More With Lee

Finally got back to editing the photoshoot of my pal Lee. I know...you're saying "there's more?" and the answer is yes. Quite a few more to go through and edit.

Lee was a patient subject and even though the time flew by I took a lot of shots. The reason why it's also taking so long is because these photos (in my opinion) are filled with a lot of emotion and I feel the need to try multiple post processing effects until I find the right one for the photograph.











One of my FAVORITE EDITS today! I love how I made Lee's eye look!!





















Since Lee is a writer we decided to do some shots with his trusty blue notebook.



Lee also wanted a shot showing the area where her lives so we took this shot with is pup Elliot Igby.

And The Deep Thoughts Series Continues

In between other sessions I've been working on the "Deep Thoughts Series" also seen here and here and here!








Interesting idea...have your model lie down and take them from this angle:



Classic T-Shirt! PLEASE REMAIN CALM it's no use both of us being hysterical at the same time.



I broke out the Nikon 105mm lens for these...

Lee is a writer so we decided to incorporate some his "tools" into the photoshoot. Once being his "little blue book." He carries this blue book with him and when he has ideas he jots them down in the book.

I like this shot because he didn't realize I was about to take it. He was telling me something and I like that natural moment captured with pen in hand:



Then I decided that since hands can tell a story that I'd focus on them along with the incorporation of the blue book:



I did a harsh gritty look on these 2 shots...I like how they came out...





...these are the originals:








This lens is great! It focused right in on the pen tip here:



More dramatic shots of the hands of a writer...

I know...I know...More! I take a lot of photos... LOL!

Of course I spent the night editing...I continued on the Deep Thoughts series.

These were 3 that really stood out to me tonight.

I can't wait to do another photoshoot outdoors in the New York City (hint...hint...Lee!!)!

These are all done with Photoshop Actions but taken to the next level with tweaking of brightness, levels, textures, etc. Some that I've done in this series have multiple actions applied on top of each other or I repleat the same one over a few times on the photo.

They bright ones didn't start out overexposed - I MADE THEM THAT WAY ON PURPOSE!

More Edits... "Deep Thoughts" Series

Love the smile in this one :)



I like the close up shots for a lot of this shoot. I wanted to get right in there and show the details because I feel that deatils like this can really speak to you.





I also like unconventional compositions....if you can't tell that already!



I did the same shot with the dragan effect/dragan technique. Once method of doing this technique can be found by CLICKING HERE. It definitely gives a "dark side" feel to a normal photo. I don't know why I like the technique...I just think it's fun to create someing that's totally different that the norm.



I captured another smile! See, they weren't all so serious during our serious session: :)



I think you might be able to see a pattern forming here....I really love the KUBOTA Photoshop Action (mentioned HERE) that produces this look! I've used it quite a bit of times throughout the processing of this photo shoot and I keep wanting to use it on ever photo! (I seem to get caught in repetitious behavior like that with my post processing....I guess it's like the flavor of the week for me!)

I really wanted a gritty feel ...(as a friend of my best described it...they have a Film Noir feel to them).



And the last post of the day for the blog is the last photo I processed today:

Top Shot of the Night

Okay, I edited quite a bit tonight and then I got to the last shot I was going to edit of the night and...WOW! I love, love, love it!

I can say that this could be a TOP favorite of what I've edited so far from this session. There's just something about it and all of the details.

They will see us waving from such great heights,
"come down now", they'll say
but everything looks perfect from far away
"come down now", but we'll stay...



(click to view LARGER)


Thanks Lee for being my model! :)

Edgy, Deep, Dark, and Gritty

I'm loving the results I've been getting the past couple days of the "Deep Thoughts" Photoshoot I did of my friend Lee.

I'm going for an edgy, deep, dark, and gritty feel. I'm using Photoshop CS3 for the editing with a number of actions/effects. I'm going with a some Boutwell's Totally Rad Actions and some Kubota Actions along with some of my own special blends of Photoshop work.

After running the actions I'm doing my own specials twists and tweaks to the shots to give them that extrea something and the results are just what I'm looking for.

As I normally do with my "people" photo shoots I'm editing an original looking version and then apply mutiple techniques/actions to the shots so that I end up with 2, 3, and even 4 versions of each. Although it's time consuming I like sticking with this technique because it gives me options when it comes to the photos. Just trying one form of prost processing is never enough of a variety for me unless I nail that PERFECT effect on the first try.

Here are some that have me really pleased:

















Even if this is not your type of post processing I hope I've conveyed what my vision is for the images to you. I have quite a few more photos from the session to go through and I'll be sure to share more throughout the editing process.

Let me know your thoughts...


See more from this series through the following links:

http://jenweaverphotography.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-edits-deep-thoughts-series.html

http://jenweaverphotography.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-knowi-knowmore-i-take-lot-of-photos.html

http://jenweaverphotography.blogspot.com/2008/01/experimenting-photographing-snow-at.html

http://jenweaverphotography.blogspot.com/2008/02/and-deep-thoughts-series-continues.html

http://jenweaverphotography.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-with-lee.html