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Monthly Archives: August 2011
What did you do this past weekend? We spent it together as a family. We sometimes get so busy – soccer games, birthday parties, photo shoots, concerts, work, cleaning, laundry – that we sometimes “split up,” one of us tackling responsibilities, commitments, chores and the other one having fun with the kids. I loved our family weekend. Here are a few snaps . . .
I love photographing kids! They are so true to their emotions once they get to know you and feel comfortable around you. And because of this, their emotions, their enthusiasm, their personality fully shows in their expressions, their beautiful faces.
L., what a boy! What a handsome, charming, and vivacious little boy. Just look at that smile, the way he crinkles up his eyes, just a little. You just gotta love him!
What are these? The most beautifully crafted, artisan frames you can find on the planet.
I’m so proud to offer these gorgeous frames to all of my clients this upcoming season. Wouldn’t they make the perfect gift for the holidays?
More images of these gorgeous frames next week!
My HS Senior photos didn’t look like this! Raise your hand if you had to wear a cap and gown and were holding a rolled up piece of paper for your senior photos. Okay, okay, . . . raise your hand if you had to wear one of those fuzzy, off-the-shoulder wraps.
With the school year about to begin, this is the perfect time to book your senior photos if you are graduating in 2012!
How about some basic BW processing for today? Yeah!
Honestly, my fave way to process an image into a BW is in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). It is super simple and incredible effective and accurate.
Here is a pic taken at the end of June of J (seriously, a cutie!). I just saw J., his older brother N. and their mom and dad on Saturday, so I pulled up this pic to show you how to do a quick BW conversion.
- First, I adjust the WB while the image is still in color. If you have too much red or blue in the image, it will affect the shadow-y areas of your image and make the final conversion kind of “blegh.”
- Then I drag the “Saturation” slider all the way to the left to -100.
- I drag the “Exposure” slider to the right just before I get the red “warning/blown areas” marks.
- I drag the “Blacks” slider to the right just before I get the blue “warning/clipped areas” marks
- Then I drag the “Contrast” and “Clarity” sliders to the right until I get the look I want. I usually like a high contrast BW so for this image above my “Contrast” slider was at +70 and my “Clarity” slider was at +20.
And that’s it! Now, this isn’t my good ol’ Lemon-y BW conversion – I’ll show you how to process for a warmer more yellowy tone in the next installment of “So, What Exactly Do I Do To Your Pictures.” Hope this was helpful! Feel free to leave me a comment and let me know if there is a specific post processing tutorial you would like to see on my blog.
I have more images to share of the lovely little ladies at the pool. If you missed pt. 1 which I posted last week, CLICK HERE.
Thanks again to Zoe, Stacie, The Sheraton Hotel in NJ and to THESE lovely little girlies.
