Christmas Creativity!

This time of year always sparks an extra edge of creativity in my blood. It must be something about the hustle and bustle and the excitement I see in my own kids’ eyes as the season approaches. Right now, I am obsessing over Christmas Lights and the beautiful colors and sparkle it creates in my photographs. One of my favorite techniques I use in almost all of my portraits is something called Bokeh which in layman’s terms is the blurry background and soft muted colors that blend almost like an impressionistic painting. It’s the part of the photograph that is outside the depth of field and it is achieved by using a wide open aperture on my lens, something along the lines of f/2.8. This lets in the most light and helps me achieve the desired look and makes my subject in the foreground stand out and shout “Hey I am here, look at MEEEEE!” Combining this technique and my newest obsession, Christmas Lights, I have a few images that I would like to share. Naturally my models include my children Sammy and Cody, my best friend Patrice who is about to give birth any second, and we don’t want to leave out Alfie our Elf on the Shelf!

Thanks for taking a peek at all the Christmas Creativity I have been dreaming up. I must now go to work on some more images that I thought of as I was writing this blog post (hehehe).

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23 Dec · Children's Portraits , Christmas , Family Portraits , I Heart Faces , My Favorite Models , Uncategorized

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“Furry Faces” I Heart Faces Photo Challenge

This weeks photo challenge over at I Heart Faces is on a subject that is one of my favorites to capture (next to kids of course!). Furry Faces can be so expressive and well, they kind of have to be because they can’t speak to us in conventional terms so they have to let us know what they want in other ways.

GUSAFER!

This one makes me smile every time I look at this picture. I met Gus a few months ago on a trip to New Orleans visiting my best friends’ relatives who live in the Garden District. They found Gus in an ally in uptown New Orleans with a dollar bill ducked taped to his head. Maybe a homeless person was doing what they could to try to help their dog find a new home, no one knew for sure but this wonderful family took Gus into their home and he is about as sweet a dog as they come. I think that rescue dogs can be the best dogs to have as part of the family. Maybe it’s because they are so grateful to have the love and caring of a family and not have to worry about life on the streets. Whatever the reason, Gus touched my heart and hopefully will touch yours too!

“The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue”
-Anonymous

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