aja . favorite place

this is my favorite place and the little emotions and things that come with it. i love to walk in the woodsy area behind my house.

hands & feet

edits: boosted all the colors & cropped. these are my smallest cousins little feet. i love how cute 7 "fancy" he looked. his shoes were just so proper.  

 edits: B&W, darkened the blacks so the contrast was better. this is a necklace i got at my Omi's funeral from one of her friends. it says "shine" in the the note she explain why it said that. because my grandma always used to call me her sunshine & always said how much my smile shined bright. it also has the date of her passing on another charm.

 edits: boosted the colors a little & cropped it.  this is a photograph of my friend & angie's hands. i love this photograph because it represents to me the joining together of two of my closest relationships. how wonderfully the fit together & we all can now bond as friends.

edits: darkened the photo & cropped. this is a photograph of a little boy who my Godmother babysits. he was very ticklish & i loved the little lines & how his little toes would scrunch up when he got tickled. 

historical houses

taken with a lensbaby

ghost blur

 i took this at the glass house in san ramon.

i took this is downtown danville. i like the rule of thirds in this photo and all the range of blacks & whites & grey.

sense of place

i chose these two photographs because it shows the little things at college park that mean the most to the students. when we came to all-in-one day we saw the new landscaping & saw how beautiful & exciting it would be to eat lunch & hang out during lunch & brunch. the pool has been a main place for many students to play there favorite sports including: water polo diving team, & swim team. all the exciting "new" things at college park really show our school spirit and essence of our school.

nice to meet you

Diane 

Dominique

Carrie 

Jennifer 

Silver efex

 BEFORE....

AFTER......

lightroom>photo>edit in>silver efex pro> edit copy with adjustments

Cool tones 1
-grain per pixel 289
-hardness
-brightness 67%
-contrast 60%
-structure 30%

efex color edit

before....

after.....

lightroom: photo>edit in>color efex pro 4>edit copy with adjustments.


film efex modern- #2
-shadows 32,
-highlights 33
-fuji 400H

brillance/warmth

image border #2
-size -87%
-spread -98%
-made rough

night scapes

 {ISO1600, 38mm, f/5.0, 1.3sec}
taken on a trail behind the dog park.

 {ISO400, 22mm, f/25, 10.0sec}

 {ISO400, 32mm, f/32, 5.0sec}

{ISO1600, 32mm, f/4.8, 1/15 sec}

extra. {ISO400, 18mm, f/22, 5.0sec}
taken downtown pleasant hill.

Save Mt.Diablo

Location: Mt.Diablo

HDR edits

 ISO 100 | 50mm | f/4.5

 ISO 100 | 38mm | f/3.8

 ISO 100 | 50mm | f/4.5

 ISO 100 | 50mm

ISO 100 | 50mm

I used a D200 & used the preset, in HDR, called Deep 2 on all of them.

Final

setting: queen elizabeth lake
edit: in lightroom silhouette and brightened the colors.