Photography Post - Portraits

Individual Side Composition:

1. Mercedes Side Composition
2. 5/21/11- 12:49 PM
3. Sharp's Home
4. f/3.2
5. 1/200- Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
6. For this shot I used a large aperture to blur her background. I really liked the lighting of the window in this shot as well. I do not like the background in this shot and do not know how to change it for it to be less distracting. Any tips? In my editing I sharpened the image and added a little bit more blur to the background. I also pumped up the hue and saturation.


Individual Head and Shoulders:

1. Olin Head and Shoulder Shot
2. 5/22/11- 4:36 PM
3. Hess' Home
4. f/2.7
5. 1/1000 sec. - Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
6. I really liked the lighting in this shot and the way in brought out the colors. In my editing I airbrushed his skin just a little bit and also increased the saturation and contrast. I tried to open his eye a little bit with the liquify tool but it looked very un-natural. Overall I liked how this shot turned out.


Individual Full Body:

1. Olin Full Body
2. 5/22/11- 5:04 PM
3. Hess' Home
4. f/4.0
5. 1/500 sec. - Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
6. I really enjoyed how the light hit the side of Olin's face on this shot. I also really liked the background that is simple and clear. The saturation I added to this shot really added to the contrast between the green grass and the blue sky. I did not do much other editing to this picture.


Group Activity:

1. Mom and Daughter
2. 5/21/11- 1:19 PM
3. Sharp's Home
4. f/2.7
5. 1/800 sec.- Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
6. Mercedes is one of the cutest babies ever! She loves her mom and is constantly giggling. I liked this picture because it captured the moment of them playing together and it was adorable. In my editing, I increased the saturation and also the contrast. I also sharpened the overall image and played with the color balance.

Group Posed:

1. Olin and Jared Dorkin' it Up.
2. 5/22/11- 5:01 PM
3. Hess' Home
4. f/4.0
5. 1/1000 sec.- Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
6. For this shot it was obviously very posed. We were invited to have a BBQ at our awesome neighbor's house and it was a blast. I think the lighting on this shot is not too bad. In my editing I played with the color balance, contrast, and saturation. I also sharpened the overall image which helped it pop a little more.

Individual Environmental:

1. BBQ Master
2. 5/22/11- 4:45 PM
3. Hess' Home
4. f/2.7
5. 1/640 sec.- Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
6. Jared was at work with the ribs he was grillin' up for us! In my editing I sharpened the image overall and increased the saturation and hue. After I worked with this, I decided to make it black and white, and I liked this much better.