Hello all! Today, I’m very pleased to feature Claire Hunter from Claire Hunter photography. Claire primarily photographs newborns and children in Cinnaminson, NJ. (Isn’t that the greatest name for a town you’ve ever heard?)
Check out her gorgeous featured image!
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Okay, how cute are these???? Cute, right??? These accordion books make the PERFECT brag books for mom, dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles! They are small enough that you can toss them in your purse or display them at your desk at work, but they are also prominent enough that they will make a statement!
A few weeks ago, I shared with you one sneak peek image of a project I’m working on with the fabulous Jennifer Rosson from Style Your Life. We are teaming up to showcase America’s Finest – San Diego! We will be visiting some of our favorite shops, eateries, hangs in the city and putting together a Style Guide. These shops are representative of the local flavor of each neighborhood we visit, from classic Mission Hills, to trendy La Jolla, to vibrant Downtown, we’ll cover them all!
Up first, laid-back Encinitas!
Featured Businesses:
Rustic Rooster
Ahhhh, the wonderful Clarice Hendel owner of Studio Cee Photography is today’s featured Photog Friend.
Clarice specializes in newborn portraiture in Orange County, CA.
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You met this little cutie last week and got to see her sneak peak a couple of weeks ago.
Today, I wanted to share with you a handful of “Behind The Scenes” shots from her newborn shoot. Here are Pri and Joel being awesome and helping me keep Naya warm and toasty and safe until the very last second, right before I snap-snap-snap-snap some photos.
And you know, Pri is an awesome photographer herself. So, for the first time EVER *trumpets blaring, cymbals crashing* I have some pics of me, behind the scenes! Thanks a million, Pri!!!
Someone is about to receive some goodies in the mail! A select sampling of what is included in the Gumball Collection.
Today, another installment of my post processing workflow – how I take a bland RAW file and post process it into my signature bold, bright style.
A few months ago, I posted the steps necessary for a photo shoot from start to finish, from the first email communication, to the packaging of the final product - CLICK HERE to review that information. And, a couple of weeks ago, I shared how I post process a backlit image. If you missed that post, you can CLICK HERE.
Loved this family. I swear, this little girl is the highest jumper I’ve ever met! Look at how much air she’s getting!
I started by adjusting the White Balance (warmed up the picture), then I brightened up the midtones so that it would be more obvious where the light was coming from and where the shadows should remain (you can see the sun was to “camera-right”). Then, I added some contrast – I usually use “Curves,” darkened patches on the ground using “Levels” and as a final step . . . . yep, . . . you guessed it . . . . saturated the color using “Soft Light”! That is it!
Inspiration. What is it? Where to find it?
Today, I just wanted to share a little bit about how I incorporate inspiration into my photo sessions.
Well, music, let’s start with music, shall we? Music is incredibly inspiring. Did you get my The Who reference in my title? Actually, I’m not a huge fan of The Who, but I digress. Album covers inspire me – oh, how I loved to hold those 12″vinyl records as kid and look at album covers. I still have loads of records at my parents’ home – most of that vinyl was theirs to begin with. Check out the lighting on this Beatles album cover. I love it!
Sometimes a song lyric inspires me. Paul Weller’s song “Country” has a lyric that I incorporated in one of my photo shoots last year. ”I know a place not far from here/Where fresh cut grass will fill your hair.” I photographed two sisters and had them they lie on the grass, picking petals off of daisies and blowing dandelion weeds.
I find inspiration in magazines, adverts that come via mail, cereal boxes. Inspiration, anywhere and everywhere. Sometimes I like a color combo, sometimes it is a prop that is featured in the image, sometimes it is a landmark, sometimes it is a scene. Skateboards, a dog on a leash, a traffic cop, an ice-cream sundae, kissing, the color orange, a beach towel, lemonade. All of these small, disjointed ideas can be a spring board to a great concept, a greater theme. This is partially how I incorporate themes and props into my concept shoots. I always, always involve the family that I’m photographing into the process – “My son likes to climb trees.” ”My daughter is great with the hula hoop.” ”We read a lot as a family.” ”We are outdoorsy.” These are ideas that will be developed so that the photo shoot is representative of the family.
I’m a big record keeper. I love to journal and make lists. I have a notebook and pen with me at all times. The other day, my friend saw me scribbling madly into my notebook while I waited for my 1st grader to come out of his classroom at the end of the day. ”Mind dumping, eh?” she said to me. Hahaha! Yes, indeed.
Here is a small collage of what my Inspiration Notebook looks like. You will see one of the images has a few wooden musical instruments strewn about the notebook. Since we are a very musical/music-loving family, we used these very instruments in our own family pics last year.
INSPIRATION! What is yours?
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