Lexie's Solo

Here's a shot of Lexie during her solo performance in the dress rehearsal. I like the way this one looks, with the blur and the light feeling.

Lex

The Jandas were over last weekend for a photo shoot. Here's one of Lexie with Jon's 50D and the 70-200L.

Lexie Remixed

Here's a photograph that is more "tweaked" than the previous one. I think it's really dramatic, and very "old-school 1940's drama movie-ish". A partial list of mods:

- Increased red channel to give the skin a sort of porcelain glow.
- Combined two exposures to give more dynamic range and used the darker one for the background.
- Lightened irises in eyes, leaving iris edges darker.
- Removed second set of catchlights in eyes.
- Added eye liner for more contrast with eye.
- Lightened parts of hair to add highlights.
- Darkened lips, especially near edges.
- Removed about thirty blemishes.
- Removed stray hairs.
- Darkened shirt to reduce distraction.

Seems like major surgery, but these are really minor tweaks. For professional shots, especially cover models, they usually do MUCH more, even major restructuring of the face.

Lesson learned: Never trust any photo.

Lexie

The daughter of some friends of ours is into dance and has done so well that she is now going to a national event. For this she needed a head shot that could be used in the program, so I took a series of photos this week. Here is one of the finalists.