Garage Lighting

Okay so one of the great things that was talked about at the Nicole V. Workshop was how your garage has the most amazing lighting. I had heard this before and had done one quick shoot in my garage a long time ago but just kind of forgot about it. Nicole told us about Kevyn Howard and how he is a famous headshot photographer in L.A. and he shoots almost everything in his garage with natural light. So I was very inspired and decided to do a shoot with my daughter. Here are two of the images taken in my garage. I am now in love with my garage! LOL You can see more of them on my blog.

Just place your subject one to three feet from where the light falls. If you get to far back it is obviously to dark and it is best to shoot when the sun is on the opposite side of the garage.

Nicole Van Workshop

Hey Ladies, it's Cama....
I promised a few of you that I would blog about the Nicole Van Workshop I took in Salt Lake City Utah. I have to say it was incredible! I have been to two other workshops (other than online) and I have to say this was probably the best. She gave us an amazing Manuel that she wrote. She also spent a good amount of time talking about photography and art and showed several examples of why images work and why they don't work. I really appreciated this part because I think that is what I needed to learn the most. Every detail was thought out right down to the delicious food that was catered. Several of the girls at the workshop had been to others....Brianna Graham...Skye Hardwick...The Secret Workshop...Learn Fest. It was very interesting to hear what they each had to say about them. I realized how important it is to get referrals before spending the significant amount of money these workshops cost and the expensive of traveling to them. Anyway, I would highly recommend the Nicole Van workshop, it was a great experience. If anyone wants to chat with me more about it or if you are thinking about attending any of the other ones I mentioned and want to know what was said, don't hesitate to email me. I am so glad several of you are using this blog! It is so good to get on here and see activity!

Music for websites/ slideshows

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Thanks, Tamara

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i heart layer masks

check this out. this SOOC image was a "light tester" but i loved it, and it could NOT be more underexposed. it's a horrible shot, but her expression i just loved. ya'll might think it still doesn't look that great, i mean, really, its quite a long shot, and i think i ended up overexposing it. bottom line is that i'm just so happy to have learned about layer masks, as kia blogged earlier!

question about sharpening

hey guys.. i think we went over this, but i was a space cadet the month of april so i can't remember. i am really liking this shot, but i feel that her eyes need to be sharpened. can someone tell me how to do that without sharpening everything else? elementary, i know, but i never learned it... thanks!

New Logo & Design Site

Maybe first I should post a pic of me, but I really don't have a recent one in which I don't look like a fat elephant... So please bare with me. I just wanted to share with you my newest addition to my page/service collection. Please come and visit my site. You will recognize probably some of my work as a few of you lovely bloomies already got a logo from me. http://jeaninelinderphotography.com/logo/.

And noone likes posts without pics, here's a sample of a birth announcement:

The Layer Mask

Can I just say that I finally watched the layer mask tutorial AND then I needed to do the layer mask last night AND IT WORKED! My clients wanted pictures in the park at 10 AM in NorCal. The temp was up to 73 degrees when I parked the car! There was SUN EVERYWHERE! The picture is still a wee overexposed on the left side but I made it so the little girls face wasn't so blown out!


SOCC

Layer Mask on face of the little girl and then some TRA Warm It Up Kris.

Can I just say that I finally watched the layer mask tutorial AND then I needed to do the layer mask last night AND IT WORKED! The picture is still a wee overexposed on side but I made it so the little girls face wasn't so blown out! I will post it after I put the baby monkey down for her nap! Go me!

amy g

Hi girlies! So happy to be a part of this! This is the only pic I have of me. For real. It's fairly recent I guess, just not my fave. AND I am SO unphotogenic, that this is as good as it gets. :) We are hopefully gonna do another family session soon and get some more for the walls, but until then, here's a little snippet. I am so encouraged by ya'll and can't wait to see more of your stuff!
Amy

flickr group

Hi all, I've also created a flickr group called aprilbloomies. I figured since a lot of us are flickr members it would be another place to post pics for feedback and participate in discussions and such. If anyone wants to volunteer to be the moderator, admin, etc. please let me know. I'll be posting a family pic soon as well.

~Makia

What a great idea!

I'm so glad to be keeping in touch with you ladies. I've been really busy the last month, so I'm happy that the bloomies will live on!
This is honestly about the only picture I have of myself. It was taken by a dear friend of my husband and myself. He always thinks it so funny to put his watermark on pictures. We have shot a few times together so this is his idea of being funny.

Hi Everyone!!

Hi Everyone,
Love seeing all of your pictures. I tried to comment but it wasn't easily working for me sooo no picture comments. Jules, love your pictures. I love when I am in photos with mine considering I am usually not. We have some family ones I'll post soon. I think this will be a great place to keep in touch, and a place to help and motivate eachother. Thanks Cama for setting this up. Cheers! Tamara

Kim

Hi everyone,

Okay, so this is the first time I'm posting to a blog! I'm very excited about this and keeping in touch. I had a great time with the workshop. I just wish I could have been more involved. I was pulled away for work for 3 weeks.

Anyways, I will post a picture soon.

Jen Best

Hey Everyone I'm so glad to have this and hopefully we can all keep in touch and keep learning and encouraging one another.

Here's a somewhat recent pic of my little fam. Can't wait to see everyone's. It's fun to see more of everyone than a tiny avatar square :)

Jules

Yea!!! So excited to be here!

As I'm the one taking the pictures, I asked another SD photographer (Desiree Hayes) to take my picture with Brooks.
These are just a few that are so special to me.

Can't wait to stay connected and continue our story!

Jules

Kia Gregory in the house!

Hello my April Bloomies. I wasn't as active as you all on the board but here I be now! I need you all to still show me the WAY! So hopefully we can all continue to learn from each other!

Here is me! Amy Howe took my pictures the last time we hung out in November. And of course this was me cheesing it up.