Just one I really love! Enjoy your weekend and the last bit of warm weather.
I always consider it an honor to be asked to photograph someone. And I consider myself lucky to also get to enjoy something I do so much that I don't really consider it "work". This past weekend I got to spend some time with Ashley shooting her senior portraits. Such a nice girl, meeting someone like her always makes me feel hope for our nation's future. She is polite, friendly, funny (loved her interacting with her little brother!), and I know she makes her parents proud of the young woman she is and the woman she will be all too soon as she graduates high school. Thanks Ashley for trusting me to capture a little bit of your senior life for you.
A quick sneak peek with many more to come:
I have lived in Wenatchee for almost 13 years and although I have been to Lake Chelan a few times (it's gorgeous!), I have never been to the state park. I incorrectly assumed that what is the city park, pretty much in the center of town, was the state park. Well, this weekend, I had the fun honor of meeting, and photographing, the Williamson family (and their adorable Weimaraner, Dexter), at the state park, thus correcting my knowledge of the Chelan area park system! This happy, beautiful family likes to spend time enjoying Lake Chelan and suggested we meet at the south shore state park. So glad they did because I found an awesome new place to bring my own family! And when I say beautiful and photogenic, I think after this sneak peek, you'd have to agree! Thanks Williamson clan for the great afternoon!
The WVC Knights played their coach's former team from Blue Mountain Community College Friday night. We were "expected to lose", according to NWAACC. However, we. did. not. lose. Such an exciting match, went to all 5 games and we won 15-13 in the 5th game. So much energy in the gym and the girls, and coach, were beyond pumped. Loved these shots of the coach's reaction upon the win - as neat as the girls' reaction. Way to go, Lady Knights!
I uploaded a slideshow of all the images on my blog here: http://www.tonyadoughty.com/wvcvbmcc
My one and only blonde daughter decided to go brunette. I loved her blonde, I love her brunette and either way, wow, she is so beautiful! Is it appropriate to be jealous of your own kid?? Probably not. Anyway, this is a photo of my middle daughter taken with a cheap "point and shoot" camera. Nothing fancy, but, and here's the important part, it was HANDY. What's the best camera? The one with you, or the one you'll use. Ghetto lighting all the way (a lamp on the floor beside her, in an all white closet.) It gave a really nice "beauty-dish" look. "Beauty-dish" being a type of lighting used in the cosmetic industry to achieve that flat, shadowless, even light on a face close-up. Yes, a bit overexposed, but shot in auto, with a camera that was HANDY, it's a shot I love that I wouldn't have had otherwise. I did a bit of hilight recovery in LAB to bring back a bit of the skin and ran a few favorite TRA actions (+Contrast Luma and Lux-soft), as well as sharpened the eyes and lips (using the duplicate>overlay>high pass method). That finished the middle color image. I then tried a "greyscale-ish" version by running a TRA recipe (sorry but I couldn't find it online any longer. It ts Brooklyn and Get Faded Winter at 40%) and then adding back in some warmth. Love the different feel to each version!
