Photos from today...

Michael_HansenMichael_Hansen Registered Users Posts: 139 Major grins
edited March 28, 2005 in People
hailey3.jpg

This is Hailey...she loves chocolate :D

hailey.jpg

Easter is a lot of fun with the little ones!

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Two of my three children Kasia and Nathan....my oldest son had to work.


Thanks for looking!
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Paul Strand

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  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    Beautiful kids and beautiful portraits!

    What are you using for the glow effect?
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  • Michael_HansenMichael_Hansen Registered Users Posts: 139 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    Thanks, Fred Miranda's Soft Focus plugin for Photoshop.
    "Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees."
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  • Michael_HansenMichael_Hansen Registered Users Posts: 139 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    sarah.jpg

    My Niece Sarah...I'm photographing her wedding next month...so I'm practicing on people more.....I usually stick to landscapes and critters.

    jeffnmichelle.jpg

    My Sister and her hubby

    grams.jpg

    My sister's first grand baby.
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    Beautiful portraits. I still am up in the air on the Soft focus but none the less still really beautiful..
  • thegreeneggthegreenegg Registered Users Posts: 551 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    I have to agree that they are all great portraits. You photograph mostly critters, you could of fooled me. Many of these pictures contain great emotion. Good captures.
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited March 28, 2005
    Very nice set Michael. I'm not a fan of all that soft focus hocus pocus so I'll bet the originals would prove stunning if you were to post them for comparison (?) :D
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  • JimFuglestadJimFuglestad Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    Hi Michael,

    These are all very nice captures... great moments. Exposures and compositions are very nice. I'm not a fan of soft focus unless a photo really calls for it, so I think these stand up great on their own without the soft focus. But... that's personal preference, I suppose.

    Thanks for sharing, and good luck on the wedding!

    Jim
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  • KirwinKirwin Registered Users Posts: 417 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    Beautiful images! I do like the effect!

    I think you have to be selective how you want to utilize this tool. It's just like any other pp tool... if over-used within the same series of images it can become gimmicky.
    Regards,
    Kirwin
  • jthomasjthomas Registered Users Posts: 454 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    Yes, they are very nice. I think the soft focus effect works well on the portrait of Sarah and the one of Kasia and Nathan, not so well on the others.

    I would also like to see the originals if you have time to post them.
  • Michael_HansenMichael_Hansen Registered Users Posts: 139 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2005
    It's just a new toy mwink.gif I personally love tack sharp focus.
    Sorry if I overwhelmed you with the soft focus.


    hailey4.jpg

    Here is one of the above shots without the soft focus.

    lala2.jpg

    Sometimes it helps give a softer more glamourous look.

    lala.jpg
    "Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees."
    Paul Strand

    http://www.michaelhansen.com
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