New Look

This theme is “Widely.” What do you think?

Through My Umbrella

I got a new 43″ white umbrella, so I had to try it out. Key light was Speedlite at 1/4 through white umbrella just at camera left. Soft box provide fill light to my right.

Sweetie was out tonight

So I played with portrait lighting and Color Efex Pro 4.

Vintage

My daughter got me a vintage lighting book for Christmas. I took a stab at Edwardian lighting today.

I put a soft box overhead to mimic a skylight, and diffused light coming from the living room window to camera left to open my face a bit more. I also placed a reflector card just to the right of me to throw a little more light at my back. I processed the photos in Color Efex Pro to give them a vintage feel.

You can see a few more at my SmugMug gallery.

Original color version of second shot

November 11th

Self-Portrait

Day 329 – Multiplication

I had a little time on my hands today.

Day 323 – Black & White

Just messing around today, in between loads of laundry. . .

Day 317 – Fun with Photoshop: Selective Color

I couldn’t figure out how to use the selective color feature in Photoshop, so instead I added a black and white layer and erased part of the layer to leave just the pink of my t-shirt. A few more tweaks and voila! I’ve had this t-shirt since our local Planned Parenthood was working with the state legislature in an attempt to standardize sex education across the state. Unfortunately, the measure did not pass and we continue to have a patchwork of curricula that vary drastically from county to county.