The Hodges Brothers - Photoshop Experiments

This weekend, I photographed 3 brothers who were interested in giving their parents some photos for Christmas. We decided to meet up downtown despite the ominous sky. It was cold and windy but the bottom never fell out and the clouds helped with the photos. I am attaching a few shots in which I have been testing out a Photoshop Process that I've been interested in learning for a while now. It gets you this nearly animated Norman Rockwellish or Lord of the Ringsish look. I imagine it will be popular with musicians since it looks sort of unnatural.... I think it looks cool but you be the judge.
-Matt

Alanna Morgan - 3 months

This morning, I photographed Alanna's 3 month portraits. Her parents are friends and former wedding clients of mine.

In my opinion, 3 months are usually the hardest age, but Alanna was a great baby model. With infants, you can shoot the parts photos and with 6 month olds, they can sit up so you can sit them in flowers and their hands are free to reach and play and it just gets easier the older they get, but 3 month olds are usually pretty tough to shoot because the laying on their backs on a Boppy photos usually aren't the most flattering and sometimes they aren't strong enough to lift their heads for more than a few seconds if they are on their belly. Alanna was a strong, strong 3 month old though.

Sunday Photos with Sophie, Eaton, Kathleen, Drew, and Evan

I photographed a few of my friend's kids this weekend and I brought my daughter with me so it could be a photoshoot/playdate!

Jesse Cook's Bridal Portraits at Cheekwood - Aug 13, 2008

Jesse met me at Cheekwood for photos at 7:00PM on Wednesday evening. You can tell from the photos that it was a race with the sun as it dropped behind the tree line. Our goal was to shoot during magic hour to get natural backlight from the sun to light up Jesse's hair and veil. We were successful but I will upload some of the shots that we got as it got darker since they will look more unusual.

Towards the end of the shoot; we decided to use a strobe and get a shot by the reflecting pool. I sat by the edge to demonstrate a pose for Jesse and I heard a plop.... it was my cell phone. If you need to reach me, send me an e-mail b/c I wasn't able to fish it out.

-Matt

Aiden 1 Month Old

I love this baby's fuzzy head in these photos!