Roman and Julie
May 16th, 2008
Roman and Julie are a couple full of life and joy. These photos were taken in Flamingo Park in Miami Beach on a sunny Sunday.
More photos after the jump.
Olivia & Cedrick
May 16th, 2008
My friends Cedrick and Olivia celebrated their marriage last weekend in a small intimate setting. They asked me to come as a guest, but I love wedding photography and I couldn’t resist. After several multi-photographer high-end weddings, it was good to have a change in pace and capture moments of a smaller affair surrounded by friends.
Check out more select images after the break, or browse this weddings full gallery.
Meet At the Tree
May 15th, 2008
Below are selected images from a photo shoot I did this weekend at my new favorite location. This magnificent tree sits near a friend’s apartment and from 90 to 30 minutes before sunset it is bathed in strong warm light.
iSilhouettes in Photoshop
May 11th, 2008
Creating iPodesque Silhouettes
1) Shoot a silhouette. Raw file flexibility will make this process much faster, but even a point and shoot camera will do. Do NOT rim lite the subject as you want the harsh edges from a total silhouette.
2) Add an S-Curve to increase contrast. This makes it easier to edit.
3) Using the magnetic lasso, trace the body. Adjust the “frequency” (pixels between anchor points) until you capture details like hair, but otherwise have smooth lines.
4) Fill the person-shaped selection with 100% white.
5) Add a drop shadow with a spread of 100% and distance 0. The radius will be the thickness of the outline, so experiment until you like what you see. I’ve reduced the opacity to 75% to allow the color added in the next step to show in the outline as well as the background.
6) At this point you can use the brush, eraser, or other tool to reshape the body. In two of these images I’ve repositioned limbs which didn’t look right in silhouette. The Shift button is your friend here, click on a point, hold shift and click on a second point and a line will be brushed (or erased).
7) Add a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer set to Colorize. I’ve found saturation set to 25 gives a very appealing pastel color. If you’re doing multiple images experiment with Hues which are spaced 90 degrees apart. The hue of the three featured images in this post are 0, 90, 270.
8) Select All, then Select > Modify > Contract. This width will become your frame.
9) Fill the frame-selection with 100% white.
