New apartment

Last week I moved in with my sister and her roommate in Urbana. I've done a shoot with Lane and Tori in the apartment before and it went well. Even though it's not a huge space to work with the windows let in some really great light. 

First off we have a fun little Before and After of sorts.  

I took the pictures of Lane while I was outside on the balcony. The lines on the sides of the images are the wall and the edge of the sliding door.

Although the right image was taken about an hour later, with my iPhone, and sans pose there isn't much else that is different with these images. Just a few camera/Photoshop tricks and a good camera, and we can pretend that we are in a much more luxurious space.

Next, we have the other favorites I got from that space.  

If you've ever heard of Sue Bryce then you might see some of her influence here.

The last picture above I love. Except that unfortunate line. It's not even really fixable which frustrates me because I hardly ever have to admit defeat when it comes to image manipulation. If I remove the line it's problematic because the color above and below are actually quite different.

I still think it's fantastic. I don't usually shoot through glass, and I was worried that you would be able to see the other apartments behind me in the reflection. 

Last, would it really be a blog post by me if I didn't include one of my traditional before and afters? 

I had a few new things to edit this time. She's wearing false lashes (because I got some in my ipsy this month), and they weren't applied properly. So, they go up on the inside corners. It gives her a sort of worried look. Painted over that to fix it. Painting is my last resort. I like to manipulate images with content currently in them. Like with the nail polish I just added polish from the unchipped nails.  Also, with skin I take texture and color from near the blemishes/discoloration to fix them. However, worst case scenario I will find a color I like and draw on the image to get whatever I need.

Weddings

This summer I was fortunate to shoot my first few weddings. I shot three or four with Ebby L., and I shot one friend's wedding by myself. I decided to put the highlights together on a blog post to show off what I did during this time. 

Each wedding that I did was awesome in its own way (more than one had an awesomely drunken mother-of-the-bride), and even if I don't pursue wedding photography as my niche it was really nice to see what they did at their weddings that worked or didn't work so I can help my roommates, friends, and myself plan future weddings. 

Luke and Tori

FIRST. I love the dress Tori is wearing with all of my heart and soul. When we went out to find a dress for this shoot I never thought we'd find THIS dress. 

SECOND. This shoot didn't go like it was supposed to at all. We drove all the way to Chanute Air Base to take photos, and we were promptly kicked out of there. We have gotten permission to shoot there in the past, and it has always been pleasant working with people there, but yesterday, we had a very rude man tell us we couldn't be there.

We ended up just doing this shoot in Mahomet out in the country, and I dare to say that these pictures are better than the ones we could've gotten at the original location. 

Lane's Summer Shoot

I don't really take pictures of my family as often as I oughta. I usually just run around in the woods with Tori, and forget that I can take pictures of other people. 

I also don't really take pictures when the sun isn't out. I hate how often I end up with raccoon eyes to 'shop out in post production. However! We found that wearing a hat makes it bearable! There may be shadows, but 1) Can't see them and 2) I can fix them when they're shaped like a bar from the brim of the hat instead of sunken and raccoon looking.

The only problem (which is really just a funny thing) is that I have SO many picture of Lane's fingers glued to the brim.