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Everybody usually says that motorcycles are more dangerous than cars. Well, I guess they are if you ride them, but during this portrait session the cars proved to be more dangerous. These images were made near the Alton bridge during the middle of the day. I used to ride on this particular road a lot and I don't remember there being as much traffic as there was during this session.
In order to get these pictures I had two edge lights set up behind the subject connected with a power cord. The main light was set up on a stand with a boom just above Mike's head. Every time a car started to come I had to move all the lights and Mike had to get out of the way. Once the cars were gone then we had to reposition, remeter the lights and try again. This whole process took well over an hour.
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Returning from our first camping trip in July I looked at all of the pictures taken and boy was I a little disappointed. There either weren't enough pictures taken or there were too many taken of stuff like walking sticks. There was also the problem of not really knowing how to use my wife's point and shoot digital camera.
Well, during our second camping trip I made sure to prepare...I actually read my wife's point and shoot camera manual. I found and dusted off an old film point and shoot camera and gave instructions to the kids to PHOTOGRAPH EVERYTHING that moves. Well, as a result we looked like the stereo typical Japanese tourist group. There were bodies running everywhere when the big yellow van stopped to take pictures. After all of the appropriate taking pictures of each other taking pictures was done, the troops set off to document the daily events. Well, I'm happy to report that we had a huge amount of pictures to sort through, but we also did much better documenting our vacation.
Also of note....I really have a renewed appreciation for Film. This picture was taken with a 15 year old pentax point and shoot camera using 400 ISO Fuji Reala film. The only thing done to it was raise the contrast just a tiny bit. I had it developed and scanned at Costco. I think I'll shoot more film in the future. I noticed that I have more keepers shooting film than with digital because I take the time to slow down and think.
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This picture was taken using a Nikon D70. I saw the setting sun filtering into our cabin and ran for the camera. I used Lightroom to add a slight vignette to the picture.
Caleb and Joshua grabbed their airsoft gear and let me make a some portraits of them.
Usually these guys don't like this sort of thing, but they suffered through it like champs. I used a three light setup and one very small soft box. The light on the right of the image was gelled to give an amber appearance like the sun. The only thing that was edited in the images was some very minor skin touch up.
Thanks for looking.
EJ
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Here is Jacque who recently lost one of her front teeth. The mission was to make a new portrait to update Mom's wall, but Jacque didn't want to show her new "gap" in the front.. So, we decided to go for a different look. This image was converted to black and white and also retouched. It has a formal and slightly dramatic look. I hope you like it.
This portrait was done using a four light set-up and a reflector. One light on the background, one for the main light, one for the hair light, one for the fill light. The reflector was also used to control contrast on the shadow side of the face.
If you like the portrait, let me know.
Regards,
EJ
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Greetings again from Highland Village. This portrait has been edited again. No, the skin touch up etc.. was not done again, but rather the following was done to it:
- A vignette was added to the portrait
- It was converted to black & white
- It was also tinted slightly with some color
It continually amazes me how different an image looks when converted from color to black and white.
I hope you enjoy looking.
EJ
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