As you can tell, besides the fact that these are all portraits, i have tried something a little different then what i usually post. I wanted to take photos of people who have diverse character. I aimed to capture emotions not often shown in my work. I focus on beauty, but i have not focused on true and raw emotion. I didn’t pose a single person in this series i sat and talked to them while taking the photos.
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This is not a bash on Bruce Twitchel because i do understand its his job to inforce rules within the high school this blog is not directed at him in anyway….BUT i do not believe that i should be hindered from printing this picture off due to the fact that i am smoking. I am of course of age(18) and this picture was taken off school grounds. I believe that it is ridiculous to hold back a student from publishing art because of its nature.In school the teachers tell us the reason we are here is to prepare us for the real world. Teachers teach us what we need to know to succeed in a job environment but they do not teach us about the harsh realities life comes with. I don’t need to give examples because I’m positive everyone who is reading this has something they are struggling with in their own lives and they understand what i mean. what im saying and trying to get to is why does the education system hide things that are so present in all of our lives. I started smoking because of peer pressure. That is topic that needs to be talked about more in school. This is just one example of what i mean. Smoking is terrible and I’m aware of this I’m not promoting it. Im just making art. I like how my picture turned out. Im proud of it. Please comment with thoughts and opinions it would be appreciated.
So it has been brught to my attention that i am focusing to much on portriats and not stepping out of the box and trying something new. So i decided i would try something different and create a photo story of my entire thanksgiving trip from Coeur d Alene, Idaho all the way to Port Angeles, Washington. I hope you enjoy.
This is another one of my costumers, Tori she is also happens to be a great friend of mine. She is absolutely beautiful and made a great model. (notice her eyes… GORGEOUS)
So as you can tell we did part of her shoot in the water. I actually went to Tubs Hill to get most of these pictures.
so i m proud definitely!
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I am yet again posting more senior photo’s! i really liked this picture for some reason think it turned out quite nicely. 
This is my friend Shelby,gorgeous eh?
I took this picture on a staircase looking down at her. I have discovered taking pictures from above tends to pop out the jaw line and makes people appear thinner in the face ans well as the body.(not saying shelby is fat either)The only down fall is if your shooting a short person like Marisa, the girl from my first blog, then it tends to make them midget like.
here’s my process for this picture.
1. I used the program Bridge for this photo because i was shooting all her pictures in raw.I adjusted my exposure,recovery, and my fill light.
2.I then used my curves tool to pull out the highlights and shadows in the picture.
3. used my el tool to fix blemishes
4. Used my paint tool to smooth out and fix uneven skin
5. Made eyes more vibrant with paint tool and unsharpened mask
So, heres the scoop on these pictures….. Im not gonna lie i’m not to excited about what i had to pull together for this color assignment. I guess you can say i’m still learning how to juggle six separate photo shoots and assignments at once. It is truly hard managing time, dividing editing time for each client, putting together good photo’s by there due dates, and last but most important making sure the costumer is happy. I understand now why Mr. Twitchell says ” a costumer isn’t going to tell the difference between a photo you worked three hours on and a photo that took you twenty minutes to do.” I’m learning and thats all that matters right?
Anyways for this shoot i traveled to rockford bay and got some pictures at this abandoned Ranch/farm house. It was a great location for possible senior portraits or even weddings.It was creepy at night though…. i felt like i was taking pictures at the scene of the texas chain saw massacre. Creepy…. Anyways during the day it was briliant. The barn and fields had so many different colors. It was beautiful.
Just an F.Y.I i will be posting my editing processes every time i do a post.
This is the process i used on the picture above:
1. went into my levels gave the picture the true blacks and whites it needed. Levels really pops color out by the way.
2. I enhanced the saturation slightly. Dont want over kill on the colors or else they tend to go into the neons. EWW
3. After this i went into my color selection and picked the colors i wanted to fine tune and tweaked the yellows,reds,greens, blacks, cyans, and blues.
By the end i think i gave the picture a completely different look. The hay took on a completely fifferent hue and in my opinion and gave it a really warm look.
Post #1
Below is an assortment of some recent work i did on a close friend of mine. These are some of her senior portraits below.
I like to capture a persons emotion/presence …not a dead face. A good looking person doesn’t always take a good picture. Marisa was absolutely comfortable throughout the entire shoot and i think it really showed in most of the pictures. Here is what i did through photoshop:
1. bumped up the contrast with my levels
2. Used the heal tool to fix any small blemishes on her face
3. Used the paint brush to even out skin tone and give her eyes a little more pop in color and in darkness.I also used the paint brush to give her a little darker tone for her arms and legs
4. used mask tool to darken the background and then used my paint brush to reveal her from under the mask layer and make her pop more in the picture.
I wanted to do something out of the ordinary for her seniors. I drove down to the beach made her put a white dress on and jump in. I took these about sunset and the lighting was absolutely beautiful.
Here is what i did on photoshop:
1.bumped up the contrast with my levels
2. Used the heal tool to fix any small blemishes on her face
3. Used the paint brush to even out skin tone and give her eyes and lips a little more pop in color and in darkness.I also used the paint brush to give her a little darker tone for her arms.
4.I used my hue/saturation tool to give the water a little bit brighter color.
For this picture i really wanted to highlight marisa and drown out the background. Even the though the background is gray i don’t really believe its dull or boring .I believe it brought out the color of her eyes, lips, and skin tone.
This was my process in photoshop:
1.bumped up the contrast with my levels
2.Bumped up the contrast to give her a little more color
3. Used the heal tool to fix any small blemishes on her face
4.Used the paint brush to even out skin tone and give her eyes and lips a little more pop in color .
5. Used mask tool to darken the background and then used my paint brush to reveal her from under the mask layer and make her pop more in the picture.
i then repeated this making the brick a little darker and more contrasted.
