Well, I thought I'd been a bad blogger before, but this has really taken the cake! But there is always reason. My wife and I had a baby over the summer, and I spent a bunch of time slowly renovating my studio. I am very very pleased with the results. Jane has also been stupid busy, so that has added to the impossibility of shooting. I actually hadn't done a creative photo shoot in something like 4 months. It ended up being a nice recharge, but I also started to go stir crazy. I spent the summer doing family portrait shoots, and weddings.... which I actually really enjoyed. I have been working hard on my consistency as a photographer, and my ability to make a photograph look 'like a real image.' What I mean by that, is creating an image out of the camera that is as close to the way the image looks to the eye, and using additional creative lights only to enhance the dynamic range of the image, and to increase a slightly creative lighting look to it, without dominating it. I have always liked dominating creative light, but it isn't always necessary, or appropriate, so a summer spent focussing on that, I believe has made me a much better photographer. I have also been using lightroom a great deal, and really enjoying that. There is always something to learn in this hobby. Other things I have been tackling, is slowly transitioning into using my wacom tablet more. I have had a funky mouse for years now, which is much much better ergonomically, and control wise than a regular mouse... but I believe the wacom tablet will be even better than that. So, this model in these images is Kita. She is a new model, and we had a blast taking these pics. We have another shoot booked this week, and I already have a couple big ideas.... we'll soon see if I can pull it off.
Glad to be back. Happy Halloween.
Rob
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