52 week challenge- Week 2 (April 17-23)

This week the theme is FEET.  Big feet, little feet, wet feet, dry feet.....  Can be human feet, or animal....  Posed or candid.  Just have fun; try something new.

               {Brittany}

For fun- Questionaire

Just came across this thought it would be fun if you have spare time:

1-Is being a photographer your dream job ?

2-What photography do you specialize in (Or your favourite thing to shoot) ?

3-What do you find is the hardest thing about photography ?


4-What do you find is the easiest thing about photography ?


5-Do you think you have your own style of photography, if so, what is it about your photos that stand out ?

6- What do you think makes a good photographer ?


7-Worst and Best client experience?


8-How do you handle family/friends asking for discounts (If applicable) ?

9-How do you think that you can improve ?

10-Do you think you'll be doing photography for the rest of your working life (if applicable) ?


11-What do you think you need help with ?

12-How have you progressed over the years ?

52 week challenge- Week 1 (April 10-16)

Okay hope its alright I start the 52 week challenge.  I thought for the first weeks theme we could do WEATHER since we live in Utah and its "spring" and mother nature gets confused lol.  We have nice and sunny one day, a thunderstorm the next, windy as heck, then snow.....  Possibly back to warm eventually. Haha

So for this challenge no real guidelines, can be of nature itself or you can have a subject in the photo.

{Brittany}

  One of my plants outside is starting too bloom and today its all rainy so I thought I'd capture some rain drops on the petals.  Looks refreshing lol.   {Brittany}

Create a Template to share with us

Ok so create a multi picture template to share with us

Nicole

You edit- Just for fun.

Just want too see what you ladies come up with, this is my friends nephew.  Seriously the happiest baby ever!  LOL
SOOC shot: http://www.mediafire.com/i/?5l5k8i59f639y67

{Brittany}

Wow he has amazing blue eyes

* slightly darkened midtones

* Increased Blue level to .90

* Filter High Pass 1.6 layer set to overlay

* Ran Coffee shop baby powder to soften skin, remove some red and enhance eyes

* Applied Gradient tool 20% to background

* Cropped

* Ran my fave action for babies and boudoir images called Velvet Cream (coffeeshop action)

* Reduced noise (even though there wasnt alot)

Nicole

a boudoir RAW file for some editing fun...

This was a boudoir session I did with my cousin just for fun. I thought it would be fun to play around with something different. Can't wait to see what you come up with! http://www.mediafire.com/?ctvz7ew7bb64gvy

 

Gorgeous Photo.  Here's my edit.

I first slightly cropped and rotated image. Then used portraiture by Imagenomic to soften skin and just make her complexion flawless. Used smart sharpen tool in CS5 too sharpen her eye's. Just increased contrast a bit, then added a grunge image on top of the original photo and blended them together using the multiply option at about 65%. 

  {Brittany}

I love you edit I was debating muted color or b/w I went with the b/w

Recovered some details in Raw mode

Enhanced contrast, soften skin and gave a warmer look

converted to black white and added a simple background to wall for an extra touch

Nicole

                                                                                                                                      

Challenge- Negative human Emotion

Capture a portrait of a negative human emotion.  Here's a list of emtions you can pick from:

Annoyed	Anxious	Apprehensive	Agonize
Anger	Anxiety	Apathy	Bored
Burdened	Cautious	Competitive	Concerned
Confused	Contempt	Depressed	Destructive
Disgusted	Distracted	Doubtful	Disappointed
Exasperated	Exhausted	Embarrassment	Envy
Frustrated	Fear	Guilty	Greed
Grief	Harassed	Hesitant	Hostile
Ignored	Impatient	Indifferent	Intimidated
Isolated	Irritated	Jealous	Jumpy
Lonely	Mad	Manipulated	Miserable
Obnoxious	Overwhelmed	Panic	Pressured
Remorse	Revenge	Shame	Sad
Scared	Shocked	Suspicious	Stress
Tired	Uncomfortable	Uneasy	Used
Wary	Weary	Wasteful

Then explain why you were inspired to use the emotion you used.   Be artistic, have fun. :)