One of my friends volunteered for a boudoir photoshoot a few weeks ago. I had never done boudoir, but I think it is a very artistic genre that can have so many different moods. Anyway, my friend has several tattoos, and I have wanted to do a tattoo series for a while, so her photoshoot was a perfect opportunity! I did these with no flash, just living room lights. I also just learned how to convert to a warm-toned B&W image, and I really love the effect. These photos also happened to look awesome as warm B&Ws. :) I did the color processing in Lightroom, but took all three images into Photoshop to add contrast layers and soft effects.
When I first got my camera last October, I promised my friends Matt and Erin two engagement shoots, one in the fall and one in the spring. We did the first shoot in November, and it was the first official photoshoot I had ever done with my first actual DSLR. I learned two things from that shoot: 1) I was proud of images I made, and 2) I knew I could learn to do better. Matt and Erin got married at the end of May, and since they were so busy all spring with job applications, Erin's graduation, and preparing to move, we didn't find any time to do their second photo shoot before the wedding... so, we did it afterward. We walked around downtown Lexington, and I took them to some places I had in mind, as well as some places I happened to see while we were walking. This first image is my favorite. The courthouse fountains on Limestone are a gorgeous place to shoot, and lots of fun! I did about 98% of the editing for this session in Lightroom. I boosted the contrast and added some fill light in LR, then took this image into Photoshop and added a multiply layer and an overlay layer at low opacities to give it a really high contrast that I just couldn't get in LR. I am very proud of the images I got on this second photo shoot, and I can tell that I have become a better photographer. But... I'm still learning. :) Here are a few of my favorite images. Let me know what you think.
Courthouse steps.
In front of the fountain again... Erin had conveniently brought the most perfect pink umbrella!
I've always loved photos involving a crosswalk.
This is a photo idea I've had for a long time, just had to find someone with a motorcycle. :)
Yes, I definitely borrowed this idea from my mentor, Frank Becker. Just using itas a jumping off point to find my own creative vision.
