Posts Tagged ‘California’

Julie + Fina: Two Sisters

September 13, 2009

So for the last couple of weeks I’ve had the itch to go out and try a couple of new idea’s that have been running around in my head for awhile. I finally decided that today was the day and asked Julie and her sister Fina to come with me to see if I could finally get those ideas out of my head and into my memory card. Now before I go any further I should add that a very important part of my idea was the location. I had a specific location in mind and was dead set on going there because the atmosphere was perfect for the type of shot that I had wanted. Unfortunately for us; however, while we were waiting for the perfect light we ended up arriving after the location had already closed for the day! Though I was extremely disappointed about that, we were still able to drive around for a bit and found this great spot in Newport Beach with just enough light left in the day to get a few shots in.

Though if you’re wondering, these shots aren’t the shots that have been running around in my head for the last few weeks. Since the location didn’t fit the theme, I wanted to try and get some shots that I could cross process for fun and came up with the photos below. Though I should add that once the clouds rolled in and killed the light that I had wanted for my cross processing, I pulled out the flash and got that last shot that you see below.

In the end I still had a good time shooting today so I hope you enjoy these shots as much as I enjoyed shooting them.

And the winner is…

September 7, 2009

So the readers have spoken! The majority, actually all of those who responded, liked photo # 2 better than photo # 1. I also received a few good suggestions about the purple color cast in the skies and the yellow color cast on the rocks so I went ahead and fixed that in the final version so that they looked more natural. Oh and you’ll also notice that the colors are now deeper than they were before!

So here it is, the final version of “A California Sunset”. Enjoy!

A California Sunset

September 7, 2009

So which photo do you prefer? I can’t seem to make up my mind about which one of the two photos below that I like better so I’m going to put this as a vote to you, the readers. Both of these photos were taken this evening actually, but at different times. The main difference between the two photos is that the photo on the left, which I shall now refer to as photo # 1, was taken about 5 minutes before photo # 2 on the right.

The difference in colors that you see between the two photos is because of the setting sun and this time frame difference. This gave photo # 2 a more saturated and vivid look with it’s colors whereas photo # 1 has a more pastel/water color look to it. I should also mention that the foreground in photo # 2 is brighter and has more detail compared to photo # 1 because someone had setup an automatic flood light in their back yard that acted as a really good fill light for the foreground in photo # 2. You might also notice that the framing is slightly different as I had zoomed in a bit more in photo # 2 while I was trying different compositions.

Personally I like them both equally; however I can only pick one for my upcoming press photo book and will most likely only pick one out of the two to frame and place on the market for sale. So which do you prefer?