read through this. If there’s anything I can do to be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Side-note: Valentine's Day is on the way. If you're interested in a small session as a gift for your significant other, contact me today and let's get a nice set of photographs together.
Thank you!
Samuel Febres
If you’re in a need of a new logo or design work, if you need a new website, or updates to your current one, or if you know someone who does, please send them along my information. (850) 459 - 9214 or contact@samuelfebres.com. I would love to be of assistance to them.
Radio City Music Hall from the perspective of a toddler.
What a great idea! I came across this post in the NYTimes Lens blog where Diego Acosta Lopez, a student at the School of Visual Arts wanted to capture his son's first visit to New York City from his point of view.
To accomplish this task he attached a GoPro camera inside his son's stroller and set it to take a photo every 10 seconds as they walked around the city.
Diego had this to say about his project:
“His favorite place was a park in Queens, where there was a pond,” Mr. Acosta said. “There was a lot of sunshine, the leaves were still colorful. And he loved Times Square not just because of the lights. Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man were there, too.”
The photos he captured came out great! In particular, the ones where a plastic cover over the stroller provide a very unique feel and perspective to the project.
Read the article and view more of the photos by visiting http://nyti.ms/1y6YPMt
Thanks to Yosemite and iOS 8.1, you can now send out and receive text message from your Macbook and iPad (iMessages has been available for a while).
Believe it or not, there still people who insist have chosen the dark path of Android (ON PURPOSE!). So for these folks, we used to have to switch to our iPhones while getting work done to respond to their text messages. NOT ANY MORE!
Here’s how to set it up.
When this screen pops up, visit the device (Mac or iPad) you're setting up for the correct code to enter here.
On a Mac, your code request will come in the Messages App and will look like this.
To set up on text message forwarding on your Mac, open up the Messages app. If you haven't already, log in with your iCloud account to enable iMessages first.
On an iPad, the code request will look like this.
On your iPad, you'll receive a pop up with your code to enter on your iPhone.
“If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.” - Author Unknown.
Looking forward to this year being a great year with this crew.
