Archive for October, 2009

Sneak Peek: The B family

October 24, 2009

I’ve been hoping to find a family willing to get down and dirty for an urban shoot in the “big city”.

I finally found one.

This cute little family was up for anything.  So we took a stroll through some alleys and along some city streets and even into a catholic cathedral and shot along the way.  They were troopers, despite a blustery wind and chilly temperatures.

B family, enjoy your sneak peek!

(Oh, and next time we meet, I would like to hear a little opera, Andreas)

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fix-it friday

October 23, 2009

FacesFixIt

This one was extremely under exposed.

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My work flow:

Duplicate image

Using curves and color balance, corrected for skin tones

Using curves, boosted the exposure up

Using noiseware, cleared out as much noise as possible

Sharpened for the web

Cropped to 5×7

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Converted to black and white using Secret Action BW Light and Airy.

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Check out the other edits at iheartfaces.

Happy Friday!

When I saw these on Amy Locurto’s blog Living Locurto, I knew I needed to make them for the women I visit each month.

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I even had enough left for my kids to munch on after school.

Go check out Amy’s awesome blog for the instructions.  She is co-founder of my favorite photography blog iheartfaces.  She’s a graphic designer as well as a fabulous photographer and has lots and lots of free downloads on her blog.

I’ve got two shoots this weekend including my very first urban family shoot.  I’m super excited and hope to have a sneak peek up in a couple of days.

Happy Weekending!

The Big Question…

October 21, 2009

What are you going to be for Halloween???

In an attempt to decide, the boys talked me in to going costume shopping yesterday.

So we hit the warehouse and found all kinds of silly and gruesome and frightfully fun things to explore.

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I think we’ve got it nailed down now.

We’ll have a ‘true jedi’, one Mr. Ron Weasley, and a toy slayer (whatever that is).

What are you going to be for Halloween???

Remember Baby T from this session?

Well, she brought the rest of her family back for another session.  She even gave us a few smiles today.  Maybe the sunshine and 70 degree weather had something to do with it.  Or it could have been the bright fall colors.  Or maybe it was her two crazy brothers and their wrestling matches.

I dunno.  All I know is that they were tons of fun to shoot.

Enjoy your sneak peek!

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