Yesterday I took some photos of Miles' parents' neighbors for them to send out with their Christmas cards. I had to bring along my makeshift backdrops and stands and use my flash and diffuser. First off, let me expand on how I am not at all satisfied with my diffuser. There are times when I have pretty good luck with it and other times, like yesterday, that I absolutely hate it. I think for it to work properly there needs to be white walls and ceiling. Jack and Patsy have wooden walls and ceiling, so it made it a bit difficult. But, I've been working on editing three of the shots (they're going to use only one pose for all of the prints) so I can show them on Sunday when we go to Bible study.
Anyway, long story short: I wanted to show a before and after.
For all intents and purposes this is the straight out of the camera shot. I shot in RAW, so this was lightened and the white balance was fixed a bit.
That's finished! The sad thing about this picture is that Jack's face is a bit out of focus...oops! It's not terrible, but it could definitely be better. In my defense, I'm used to shooting outside, so when I have to shoot inside I get all kinds of flustered.
In other news, I'm making peanut butter rice crispy treats tonight. I think they'll be tasty, so I'm excited about that. Amber is coming over in a bit and I'll be making dinner at some point. I don't know what I'm going to make, but hopefully it'll be something good.
Mom was telling me about this project with Jack and Patsy. I think you did a good job!
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