I finally played around with photo merge in Photoshop. . .This was created with six images taken with my Lumix point and shoot camera at Coors Field, Rockies vs. Giants and San Francisco spanked them 10-0! Love the clouds in the sky!
I took a week to offer Dog Days of Summer studio pet portraits to benefit the Longmont Humane Society. It was a fun learning, experience how best to capture the dogs. They certainly have different personalities and behaviors! I decided to keep the dog hair to one neutral blue backdrop that complimented every dog. Overall it was a success and all pet owners were very pleased with their dog's close-up. There were certainly a good number of solid black dogs! A total of $350 will be donated to the Longmont Humane Society.
A photo session of a friend and professional associate who competed in a body building competition and won the 5th place award in his category. I didn't have any fun at this session and editing the images was such a chore to do. ;-) If I had to pick my favorite, it would be the one with the blue background with his head thrown back laughing as I feel that captures the true spirit of Scott.
I did two head shots this week in natural light and within minutes as they were just "quickies" for the client. The reflective light in the alley against a brick wall and the open sky in the backyard late in the day makes for flattering light.
Donna Currie had an immediate need for a nice photo to leave a good impression for a casting call in Denver with the Food Network. I wish her the best of luck as she would be well suited with her enthusiasm and passion for cooking. Check out her blog at www.cookistry.blogspot.com/
My cousin Laura Diemer was in town for an all too brief visit and I wanted to update her profile image. She's a pretty woman with a beautiful spirit in the LIma family clan. It was rather late in the day when we got home after dinner at Anthony's so I only had time to grab a family photo to have as a keepsake of their visit. The boys, Nathan and Sam, have gotten so big since I saw them last five years ago. While the boys played ping pong and Wii games, I showed my cousin how I lightly enhance head shots in Photoshop and why I spend so much time sitting in front of a computer. They really enjoyed their visit to Colorado and discovered what a peaceful place the Rocky Mountains are. Live simply and move to Colorado cousin Laura!
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The Miller Family was photographed at MacIntosh Lake, both with their shades with Long's Peak as a backdrop and in the shade for softer light.
The Paris Family was photographed at Chautauqua Park in Boulder.
An 11 mile hike to Black Lake and back but the images captured were worth the long and hard effort. We were beat when we got home 8 hours later and went to bed at 8 PM and slept for 11 hours. What a delightful day!
This was a super fun portrait session to donate my time and talent to The Longmont Chorale to help them update their publicity photos for marketing and their website. This spontaneous portrait of the Sugar Beats was one of the favorites of Kathy, Anne, Paula & Robin.
