Lynn, -5177-Edit.jpg
I met Lynn at the wedding of my niece, this was taken quite late in the proceedings. It has taken me about 3 years to embark on this project and took a while for me to ask her if I could take her photo. She was kind enough to agree. She is a mum of 3 boys, 66 years old and still into tennis. It turned out that she is a friend of my sister. The photo was taken with a flash gun on the camera, pointed at the very high ceiling. It was still a little dark and in post processing I lightened the image, corrected the colour balance, removed some specular highlights on her teeth and lip. I then used Lightroom to darken the background a little, with a radial gradient. I do not take photos of people very often, so have a lot to learn. Grateful for any advice.
This picture is number 1 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Lynn, -5177-Edit.jpg
I met Lynn at the wedding of my niece, this was taken quite late in the proceedings. It has taken me about 3 years to embark on this project and took a while for me to ask her if I could take her photo. She was kind enough to agree. She is a mum of 3 boys, 66 years old and still into tennis. It turned out that she is a friend of my sister. The photo was taken with a flash gun on the camera, pointed at the very high ceiling. It was still a little dark and in post processing I lightened the image, corrected the colour balance, removed some specular highlights on her teeth and lip. I then used Lightroom to darken the background a little, with a radial gradient. I do not take photos of people very often, so have a lot to learn. Grateful for any advice.
This picture is number 1 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page