Kierra in the Snow

coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
edited November 16, 2010 in People
Well it's evident from the last posting on my website being dated in mid September that I haven't been having enough fun lately, so we went out with a pretty young lady the other day and took some portraits in the fresh snow. She was an excellent model, although we all agreed she'll have to try to smile a little more. :rofl Here's a few favorites to show off, hope you enjoy!

1) We started out by a nice creek, not quite frozen over just yet.
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2) Then we took off down the trail to try to find a nice backdrop of paper birch somewhere.
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3) The colors worked pretty well. We intended to have something bright, but in the end the mint green was great too!
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4) After trudging off through the woods for a pretty good distance looking for perfect birch trees and not finding any, we settled on just taking a few close ups and fun shots.
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5) Then with fingers growing stiff and face conversely more relaxed, we wrapped up with some dancing in the snow. :D
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Feel free to comment, I always enjoy the discussions! :D
John Borland
www.morffed.com

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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    Wow, what can I say....gorgeous shots!
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    Wow John... this is some of the nicest work I have ever seen from you. #1 is amazing!
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  • l.k.madisonl.k.madison Registered Users Posts: 542 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    Makes me want to move to Narnia!!

    Until I remember how cold, wet, and messy snow really is.

    I LOVE the mint green dress against the white snow, a little hint of freshness in the dead of winter.
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  • VayCayMomVayCayMom Registered Users Posts: 1,870 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    wow, a set very fitting with your business name. Great stuff!! Congrats to both of you!!
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    Love # 5!
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    Very gorgeous work!! Really love 1 & 5. 5 has a sensation of flying or hovering over the snow.
    Only nits are that #2 felt a bit far off (perhaps just the image size playing into the issue). Can really see enough face detail, IMO.
    On #3 the partial eye bothers me. I think you either need the other iris, or none of the other eye. Again, just my opinion.

    Second L.K's comment about the mint green playing incredibly well against the snow. Really good call!
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  • briandelionbriandelion Registered Users Posts: 512 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    Above all else for me- the color scheme and textures. Beautiful! thumb.gif
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  • l.k.madisonl.k.madison Registered Users Posts: 542 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    adbsgicom wrote: »

    Second L.K's comment about the mint green playing incredibly well against the snow. Really good call!

    Off the subject, but thank you for realizing that it's an "L" not an "I" like most people think it is :) Name's Lauren Madison, definitely an L.
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  • coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    Thanks for the comments all! And Heather, I've been putting as much prayer and practice into my photos as I can, so it's good to hear I'm making some good ones. :D

    Thanks again!
    John Borland
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  • cab.in.bostoncab.in.boston Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    l.k.madison wrote: »
    Makes me want to move to Narnia!!

    I had the exact same thought!

    Very nice pictures, and kudos to the model for risking frostbite! 2 and 4 are my favorites.
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  • ows4428ows4428 Registered Users Posts: 93 Big grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    Beautiful shots, I think 1 and 2 are my favorites.
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    These are beautiful. #1 is jaw-droppingly good.
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    These are awesome iloveyou.gif
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    FANTASTIC SET......damn these are good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    2,4 and 5 are my favorites but the whole set is magical.

    That said, all I could think when I looked at them was, "SHE MUST BE SOOOO COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". rolleyes1.gif
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    Very, very nice! I really like the choice of color and how it just pops off the screen against the white of the snow.

    Also huge credits to your model! She doesn't look at all cold, yet I know she must be.

    Sam
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2010
    Superbly done! Congrats! thumb.gifbow
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  • coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Wow, thanks for the awesome comments everyone! And yeah, she told us she wasn't cold the whole time, but when it got to the point that we noticed she couldn't move her fingers well enough to grab her coat, we packed it up and went for hot chocolate. rolleyes1.gif She's tough!
    John Borland
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Gorgeous set! Love the concept, compositions, and colors. Shoot and share more! :D
  • ChiShutterChiShutter Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    Overall I really like these, but I would like to see shallower DOF or perhaps tighter framing (particularly #2) to isolate your model. To my eye, she seems to get lost a bit at times.
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