Bethany, receiving an intriguing text message before class. I don’t know why people use text messages when they could just talk over the phone, but they’ve become quite popular somehow.
She’s in cosmetology at the college, which apparently involves applying makeup and such. I think that’s why she has a purple apron. She could also have a future in modeling, because when I told her to be serious, she didn’t crack up like this girl.
I burned in the corners a lot (vignetting). They were bright to start, but darkening them really strengthens the portrait. You’re in Bethany’s world now.
Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/250, F4, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-10-08T12:51:09-04, 20081008-165109rxt
Location: Daytona State College, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Oh, my gosh! I really love your orchid! I am an Orchid grower myself and I just enjoy taking care of them. It relaxes me after a hard day’s work in the office. Orchid types
I am wondering how these pictures should be snapped. Truly amazing pic.
Love this picture! Would have been better if you had not revealed all the photoshoppy you did to it. :-0 :tormented:
This is SO beautiful! How do you do it eh? I love all your photos, have been trying to take pictures for a while now but can’t seem to get the right angle!
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Thanks Alison! Try taking pictures from different angles and IGNORE the background, even if it’s ugly. Just look at the flowers or whatever your subject is. You’ll notice it looks better or more interesting from certain angles… Then work with the background by moving the subject if possible.
On a DSLR you can blur the background out with a large aperture (low F-stop #), but on a point-and-shoot the background will always be clear, unfortunately.
Remember your editing! Go pirate Photoshop and start adding contrast through the curves tool, dodging and burning, etc.
These are lovely Richard. Remember me? I wrote a short blurb about you on both my websites which are linked. If you want to link up, leave me a message on one of my blogs. See you on campus.
Hi Lauren! I remember you. I went ahead and wrote an article about you here: Lauren Axelrod’s Archeology Review. I hope it helps you and keep up the good work with your blogs and education.
Richard, just wondering why not, NextGEN Gallery WordPress Plugin as I have heard of it more often.
Post Thumb Revisited lets me post photos as blog posts and create galleries as pages. Also, it’s easy to add random thumbnails at the top of each page.
Another great art photo! By the way, what WordPress photo/image plugin are you using? Thanks!
Thanks! I use Post Thumb Revisted. I wrote a guide to it some time ago.
Hey, she is cute :3 I like it!
Tell her if you can, that a german boy likes her 😀 😀 would be funny
Ha ha, I’ll tell her that next time I bump into her. 😎