Bella

Here are some more pictures of a little girl in my class at work.  Her name is Bella.  She is so adorable and I am so glad I get to share these pictures with you.  She has been at my center for almost 2 years. It has been so awesome to watch her and a couple of her little friends grow up. 





I hope you enjoy.  There are some more on the portrait page as well. 

New Portraits

Received rights to a few more photos to post on the portraits page.  Here is just a sample of whats included.

Again, the light was amazing under the tree.

I really like how the post provides a border edge for this photo.

Same great lighting

Photoshop plug-in's

Here is a old photo with a new trick. On One Software.com has three great free plug-in's for Photoshop, and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR).   They are trimmed down versions of their pay ones, but they don't leave water marks and are amazing.  This is the same photo from the Portraits page, and with the ACR plug-in and one click, it made the photo look like this. I think it has a lot of potential.  I think this one is called Edge10 or something like that.  I'll check it later.  There are about 30 really cool effects, and they will probably become a feature of new posts.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.  For some photos, I don't think this effect would work, but for this one I really think it does. 

New Photos in Portraits

Added some new photos to the Portraits page slide show.   These are just a few (of the new photos) of a brother and sister.  So cute. 

From With rights These photos by the tree turned out so well.  The dirt worked like a warm reflector and the light turned out so well.

From With rights

From With rights

Softening and Fading a photo

I think I really like how this turned out.  It is a great picture to start out with I think (click either to view larger).  I love how the focus is so sharp on her eye.  Now, here is what I did, using Photoshop, I created a gradient Map layer, and changed the blending mode to screen (adjusting the opacity and fill levels to my liking).  Then I added a B&W layer and pulled down the opacity a little bit.  and here is what we ended up with. 

Model Release

Here is my sample model release form. I based it off of what I could find online and added my own touches.  Feel free to use it for your own photos.  I hope not to ever run into a situation where it is necessary to use it, but better to be over prepared then under prepared.  Click it to view larger...

Rights to Photos

I've gotten a model release for a couple of the kids at work, I'm still working on putting them all together, but here are some images that I've gotten releases for.  I am super excited to be able to post some of my photos that I have been spending a lot of time and energy on. The first photo is a formal portrait, with a little bit of touching up and smoothing of skin, the second I took the other day at work and is SOOC (straight out of the camera), I like taking some pictures with the sepia tone.

One of my favorite photos, I love the eyes.