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

Deep Thoughts...

Today I visited my friend Lee who lives in New York City. We agreed we'd do indoor portraits today and I had a blast practicing with him.

Since I don't have studio lighting I brought 2 hardware store style clamp lights with 60 watt flourescent bulbs in them. I also had the Gary Fong Lightsphere on my SB800 flash with the opaque cover over it. I used my black muslin fabric backdrop and we rigged it up on a wall.

The tone of the photoshoot was on a more serious note and it took on a "deep thoughts" feel so that's why I titled the photo session that.

I did a lot of close-up compositions during the photo shoot and a lot of the shots involved hands. I've only worked on a few edits so far tonight so these are some that I'd like to share....



A different B&W Conversion showing some shadows:





Another conversion of the one above with the Platino Action:



And more more:



I'll be editing more of the many shots I took at this photo shoot so be on the look out for more!!