Editing Editing and yes, Editing
I have felt lately like I have had an endless number of photos to edit lately. After we came back from our honeymoon, I probably had in the neighborhood of 1200 photos to go through. The very next weekend I took the lighting workshop in Baltimore. That added another 600+ images to process.
I am flying to Seattle this Friday to shoot a wedding with my friend Jeremy, and I knew that if I didn't get through these shots by this weekend, there really is no telling when I would get to them. Tonight I sat down and tried to give it my best shot.
I will eventually go through and sort by the model's name, but for now we have:
Briana, Karena, Melissa, Lindsey, Katherine, and Jeanette
Still a little more cleanup to do, but we're almost there with these.
More from Costa Rica
Not sure if any of these plants are actually native to the Tamarindo area of Costa Rica, but our resort was beautifully landscaped. I'm really happy with these…I am trying to shoot more photos that I can print or put together in a series, similar to the leaves (1,2,3,4) I photographed last fall after I built my ring flash.
One more… it doesn't match, but I really like it.
Lighting Workshop
Last weekend I attended a lighting workshop given by Don Gianatti in Baltimore. I've been playing with both on and off camera for a little over a year, and while I thought I understood the basic principles, a few things never really clicked with me. I know how to make adjustments to the flashes to achieve results, but I don't feel like I really "got it". I would chimp a few shots off, which is fine, except that I usually have limited time with my model (see previous post) before extreme boredom sets in.
The workshop provided several simple setups and tools for getting nice results. While several people were there because they wanted to be "strobists", I just wanted to walk away with tools for being able to take some decently lit shots. I have walked away from every class or workshop i've taken with a few good ideas and/or tools for shooting.
We were fortunate to have about 6 great models to work with over the course of the day, and a terrific studio space to play with in Baltimore. Lots of great natural light in a really great neighborhood. I have so many pictures to edit from that day, and I'm already way behind from the 1000+ shots I took on our honeymoon (more to come from that trip also). Hopefully I will be able to get to them soon.
Briana
Karena
Melissa
My lady wanted a headshot
Now that I'm all "trained" in lighting (thanks, Don Gianatti), Liz asked me if I could take a headshot. I just sold some equipment yesterday, so I didn't have everything I would like, but I was able to come up with these. Not too shabby. Hard to believe that they were only taken a couple minutes apart. Where does that energy come from?
