You took the "girl in the snow" picture, you loony. The one of Sophie is right up there with Ajaton's. Honestly. I'm not just saying that. It's true. Really. No kidding. "I won't lie to you ...."
I love you bridg!
So everyone else knows what you're talking about- here's what I aspire to....
http://www.ajatonjoki.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/01/11/lucky-number-28/
xxx
That first one takes my breath away! John is here with me and I just said out loud, " WHEW! She is really getting so good!" He was teasing me making the whew noise until he saw the first photograph and then he was impressed too.
You have some great models there! One tip when working with snow is to keep the exposure in raw fairly neutral (don't worry about dark skin tones). Then bring it into Photoshop and do a Curves adjustment layer - pull up the middle of the line (midtones boost) and that will give you that dreamy airiness and take the grey out of the snow. :)
I love these photos - especially the top on and the one of both kids with the snowman - they all made me smile despite feeling somewhat 'over' snow right now!
You took the "girl in the snow" picture, you loony. The one of Sophie is right up there with Ajaton's. Honestly. I'm not just saying that. It's true. Really. No kidding. "I won't lie to you ...."
Posted by: Bridg | January 14, 2010 at 11:13 AM
I love you bridg!
So everyone else knows what you're talking about- here's what I aspire to....
http://www.ajatonjoki.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/01/11/lucky-number-28/
xxx
Posted by: maz | January 14, 2010 at 11:32 AM
soooo beautiful - i adore your work.
and yes, the composition is just flawless.
Posted by: charlane | January 14, 2010 at 10:17 PM
i see what Bridg is talking about - the only difference in the two really is the DOF used (so it appears)
lovely.
Posted by: charlane | January 14, 2010 at 10:18 PM
That first one takes my breath away! John is here with me and I just said out loud, " WHEW! She is really getting so good!" He was teasing me making the whew noise until he saw the first photograph and then he was impressed too.
Posted by: Elizabeth Harper | January 14, 2010 at 11:19 PM
You have some great models there! One tip when working with snow is to keep the exposure in raw fairly neutral (don't worry about dark skin tones). Then bring it into Photoshop and do a Curves adjustment layer - pull up the middle of the line (midtones boost) and that will give you that dreamy airiness and take the grey out of the snow. :)
Posted by: Andrea Joki | January 15, 2010 at 08:20 AM
i really love that first picture.
Posted by: kamana | January 15, 2010 at 03:11 PM
I so enjoy the photos of snow. One day...
Posted by: Amson | January 15, 2010 at 11:40 PM
I love these photos - especially the top on and the one of both kids with the snowman - they all made me smile despite feeling somewhat 'over' snow right now!
Bx
Posted by: Bekka | January 18, 2010 at 10:02 AM
just fab! Your kids are great & growing up fast :-)
Posted by: chris t | January 27, 2010 at 12:53 AM