It rained and rained at this wedding and suddenly, just before the formals we got a bit of sun, well cloudy sun. We count that as sun in Oregon. This bit of walkway was just off the building so a perfect spot to shoot. It was backlight a bit, but the surrounding light wasn’t enough [...]
Sadly, one of the most important people in our team is not in the photo, because he’s taking the photo. Mike (head of support and web guru at Fundy SOS and Left Turn Studio) is the man behind the camera here. We are extremely fortunate to have a great team working with us. Mike is [...]
The lighting and the background for this portrait cost me a grand total of $2.99. Sure the 70-200VR helped these shots a lot, but they could have easily been done with any fast prime lens 85mm or longer. The lighting is simply a large window. Any large window in your studio or your clients’ house [...]
So this last weekend we were out playing in the park in downtown Portland, OR. My kids were having a great time playing in the fountain and I yelled at them to run over. Of course my wife wanted me taking photos, so I did what I was told . The shot turned out great, [...]
Use camera profiles to make your images sing.
One of the new super cool features in CS5 is the HDR Image Toning. It let’s you create that cool HDR ‘look’ with just one image. Last week we did a great shoot out in Yamhill, Oregon and I was able to use my 14-24 2.8 for some amazing shots. It thought it would be [...]
Here’s a very simple technique I used to fix this gentleman’s uneven teeth. I didn’t want to make his teeth look too perfect or look like they were dentures, but I did want to even out the front teeth. I have a very specific rule about retouching. Retouching should always make the person look better, [...]
Lightroom allows a fantastic way to quickly and easily create split toning. It takes just a few seconds, and the great thing is that you can save your tones as a preset. I’ll take you through these 3 easy steps right here. Step 1 – In the basic section of the develop module click “Grayscale” [...]
