I swear this must be the most misunderstood breed. While Hugo is the only pit bull I have ever known he is the most animated, lovable little ball of muscle.
This Sunday, Lane and I had a snow day and went to explore out in the country near where our parents live. As I have mentioned before she is a blogger, and we are trying to do a spring, summer, fall, and winter shoot this year.
I've been all over the place with how busy my schedule has gotten. So, here's a crazy variety of good stuffs.
First, Mom got a headshot. She isn't wearing makeup, and I had to bribe her with offering to vacuum to get these because of the aforementioned lack of makeup. It had snowed recently, and the light from the window was so flawless that I needed to shoot.
Next, Lane is starting a blog, and we've been taking extra pictures lately for blog filler. Her blog can be found here.
Last, I threw together some selfies on my day off last week.
I am quite fond of these because of where they were shot and what I was wearing. They were shot with me standing in the guest room in between a bed and the window (pictured below), and I was wearing a cut up piece of a skirt lining that I draped around me and tucked into my skirt.
What a DIY win :)
Today, I had a day without much planned, and thus, I ended up in the back yard and dining room taking photos. You know the drill.
I'd like to start out with a before and after. I like to reinforce that the editing I do is purely to stylize the image rather than alter the person. I did give myself a little hair fluff on the left, but if posed and styled correctly the editing need not go further than that.
Here we have the set I took in my dining room. This is of the actual space I shot in. I hung out in the doorway and the camera was on a tripod outside.
I got really creative and actually shut the door.
Lastly, I took a step outside, and I used the reflective door as a backdrop.
Edit: here are some more from about a week later. Why make a new blog post when this is consistent with the theme with the last one? I made a flower beard with my hair and curled my many fly-aways. The result was so pleasing.
Here's another quick example of editing. This was done differently from anything I've done before just with the way I went about it with the painterly effect.
The first thing I always do is to fix the distortion if it's a really close close up. The lens I use adds a lot of distortion, and it is really unflattering. This is why the unedited version looks like it has been punched inwards. Because the first thing I did was fix the distortion. From there it's clear to see how I edited it.
