p.4 #1 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
Lisa_Holloway wrote:
My Facebook page is for client sneak peeks, so YES, I only want positive comments there - I'm sure you can understand that. There is no place for constructive criticism or downright rudeness on a client's sneak peek. My clients read the comments on their images and do not need to see someone telling me how I could have improved the photo. There is a time and a place, and that is not the time NOR the place. I'm trying to sell images there, not improve my photography or listen to someone's view on gun control.
Also - these images are from a WORKSHOP that I taught with a friend. The VALLEY OF FIRE workshop. So yes, naturally, they are images that were taken in the Valley of Fire. While it may be par for the course for me, people in other areas of the country LOVE the landscape we have out here and flew in from all over the country (and out of the country) to be able to shoot there and learn in the process.
Additionally, when I start posting sessions from a certain location, and other people see and LIKE said locations, they are specifically requested by new clients. I'm in this to make money - not make other photographers happy. If someone wants the Valley of Fire and is willing to pay me to drive out there, they get the Valley of Fire. I do what works for me, and take images that are true to my style. My clients see my website and expect that their session will follow suit with the same style of shooting, editing, and artistic vision. If someone hired me and I suddenly whipped up a bunch of moody black and white FPJ stuff, they would not be happy because this is not what is represented on my website or Facebook page.
If you guys are bored of my images and think I lack creativity, that is perfectly fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It is always an option not to look. You know what to expect from me by now, so why do people keep feeling the need to harp on me about it? I enjoy what I do, have a well defined style that has taken me years to develop, and make a good living doing what I love. It's all good.
On a related note - those who think all I do is the same old thing over and over again - did you completely miss the night images I took in downtown Vegas? I've NEVER done anything like that before. So I guess I don't get credit for stepping outside the box there, huh?...Show more →
p.4 #2 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
Lisa, just like almost everyone has said in every post you make, Your work is stunning (and that's an understatement)!!
I have a few questions (hoping I'm lucky enough to get answers from you).
Do you do much editing in lightroom? Like I've told a few other photographers here, you seem to be able to get the colours to "pop" without making it seem like you just cranked the saturation all the way up. It's quite stunning really.
Also, do you do you any editing in photoshop? Not expecting you to give away your trade secrets and what makes your work yours. But, just trying to get some guidance on how to get to your level someday. Just curious, what kind of corrections you find yourself making more often than not?
p.4 #3 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
jag0 wrote:
Lisa, just like almost everyone has said in every post you make, Your work is stunning (and that's an understatement)!!
I have a few questions (hoping I'm lucky enough to get answers from you).
Do you do much editing in lightroom? Like I've told a few other photographers here, you seem to be able to get the colours to "pop" without making it seem like you just cranked the saturation all the way up. It's quite stunning really.
Also, do you do you any editing in photoshop? Not expecting you to give away your trade secrets and what makes your work yours. But, just trying to get some guidance on how to get to your level someday. Just curious, what kind of corrections you find yourself making more often than not? ...Show more →
Hello! I use both LR4 and Photoshop CS6 in my editing. I always start in LR and do my raw edits there - exposure, white balance, noise removal, fixing up color casts, etc. The real magic happens in Photoshop though as this is where I really play up my colors, add contrast and contouring, etc.
Here's a before and after from one of the images in this set. The sky is an overlay (obviously) but one of my own - I save them in a specifically designated LR catalog. I do not purchase overlays from other photographers. We get amazing sunsets here in Arizona, so when I see one, I'll run out with my camera and get 2 copies of it - one in focus and one out of focus/blurry. Nothing worse than having a blurry background and a perfectly in focus sky - it makes no sense. It looks great when done right though and can really add magic to an already great photo. Anyways, just figured I'd share since I just posted this one on my Facebook page.
p.4 #6 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
Lisa, thanks so much for the response. It's amazing to see what you take the photo from, TO! (the original was pretty good to begin with!). Definitely highlights the point that I need to brush up on my photoshop skills as well!
Again, your work is amazing and thanks for the info!! Now, go post more pics
p.4 #7 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
I am new here. But I will have to agree with Chuck and Jman13. Just like them, and many others here, I absolutely love your photos. I'd be very happy if I could achieve half of the quality you do with your pictures. I even followed you a while on FB after I first saw your post here at FM. However I unsubscribed your FB page for the same reason Chuck and Jman13 pointed out.
PS: Your maternity portraits are the best ones I have ever seen. Wish I had known you when I was pregant with my son
p.4 #9 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
I have also forwarded your work and FB page to my social network because i think they are amazing. My intention was not to offend you. The pictures themselves are stunning as usual. But it seems that you only want to hear what you like to.
Apr 11, 2014 at 01:57 AM
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p.4 #10 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
p.4 #13 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
Lisa thank you for this wonderful series. Normally I do not venture into people photography but when I saw the thumbnail on the opening screen this morning I was curious to see that picture, it was a pleasant surprise to see a whole series of terrific images. It is the first time I saw any of your shots and I really enjoyed how you captured each image.
Thank you for sharing these images and some details about the day you had shooting. After looking at the set I can say it is one of those times I looked at the artistry and enjoyed them as beautiful images and questions about technique, composition, etc was the farthest thing from my mind. Great job.
p.4 #14 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
Is there a better portrait photographer than Lisa? Her style is distinctive and consistently amazing. She is in a class by herself. Her photos are obviously the result of immense artistic talent and hard work. I don't know Lisa, but she has been very clear in expressing herself in the face of criticism. She is satisfied with her work. Her clients obviously like her style. She's not afraid to try new things. She appears to be very happy and successful in her career. What more can anyone ask for? It's not constructive criticism to suggest she is one dimensional. Clearly she is not. No one captures raw human expression and surrounding nature better. Why change a great thing?
p.4 #16 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
WOW-spectacular. Love the Canon 200 f2 Such beautiful subjects, gorgeous color and composition-just extraordinary. I just spent and hour on your site...very inspiring and makes me want to step it up big this year. Do your thing girl-anybody hating on you is a jealous hack.
p.4 #19 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
Don't equate criticism with jealousy. This is a photographers' forum, filled with professional photographers alike, not only looking to make themselves better, but to make others as well.
p.4 #20 · Desert Portraits {a little bit of everything}
Lisa, if one were to take your post processing class, do you explain in your class how to take the original SOOC image (to get the best base image for your post processing techniques)? Such as do you explain when to expose for the face and when to expose for the back ground?
I understand the exposure on the images where you did sky replacements, you exposed for the skin tones there. but on images where you did not do a sky replacement such as the ones where the road is in the back ground.. the exposure for the skin tones is different than the exposure for the back ground (I remember you saying that sometimes you mask off the back ground and drop the exposure on the back ground to help the subjects pop)
I guess my main question with out trying to get freebie information from you is do you always expose for the skin tones? or shall I just pony up the dollars to get the million dollar answer
Anyways, just figured I'd share since I just posted this one on my Facebook page.
