Logan and Bryce

This handsome young man's name is Logan.

Bryce is his younger brother. Isn't this picture sweet?

Of course, it rapidly moved into this picture... :)

Look at all those muscles!

I love the intensity in this one and how he folded his hands around his arms .



It was a chilly, windy day when we shot these (despite our best efforts at finding a good day...Febuary can be like that) but these guys were troopers and you'd never know the weather was nasty!



I love grass as a background. It does such nice organic shapes.

This is also a grass background, but from a higher angle.

How to; Fix Your White Balance

Okay, so the first thing most people start doing when they are trying to improve their photography skills is to turn the flash off at every possible instance, which is completely the right thing to do but can also create a lot of white balance issues.

If you are taking images indoors,with the room light on, you can get pictures where your subject's skin is orange. Today we're going to be discussing how to remove an orange cast from your image and thus make your subjects skin a more normal color.

This is an image that's SOOC (straight out of camera) and it is of a wee man named Grayson.

Open the image in photoshop. At the top of the screen select "Image" from the drop down menu select "Adjustments" and then "Photo Filter" .

This window should appear. You'll notice that this image is a bit "warmer" (more orange or gold toned) then the previous image. That's because the top filter is selected and the effect is automatically shown on your image.

Since we want to remove the excess orange we'll need a cooling filter. There are three cooling filter options, for this image the cooling filter 82 works best. You'll note that the image now looks quite blue.

It is always better for an image to be warmer rather then cooler. Think about it; healthy humans sometimes have a tan glow, and warm images in the proper setting (sunsets, sun flair) are very appealing. However blueish skin generally denotes oxygen deprivation or coldness, so you'll want to be careful about fixing your images. Less is more! Slide the density slider to the point where the skin looks corrected.

That's it! You're done with the white balance correction! Easy right?

Here is the complete edit on the image.

3 Months Later...

So, the good thing about posting so slow is that by the time I post the first shoot I have already completed the second shoot and then I can post a compare/contrast post! Silver linings people, silver linings:)

This is the same baby as the previous post, Caleigh. Isn't it crazy the difference 3 months makes?







She even let us get sleeping pictures which is rather rare for this age. We tried to get her into some of the same poses that are seen below for a better comparison.





Isn't she a doll?

Caleigh

Le sigh. I am awful about updating this thing! I have so many shoots to post up here too! Maybe if I post less pictures and more frequently? Yes. Let's try that.

This is little Caleigh, she was about a week old when we did her shoot. Isn't she a lovely little thing?

College Station Photographer; Rowan

I did a shoot the a short while ago for a lovely little family with the sweetest little 6-month-old. Seriously, I had trouble getting a picture of Rowan that he wasn't smiling in!



























As per usual, click on any image you want to see larger :)

Joshua

Six to eight-months-olds are the most fun to shoot! Even when they are crawling, (like the little guy in today's post) they still aren't too fast and they have the most expressive little faces!

This is Joshua, he is one of the happiest little guys I have ever shot. It was hard to get a picture of him where he wasn't smiling!