Day 13

Almost walking...and watching her brother and sister down below playing in the sand. I edited this one a lot. Charlotte had some scratches on her face, she was red and blotchy and the lighting messed up the colors a bit. The third picture I added my favorite preset in Lightroom called Bleach Bypass. I love the old school, sepia-ish, rockstar-y, film-y look it gives. 

Unedited

Edited - removed scratches, lightened, softened skin, got rid of some red in skin

Edited and added my favorite (for this week) preset - Bleach Bypass.

Day 12

Nothing like a little taste of dirt. Funny thing is...she kept going back for more. Maybe I'm missing out??!!

Unedited

Edited just a bit

Day 11

Working with sun.
I'm loving natural light.
I love how the sun is peeking through the tree as I am taking the shot.

Day 10

My Girls.
I even had to edit out a couple scratches on Charlie's face.
Go Me!

Unedited

Cropped and edited

Day 9

Lightroom practice. I've been watching videos. I will never be a professional, but I am having fun. It's funny how subjective photo editing really is.

We're back to one of my favorites of Lil. I just changed up the background a little bit. Just practicing.

Unedited

Edited

Edited more

Okay - so I'm confused. On my Mac - the colors are soooooooooo much different (and I like them here) than when I pull up the exact same blog and edited pictures on my HP. Which one is correct?

Anyone?

Day 8

Exhausted. Truly exhausted.

Unedited version

Edited...just a teensy bit

Day 7

This is an old picture. I took this at my first camera class in February. We were learning how to:
1. Use natural light
2. Open the front door
3. Have the subject turn slightly to get some sun "shine"
4. Adjust F# to get some blurriness in the background.
5. Oh - and I like how the sun glare only shows on half of the face - but, if I had wanted I know that I could have used a flash to get rid of the shadow on the face. Or, have her turn her face a little more. I like the naturalness.....but art is subjective and not every will like that.


This picture really shows me that it doesn't really matter what is behind the subject - its just color and shapes. It could be picture frames, doorways, walls, or even toys - as long as the light is good and your settings are adjusted - it will turn out great. Well...that and your subject is cooperating. 

the "volunteer" model/student in the class