A few of my girls
photogmomma
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It's been a while... I am still editing the wedding I did last weekend, but took a few shots of my girls I wanted to share.
Ellie, my oldest, showing off her cheesy grin!
Sammie throwing a FIT because she does NOT want to share...
Distraught after being forced to share. Such a TOUGH life!
Thanks for peeking! As always, CC is always appreciated - and wanted!
Ellie, my oldest, showing off her cheesy grin!
Sammie throwing a FIT because she does NOT want to share...
Distraught after being forced to share. Such a TOUGH life!
Thanks for peeking! As always, CC is always appreciated - and wanted!
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Great stuff, momma!
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Forgot the particulars:
Opened the shades in front of them, angled the horse just slightly and used only available light (north facing). Camera info: ISO 200, f/2.5, 1/320 exposure
Andy, hope your sister is better to you now.
Truth, thanks so much on the conversion. I bought Lightroom and am in LOVE with it. My results are SO much better than anything I could have gotten in PS. Much more consistant and better overall. Thanks again!
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Ohhhhhhhh kid fight.... okay who won ???
Your children are gorgeous, nice sepia touch too
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Thanks so much!
Yes, El Kiwi, I just LOVE how you can do such interesting and great conversions with Lightroom! Thanks so much for your comments!
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Shhh...don't tell anyone but LR gives the best B&W conversions without all the 40 step deals.
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Great use of available light, great B&W conversions, but most of all, great eye for capturing the moment!
For just one little example of things that work so well in your photos: the use of DOF on the second. Beautiful stuff!
Congrats on your photos and lovely kids!
Thanks for sharing!
-- thiago
care to share your mix for this brew?
Lex
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Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
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Gmonkeh... What?!? Give away my secret?!? You have to be kidding!!!
Okay, okay, since you twisted my arm...
To do the B&W conversion, you need to have a photo that is exposed well (or have exposure adjusted correctly) as well as the color corrected in it. If the color is wrong (for example, way too warm), you can get different results. I always adjust my photos so that they look good in color before I do any conversion - I find that I get much better results that way, as odd as it sounds.
Then in the Develop module, I have a preset the does the following:
- Greyscale conversion
- Split toning with the following settings:
- Hue:37, Saturation:10 for both highlights and shadows, balance at 0
I find that a warmer tone in a B&W works well with most of the photos I do. I only like a true sepia in certain instances, but love having something with a very slight tone most of the time. (I do have a few true B&W images, but generally they aren't people/children.) That's I think what makes this conversion stand out a bit.... (At least, that's what others have told me!)After I do that, I fix the exposure and usually have to bring it up slightly. Not always (and I don't think I did in these photos), but I fix exposure so that the brights aren't blown, but are still bright and have detail.
Then I run my preset (not Lightrooms!) for Tone Curve - medium:
- Highlights: +27
- Lights: +17
- Darks: -1
- Shadows: -17
Those are straight out of the preset I made, but I will often tweak them slightly. You have to watch it, though, as the highlights going higher may cause some of the brights to blow out.You'll notice that I do my warm B&W conversion and my Tone Curve separately. Different photos require a different tone curve so it doesn't make sense to put them all together.... I do section and just click on the presets that I want to use! (I have made about 5 or 6...)
A few places to check out downloadable presets are:
http://lightroompresets.com/#
http://inside-lightroom.co.uk/ (This one has more information)
I haven't tried any of these (although I've downloaded them), but they may help you out!
HTH!
I do have these presets and I would be happy to email out - if you'd like them (or anyone), please PM me with your email. But I *highly* suggest doing them yourself a few times and creating your own - you'll learn more that way and end up with better conversions if you understand the process!
Oh, and thanks again for the kinds words!
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Nikon D300
Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
2 Alien Bees AB800
Nikon Speedlight SB800
Elinchrome Skyport Triggers
LR works with CS2, it just makes your life easier. It's much mroe powerful than CameraRAW and really cuts down the Photoshop time. When you're done "developing" in LR you simply export the file(s) and they open in PS. Could not be any simpler.
Nikon D300
Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
2 Alien Bees AB800
Nikon Speedlight SB800
Elinchrome Skyport Triggers
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love this series, ellie sure has grown up since the pics from last fall! wow. Looks like sisterly love is still a wee ways off! The one of Sammie putting her head down is great. That bummed out posture is adorable.
As usual, love your style and conversions.
good to see you back!
lynne
PS thanks for the preset info for 1.0....I was having some difficulty adjusting from Beta 4 to the release in this area...mucho gusto!
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Lynne, I'm one of YOUR biggest fans, too! So the compliment means a lot from you!
Actually, the girls usually get along, but Sammie is getting some new teeth or growing or something and has been a bit more ornery than usual. Ugh!
So glad you liked my presets! I've tweaked the warm b&W (it seems to have changed since the beta) and that's what you see here. Holler if you'd like it! I don't mind!
Gmonkeh, here is my usual flow - if it helps! Not sure if you're doing this professionally or not, but this flow works really well for me!
- Do photoshoot
- Download photos
- Backup
- Move to new directory of backed up images
- Import into Lightroom
- In the Library module, go turn on Lights Out mode and go through each image giving them 1, 4 or 5 stars. 1=delete, 4=good, 5=awesome. (Sometimes I give 3's for shoots I need a photo I'm not happy with, but they then go to 4 or 1 depending...)
- Color correct, crop, convert to B&W in Lightroom. Remove spots.
- Select 3-5% of photos to fully edit in PS to show what's possible - skin softening, if necessary, background cleanup, more intense stamping, etc
- Upload all images selected - about 30-50 for a standard photoshoot (weddings are different)
- Customer purchases
- Use proof days to fully edit in PS, if necessary
- Release
- Collect $$!
I definitely will always use PS, but I rarely do any color correction or cropping in there now. I find I get MUCH more consistant results with LR. Much better!Anyway, thought I'd share my flow with you just in case it helps you figure out yours! Good luck!
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I love the drama of #3
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