Monday, October 27, 2008

Photo on Parents.com


A big thank you to Kelly, who submitted this photo to Parents.com. The photo is from the maternity session I did with Kelly and Scott over the summer. It is now part of an article on how to take pregnant belly photos.

P.S. Kelly and Scott had a healthy baby girl in September.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Portraits: Blended #13


Robert is another subject that I met through Pamela - he's her husband! And my uncle. Pamela and Robert live in Ohio with their three wonderful children. Robert gew up in Dayton and is half black and half white. We took these pictures at the Presidio in San Francisco, CA.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Lightroom-licious

I finally broke down and bought Lightroom. I decided to give it a try because the workflow I had with Aperture was not working. I only used Aperture to organize images, so I'll be the first to admit that I was not using Apeture to it's full potential.

With Aperture, I was importing my images, exporting them to another folder on my computer, opening them in Photoshop's version of Camera Raw, saving them as PSD files, then re-importing them back into Aperture. And while Aperture has the ability to send files directly over to Photoshop, I couldn't figure out how to open them in ACR, which resulted in my import/export dance.

With Lightroom this is greatly simplified. I can use ACR to edit the photos directly in Lightroom, and when I need to open anything in Photoshop I can open it as a Smart Object. Smart Objects have become my preferred way of working in Photoshop, because at any time I can double click on the photo and it will open in ACR.

Lightroom also has some wonderful slideshow and web gallery options, which reminded me that one of these days I'm going to redesign my website. I'll probably plunk down the money for SlideShow Pro, but for personal projects and photos for friends, the options in Lightroom will be all that I need.

I feel like an Apple traitor. And who knows - maybe Aperture will woo me back. But for now, Lightroom is my new BFF.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Portraits: Blended #12


I met Regine through my aunt, who also introduced me to Alan, an earlier participant in my mixed race portrait project. Regine is of Haitian and Irish ancestry, and her first language is French. She currently lives in Berkeley, CA. We took these pictures at Dimond Park in Oakland, CA.


Sunday, October 19, 2008

Wedding: Michelle and Jonathan


This was a beautiful wedding. The ceremony and reception were at the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA. I was an assistant shooter with AAcreation Photography.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Wedding: Juliet and Deedrick


So I'm a wee bit behind in updating my blog. These photos are from Juliet and Deedrick's summer wedding, where I was assistant shooting with AAcreation Photography. The ceremony was at the Benedict Castle in Riverside, CA. The reception was held at the Guasti Villa in Ontario, CA.