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THE DREAMER


 
  THE DREAMER
THE DREAMER
My son's niece wanted some portraits made and asked me even though I'd never done any before. Luckily she was a superb subject and with a little luck I managed to create a few we were happy with.

Shutter speed: 1/80.00 F-stop: 4.5
ISO speed: 160

Dale Hardin

  
 
 

Anna M. Halasz 		 

This is a nice image,Dale.Nice tones and colors. Anna


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January 12, 2008

 

Dale Hardin 		  Thank you Anna. This has been an interesting experiment and I plan to try some more, especially if I can find such a willing model. Dale


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January 12, 2008

 

Heather Thorsen 		  What a beautiful portrait Dale. It is hard to believe that this is a pirst portrait for you.


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January 12, 2008

 

Dale Hardin 		  Thanks so much Heather. Actually this is kind of my second try. There is another image in my gallery where I tried to duplicate a poster that my grandson had of Marilyn Monroe. However this is the first one where I tried it from scratch.

I used only one bounch flash at about 45 degrees to the right of camera and about 30 degrees off the ceiling. From the left of camera was a south facing window on an overcast day. The rest was creative cropping and PSE5.


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January 12, 2008

 

Cindy Harter 		  Beautiful!


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January 13, 2008

 

Dale Hardin 		  Thank you Cindy. I went through every page of your website and noticed most of your portraits (or all) are outdoors or with natural light. Do you use or recommend any minimal lighting accessories for someone just beginning to take people pix? I don't plan to do anything commercially, just family and friends. Dale


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January 13, 2008

 

Lee Canham 		  Hello Dale..She is Beautiful and how you have taken this picture is astounding,as being one of your first portraits,if I can get this effect on my hundreth I'd be happy,all the out of focus and blur and then the WOW..You have done a fantastic job,YOUR GALLERY IS CLASSY,thanks from me to you and Best Wishes all the way.


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January 14, 2008

 

Dale Hardin 		  Thank you for the kind words Lee. I must confess that the DOF was done in PSE. After I cropped the way I wanted it, I applied a blur layer and then uncovered the part I wanted in focus. I also applied a sharpening layer and then only exposed the sharpness of the eyes.

I was blessed with a girl that posed very naturally and I'll be posting another image from that shoot in a couple of days. I was pleased also and would like to try again sometimes to see it was a fluke.


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January 14, 2008

 
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