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Pictures with Santa coming to Blackduck

December 2, 2016 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Pictures with Santa

It’s that time of year again. For the third year in a row Caddy Imaging, along with the Duck in and Eat Restaurant, in Blackduck are sponsoring the Pictures with Santa. Pictures with Santa is an event along the same lines as the Santa at the Mall where kids of all ages can come in and get their pictures taken with Santa for free. That’s RIGHT! No charge!

Parents are able to download a digital copy of their kids pictures.

Caddy Imaging prides itself on giving back to it’s communities. For over ten years, I’ve has been involved with the local first responder agency, my local fire department and other EMS agencies to help provide fire and medical services to my neighbors. “As long as I am able to I will continue to provide support and care to my family of friends and neighbors including the Pictures with Santa program that we started in Blackduck to provide families that can’t afford family pictures during the holidays with a free photo that they can cherish throughout their lives.“

OCF for a selfie.

August 31, 2015 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

OCF for a selfie

So, last night I was out doing some shooting and decided that I needed to do a “Selfie.” As you might have guessed, over the years, I’m not really in to taking selfies, especially with my cell phone (this wasn’t with a cell phone btw), but I decided that the moon was too cool looking with the haze from the fires out in the western US making the moon stand out in relief.

Selfie under the moon

This was shot with a single flash, hand-held, no modifier for 8 seconds, 1600 ISO, f16. The flash was set at 1/128 power. Camera is a Nikon D700 with the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens.

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) of June 23, 2015

June 23, 2015 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

This morning I had the pleasure of capturing Aurora Borealis, otherwise known as Northern Lights. Tonight, if cloud cover doesn’t get in the way, should also be a great night to see some of the most beautiful natural features that we can see here on Earth.

Split Rock Lighthouse in HDR

June 13, 2015 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

The other day I had the opportunity to head over to the North Shore and up to Split Rock Lighthouse. We got there just before sunset, about 8:30, and as I started to walk down the path I felt a few raindrops hit me. As I got down by the boat landing I decided that I had better put a rain sleeve on my camera and capture a few images as quickly as possible. I was able to capture this as a 5 shot HDR image that I processed in Lightroom, Photomatix Pro, Photoshop and Nik Software’s Dfine 2.0. Capture was done in Aperture Priority with a Nikon D700 and 80-400 Nikon lens.

Split Rock Lighthouse
North Shore, MN

Martinez family Signature edit

December 22, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Martinez
2014 Copyright Caddy Imaging

A signature edit for the Martinez Family. This was just something I wanted to produce that I’d had in the back of my mind for a while.

Tiffany

December 12, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Back in 2009, long before I even thought about opening a studio, I was asked to supplement some senior photos for a friend’s daughter.

Tiffany

Thomas playing the violin

November 26, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Just a quick post of Thomas playing the violin.

Thomas playing the violin

After the Joy of Lighting class

November 21, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Bowens Gemini 400Rx Lighting kit

A couple of weeks ago I told you that I was headed to Minneapolis to attend the Joy of Lighting class sponsored by West Photo and held at the Mpls Photo Center. Tony Corbell, who has teamed up with Bowens at teambowens.com, is an amazing instructor. The first day of the class was mostly classroom slides and discussions about different lighting techniques. Tony also went over the Bowens Gemini 400Rx lights that we received and the equipment that came with them. The second day was almost all hands-on, using the lights and their modifiers to practice and getting used to them. Our model, Anna Maher, was wonderful and very patient with us! Below are a couple of images from the practice sessions. We had three lighting scenarios that we practiced on. One setup used a single strobe and a softbox, the second used a single strobe with just the reflector and the third used three strobes, all with reflectors. The two gentlemen were classmates of mine that were gracious enough to let me photograph them.

Anna

Santa is coming to the Duck in and Eat in Blackduck, MN!

November 21, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Santa is coming to the Duck in and Eat in Blackduck, MN!

That’s right! You heard me! Can you believe it?

What kid doesn’t want to sit on Santa’s lap and have his picture taken? What parent wouldn’t want a priceless (and we do mean priceless cause it’s FREE!) memory of their child?

On Saturday, December 13^th from Noon to 3, Santa will be at the Duck in and Eat Restaurant in Blackduck. Come meet Santa and have a blast! A free 4×6 inkjet print will be printed while you wait or/and you can order a lab quality timeless 4×6 print for the one-time-only low cost of $11.81, including tax ($35 value). Larger prints may be ordered at the standard price in effect at the time of the order. Only one photo will be printed, with the exception that if you have more than one child, each child may be photographed with Santa by themselves and one photo may be taken of all the children together.

Santa’s visit is sponsored by Duck in and Eat, Anderson Fabrics, Blackduck Ambulance, Blackduck Theatre and Caddy Imaging. A $5 donation would be appreciated but is not necessary. All donation proceeds go the local Toys for Tots.

, Santa is coming to the Duck in and Eat in Blackduck, MN

The Martinez Family

November 6, 2014 by Bill Caddy | Comments Off

Last month I had the privilege of photographing the Martinez family. Here are a couple of shots that they loved from the session.