Her Own World of Dreams
Uploaded: July 12, 2004
1/30 sec, f:1.8, 50 mm, my daughter asleep (then, eight years of age)
Casey A. Hanson July 12, 2004
This is wonderful Andre~Louise A. Starbird July 13, 2004
Oh My Gosh! :-) This is such a BEAUTIFUL portrait. The lighting, her skin, the sheets/blankets about her. I trust you had this printed up LARGE and it's framed and on a wall in your home. And yes - really wonderful!!!! #645271Andre Marhaug July 13, 2004
Thank you, Casey and Louise. Yes, I have this one framed :-) #645281Andre Marhaug July 14, 2004
Thank you, Lisa. I'll try to explain the details regarding the look.First of all: It was a good photographic moment: My daughter asleep in the rental holiday appartment in Spain a couple of years ago. And, she looked just like an angel :-)
Well, let us bypass my subjective view of my daughter, and talk about the picture:
It's captured with a filmbased, manual slr-camera. Inside the house, without flash. In Photoshop, I have reduced colors (it tend to be to warm/orange in artifical electric light, you know).
Then, I have used the tool "dodge brush" to eliminate the surroundings.
To soften the image, I have used double layers: One sharp and one blured, where the blured has opacity of 40%.
Best regards: André
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Louise A. Starbird July 14, 2004
Thanks Andre for your directions - It's always helpful to learn from someone who has accomplished a look I admire! #646988Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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