The month of February has a lot that is going on. For me it’s about Love. This means self-love, looking at family and friends, and looking at others who either need love or love others. Hmm, I wonder where I heard that before. We think of Valentine the Day of Love. Yes, being an Aquarius has a special day for me during this month, and I have one more notable day that means a lot to me, and that is my marriage to a very special person. February, make it the best this year, and find and get Love. Don’t forget to give love. You never know who you just may help.
Winter
Winter Imagination
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One of my favorite Holidays is coming. (I think I inherit this from my mother) At the beginning of the year, I had a few goals that I wanted to do in my photography. I wanted to be more creative and better with Adobe software. Well, this whole year, I have been working on both. I got inspired by this composite by watching a Holiday Special by Adobe.
It started with 3 adobe stock pictures that I blended into the main scene. The castle was one, and I cut it out. The snow with the trees and hill was the second, and third was the sky after blending everything in. I added one more cut-out. I needed a deer in this picture. I did a lot of color blending, and my final picture that once again was in my head.
I enjoy compositing and look forward to doing more. Regarding Adobe products, stay tuned; I have some more Holidays with different software coming this week.
Happy Thanksgiving
I want to tale a moment and say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
How the mind works if you let it
II have been watching the past week some adobe lesson’s on all of their products. That is what hit my inspiration on the composite shown below. I am using 11 stock photos, and with the help of Photoshop, I came up with what I had in my mind. As I said before, I can’t draw, but I can imagine, and I know what I like. So with Photoshop and also, in this case, the help of Illustrator is my composite. So what are the 11 photos?
Winter night
It started with the background mountains.
next was the cabin, and I blended it with the snow of the mountains
Next was the tree close to the cabin. I cut it out from another photo and used it.
The middle tree
The smaller tree on the left.
Next was adding the Buck.
I added the two Does.
After blending everything in, the cabin needed smoke. I added smoke.
Change the sky from sunny blue sky to star night sky. I wanted this to be nighttime.
Added the moon to show bright light was coming from something
After looking and thinking I was done, I thought if this was real, I needed to footprints of the deer. This is where Illustrator came. I made them and copied and pasted them in.
There you have it, 11 photo’s to make 1. Thanks, Adobe, for your classes. I get inspired all the time. This project took me some time to work on. But, I am happy with how it came out.
Playing with Light
Last week I talked about playing with constant light. Today I am going to continue talking about light and not flash. We were in Chicago and had the opportunity to work with some models and develop our skills using constant light. For me, I wanted to experiment with my 50mm 1.2 lens and using 1.2. I was also using a Kelvin setting of 3600. Kelvin is color. Using a block with a mixture of light, we sat the model down, and I wanted her head to lean towards the light. After watching her for a while, I needed more light. With that said, I brought an Icelight with me. This is a constant light made by Westcott because I was using Kelvin 3800 and counter my main light with an orange gel on it.
Icelight with a orange gel for more light to the face
Now time for the pictures. I had my assistant and had them bring the light in as close as possible but still have it out of my picture.
The Final
I have always wanted to take pictures like these. Living in a small town, and they don’t have the constant light you see in the bigger cities. That does not mean you can’t do it, and it was just not what I wanted. I am glad I brought the Icelight with me; we found later that no flash was allowed in this area without a permit. I have used the ice light before at a wedding and for some product shoots but never for an event like this. I enjoyed the practice I had that night and the pictures that came about. Making it look natural for me is what I like.