Haley,...

Oh Sweet, beautiful, Haley! 

This session would probibly go down in my books as one of my favorites. Maybe it is because my client was drop dead gorgous or maybe it was because the weather and location was perfect or maybe it was because my all time favorite thing to shoot is High school seniors. Im not quite sure what exactly it was but the stars seemed to align perfectly.

As I was going through these image I just kept thinking of how much I loved High school seniors. And thinking,...I am booking Senior sessions right now for the Spring. Please get a hold of me to book your Senior portrait session. 

***Important reminder!!!As of 2011 my session fee is $150 but if you book (and pay your session deposit) by Dec 30th your session fee will only be $100. So book now!!! I have limited session spots available.

And now Haley Senior 2011

Before and After....

I thought I would post a little before and after to show the huge difference editing makes in an image.

I always love when I see other photographers do this and share tips and tricks.

This was shot with my 24-70 mm lens zoomed all the way to 70mm. f 2.8 and 1/500th of a second. ISO 200 in RAW

Here is a before shot. 

I shot this in a pretty safe open shade with a little bit of light coming around the corner of the building. I wanted to give her a little bit of a hair light and make my colors a bit more dramatic.

And her is the after. I popped my colors a bit with a soft light layer and a multiply layer. I also gave more a direct light coming around the corner of the building with dodging and burning. (dodging where light was already falling and burning the shadows even more)

Merrill Family...

Now most times when I show up to a family session the father of the group is less than thrilled to be there in the chaos of family portrait time. The all time best is when a dad got really mad at his son for goofing around and looks him in the eye with a 'your gonna get it' look and says " YOU BETTER SIT THERE AND SMILE OR YOUR GOING TO BE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!!!" 

Im thinking, "yeah dad that will make them happy and have a sincere smile!" haha!! 

Anyways,... That was so NOT the case with this family. This daddio was beyond fun! And it made such a difference with the attitudes of everyone there. So happy and laid back. Everyone was so happy! I love that! They were up for anything and all of the kids were so fun. Thanks Merrill Family!!

This is what I was working with. So funny!!!

comming up.. Merrill Fam...

And all the fall glory.....