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A few weeks back, I got together with a friend from work and her family. I made them get up super early on a Sunday morning just for torture’s sake! Of course, I’m kidding ;) Its because the closer to noon it gets, the more difficult the light is to work with, especially if its very sunny. Natural Light photographers will usually try to get you to pose for the camera during the magic hours, which, depending on the time of year, are the 1-3 hours right after sunrise and before sunset. Her beautiful family includes and teen and a tween, so I can completely understand the challenges on her end! They were a lot of fun to work with and were up for anything I asked. They even had some great ideas!!
We were down on the Mississippi River near the Mill City Museum. Isn’t all that texture fantastic!?
I’ll definitely be using this location again! Thanks B Family!! I’ll be getting the rest of your gallery up this week.
Last weekend, I met the most amazing, kind and gracious little family ever. And Marlie is the luckiest little girl because they belong to her. The time of day was a little contentious and there were a bump or two along the road, but all in all I had so much fun with your family, Annie and Ryan! I really did. :)
And just when we thought Marlie was finished for the evening, we brought out another surprise! Annie made this huge cupcake herself and I think it was awesome! Don’t you!? Happy 1st Birthday, Marlie!!!
Despite the late hour, I think Marlie was thrilled, too! She is hands down, the biggest fan of of the birthday song and loved giving it a big round of applause every time we sang it! So funny!
I hope you enjoy these sneak peeks while I finish the rest! Talk to you soon!
This is my first time participating in this, but here goes! I Heart Faces is a website/blog for photographers and every Friday they publish a random photo for digital editing practice. I'll show you the SOOC (photog lingo for 'straight out of camera') and my edit. Remember, this image is not mine, but the edit is! Let me know what you think!
SOOC
My Edit
How did I do it? Magic! Its a special potion called Photoshop ;)
Here are my steps. First thing I did was play up the eyes a little. In Lightroom, I used the adjustment brush to add sharpness and clarity as well as a little brightness and saturation. Brown eyes are so much harder to enhance then blue! I upped the vibrance and lowered the saturation and then brightened the whole image. It was looking a little cool to me, so I adjusted the White Balance just a little to add some warmth. Then I added a pretty strong s-curve pop because I LOVE contrast. My last step was opening it up in Elements and adding a texture to the background to give it a little more interest.
Did you get all that? :)
Ok, so its been awhile since I posted to the blog! I promise I have a long list of good reasons ;) However, I won’t bother you with too many of the details… I’ll just say that living with and caring for a little munchkin of a dog with Kennel Cough is NO FUN! No fun at all. Almost 3 weeks of coughing and I think we’re headed back to the vet this week for chest x-rays. She’s just not getting better and its so sad to watch.
Anyway…on to the fun stuff! I got together with Kayla and Emma a few weeks ago and I just had a blast! Kayla is just a little ham who loves the camera and Emma…so cute and cuddly!
You’ll probably also notice my new colors and logo… ? In between doggy coughing fits, I’ve been working on putting together all the fun new components of my new business. Let me know what you think!
I hope everybody is having a fun Labor Day Weekend… Will someone out there have a brat for me? Someone should have my share so it doesn’t go to waste!
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