He's the Man (Sunday Snapshot)

Well he's definitely got the right posture, especially in the above image.

 Chest out, shoulders back....and the expression. I suppose that's one of
contemplating saving the world?

Superman represents truth, honor and the American way.

He's stronger than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet,
and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

And yes he can fly.
Certainly in his dreams.

Because he's Superman.

My little Superman. ;)

Taken with my Nikon d700
and 85mm 1.4 lens
F/2.5
ISO 400
1/200 sec.

These were taken shortly before sunset, hence the golden light
and some haze and a tiny bit of flare.
All edited in photoshop using Levels and Curves.
Image #2 and 4 have Sarah Gardner's textures applied,
at 'screen' on a low opacity and removed with a black brush off of Will.

In images #1 and 5, I enhanced the natural flare and haze
by adding an overlay from a Nichole Van action from her
Sunflares and Sunbursts set. She has videos to follow on her web site
and they were easy to apply.
Again, you use a black brush and remove the amount of flare that you would like.
It's all personal taste.
Overlays of flares and hazes have been used for a while in editing
and it's a fun effect to try and play with.

Favorite Photo Friday - country road

I have a propensity for getting lost when I'm driving out in the country.
Not sure why.

Grace has kind of become my 'guinea pig' as far as trying out new locations for clients.

It's fun because I end up with lots of pictures of her and though
some times things don't turn out the way I thought they might.
I find that's usually okay...

 Tuesday night I thought I remembered a cool old barn next to a stone building on a certain road.

Of course I hadn't written down the name of the road they were on.

We did find a dirt road next to a yellow soybean field.

With beautiful light.

No barn or stone building, but Grace got to pick 'fuzzies'

as she calls them.

And we both got to take in the quiet of an early Fall evening.

(Those fuzzies came home with us and now reside on the kitchen counter in a little vase.)

black and white Wednesday - late Summer

Grace and Will on the beach as the sun is setting, on the last evening of our vacation. 

I have more pics of our time away but will put them up on facebook sometime this week.
Our Summer has flown by, it's hard to believe that September is only
2 weeks away!