Quick blog as I’ve been feeling not all that well all week. I better am going to feel better by tomorrow because we have a kid-sitter and Sweet Peter and I have a date for our anniversary which was Monday. As was Nikki’s birthday. Happy Belated Birthday Nikki!
Found this little pretty on a photoshoot last week. I think spiders are so cool.
Found these two little pretties on a photoshoot last week too! Best find ever. I do believe they are using the force on each other. Peter looks a little worse for the wear — must be all that force coming his way….
quick to answer a couple questions left in comments and my email.
1. How do you get your photos to look the way they do? I am no Photoshop expert. In fact I am a frequenter of You Suck at Photoshop. The link is to a random one — some are better than others. They are not meant to teach photoshop, but I’ve learned a lot by watching. Check it out. But my one word for you is CURVES. Use the little black dropper first thing and then play around with them until you like your photo. Also, adjust everything on a separate layer so you can turn them on and off as you wish. I also enjoy playing with the saturation levels of the colors (again, on a separate layer) and adding color washes (mostly browns.) I’m not sure how you are supposed to add a color wash, but you can do it several different ways. Curves, selective color, and adding a layer of fill and adjusting the blending and opacity. I have the full version of PS, I’m not sure what Elements has available to you. Also, if you take pics with a digital camera, you should do some sharpening of your pictures. That’s about all I can think of off the top of my head. I have been playing a lot lately, because that’s how you get better. But mostly I love when I can just take a good picture and not have to do a thing to it. SOOC (straight out of camera) is best.
2. How do I get on your calendar for photos? Contact me. Books@CleverReader.com Or you can leave a comment. Though the last two people who have left comments asking about booking a session have done so anonymously so I have not been able to email them back. Please leave your email address in the comments — no one sees it but me. I’m pretty full for the fall. Have some openings in winter (and they really make great shoots! So colorful on that white or dead brown background.) I am booking up fast in the spring. Also, if you are a current/past client and you want your photos for Christmas, I am imposting a STRICT November 15th deadline for Christmas cards. If your shoot is later in November, we can talk. I just want to make sure I can get everyone’s cards back to them in time to write them for the holidays.
3. You never posted the color photo of the black and white and we were supposed to vote.
vote away. I’m voting color all the way!
Sweet dreams!
