p.1 #1 · My Favorite Family Session To Date {Large Share}
I know, I know - every new shoot becomes your favorite shoot, but seriously, this family session really just came together for me and I LOVE the images we got from it. This lady is another local Vegas photographer. We had tried to connect for a session a few times in the past, but it fell through both times. This time, we were finally able to make it happen. Despite the crazy desert wind gusting to 50mph the day of the shoot and a near reschedule, everything just fell into place. She wanted an outdoorsy, green/fields country vibe for her shoot - which is also somewhat difficult in the brown desert. I got permission to shoot on a local historic ranch with just the right look, and as luck would have it, my husband found a field of fiery orange flowers not too far away that we hit right at sunset. I'm warning you now, this will be a big share. I normally only give a 20 image gallery, and ended up with 45 on this shoot - more than twice what I normally give a client in their gallery. Thanks for looking!
These images were all shot using natural light only (no strobes, no reflectors) and the 200mm 2.0L lens and 70-200mm 2.8L II lens.
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p.1 #2 · My Favorite Family Session To Date {Large Share}
How do they decide between 29 and 30 in printing HUGE? Lots of winners as usual. You should show the Before & After of 29. The difference your editing makes in that shot is just amazing.
p.1 #3 · My Favorite Family Session To Date {Large Share}
Thank you, Ron!
Here's the before & after of #29. The before is obviously underexposed - it happens. I was shooting away happily and losing light fast and forgot to adjust my exposure until several shots later. Either way, editing software is an amazing thing.
May 23, 2014 at 05:33 PM
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p.1 #4 · My Favorite Family Session To Date {Large Share}
Another beautiful sets.
Picture # 34 is outstanding in my view. Captures the magic moment of mother nurturing child.
p.1 #8 · My Favorite Family Session To Date {Large Share}
Thank you so much guys! @Steady - no, I definitely do not edit most images that much. I always try to include a few crazy sunset images in a client's gallery, but they are more time consuming edits than a regular edit so I keep them to a minimum usually. I'd say the real scene was a cross between the 2. It's a LOT of layering and masking work. The sunset I used is one I took a few days prior in that same location (when I was shooting the little redheaded girl). Actually, that's not 100% true - while the sunset came from the shoot from a few days prior, the actual sun itself with the glow around it came from the night of this shoot, so in essence, the sky is a combination of 2 separate shots taken on 2 separate days. I save pretty sunsets I photograph in a LR catalog - I'm always needing one. That way, if the sunset the night of any given shoot is not so pretty, I always have plenty to choose from. Along with adding in the sunset, I use a few color fill layers set to various blending modes to add the feel of golden light streaming across the ground. I feel like a painter when I'm doing these types of images - literally.
p.1 #12 · My Favorite Family Session To Date {Large Share}
Lisa_Holloway wrote:
Thank you so much guys! @Steady - no, I definitely do not edit most images that much. I always try to include a few crazy sunset images in a client's gallery, but they are more time consuming edits than a regular edit so I keep them to a minimum usually. I'd say the real scene was a cross between the 2. It's a LOT of layering and masking work. The sunset I used is one I took a few days prior in that same location (when I was shooting the little redheaded girl). Actually, that's not 100% true - while the sunset came from the shoot from a few days prior, the actual sun itself with the glow around it came from the night of this shoot, so in essence, the sky is a combination of 2 separate shots taken on 2 separate days. I save pretty sunsets I photograph in a LR catalog - I'm always needing one. That way, if the sunset the night of any given shoot is not so pretty, I always have plenty to choose from. Along with adding in the sunset, I use a few color fill layers set to various blending modes to add the feel of golden light streaming across the ground. I feel like a painter when I'm doing these types of images - literally. ...Show more →
Thank you for such an informative post. It really helps see how you artistically build up this image. It shows the love and care you put into your shots. Your photographs are beautiful and inspirational.
p.1 #17 · My Favorite Family Session To Date {Large Share}
LOVELY session. I think my favorite from you as well. Wonderful natural posing, natural processing. Can't believe you posted a breastfeeding image. Joking
