Month January 2016

Year One

I retired January 9th 2015: one year ago today.  As an anniversary, this is as good a one to recognise, if not celebrate, as any other.  In modern times, when so many work in regularly scheduled jobs, that point where…

Fashion Shoot #5

1-3003343522, @VAu 1-229-239 (2015 Nov-Dec), Adult, Age, Bokeh, Content, Eyes Open, Face, Female, Frontal Face, Gender, High Contrast, Number of Faces, One Face, Person, Photography, Portrait

In the final series of shots I moved away from a high-key to a low-key style. In these shots I did little manipulation, if any, of the colour saturation and contrast, and rather worked more with vignetting to offset the…

Fashion Shoot #4

1-3003343522, @VAu 1-229-239 (2015 Nov-Dec), Age, Bokeh, Bright, Content, Eyes Open, Face, Female, Frontal Face, Gender, Number of Faces, One Face, Person, Photography, Portrait, Teenager / Young Adult

Today’s entry presents variations on a theme, or more specifically each picture below is a different crop of the same original shot.  What is interesting, in my mind, is how different each variation is.  As an aside, it offers some…

Fashion Shoot #3

1-3003343522, @VAu 1-229-239 (2015 Nov-Dec), Adult, Age, Content, Eyes Open, Face, Female, Frontal Face, Gender, Number of Faces, One Face, Person, Photography, Portrait, Unsaturated

The image here is part of the same series I looked at yesterday, but in colour and with a bit more focus (notably on the eyes).  From what I could see, Corrine Day softened the colours in her images, so…

Fashion Shoot #2

1-3003343522, @VAu 1-229-239 (2015 Nov-Dec), Adult, Age, Content, Eyes Open, Face, Female, Frontal Face, Gender, Number of Faces, One Face, Person, Photography, Unsaturated

In this series I explored shots that were a little grainier and softer focus.  I applied a Split Toning layer in post-processing (Highlights: Hue [52]; Saturation [26]; Shadows: Hue [215]; Saturation [23]) to soften the harshness of pure black & white.…