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© Jen Hernandez

Chicago

Uploaded: September 07, 2003

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Funny thing is, this picture wasn't taken anywhere near Chicago, or the U.S. for that matter.

Comments

September 07, 2003

I really love the sepia tones. How did you do this one? I usually go to Adobe Photoshop for alll of mine and don't know how to do it any other way. Great composition. Truly looks antique. :) #57689

Aravinda Subasinghe September 07, 2003

this is a esptianal photo jen, quite brilliant, just wondering how you did that with the EOS 300v,
i would just like to know what setting you used for it, and how you got thast look for the 'chicago' photo.
when I first got the camera I could not get shots like that, and even now it is a little tricky.
hope to hear from you soon
aravinda #190797

Gabriela Cunha September 08, 2003

beautiful result! where was this taken, anyway?
:) gy #191026

Jen Hernandez September 08, 2003

Thank you Ashley, Aravinda and Gaby! This photo was taken with B&W film and developed in Sepia. I work with a partner and the advantage is that one can be shooting in color and the other in B&W. So far all of our clients have preferred sepia over B&W, it is my personal favourite as well. This shot was taken in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) , A movie was being filmed inside, starring Tom Selleck and so these plaques were put up outside to look like it was taking place in Chicago. I thought it was a great touch!
I'll send you an email, Aravinda because I love the Rebel Ti and my partner has one as well and you shouldn't have any difficulty getting great shots.
Thanks everyone for your great response! #191436

September 09, 2003

I love sepia. It's got a feel of it's own. I have only done a couple of sepia shot and as I said they were transformed into sepia by photoshop but they are some of my favorites. Thanks for the tips. I have attached a sepia favorite of mine. :) #194060

Jen Hernandez September 10, 2003

That's a very cool pcture, Ashley! I don't know photoshop that well yet. I am very interested in how you did the spotlight look on the background. I'm trying to figure out if I can take a picture, insert it onto a colored background and add that spotlight effect. If you have any tips, please send me a message! #195068

September 11, 2003

Sorry, Jen that I didn't get back with you right away. If you would like to discuss anytime. My e-mail is ashleykinney1@attbi.com.
I used an all seamless roll of white paper backdrop. Then positioned three lights on the model. One light was behind her going over her right shoulder onto her shoulder and belly. Another, was behind her but shining off onto the backdrop to reflect. This light was just to her right. The other light was shining dirctly onto the backdrop from the left and lit lower to give a little glow onto the face. Thanks for the compliment. The color was straight up black and white processing scanned via neg. into photoshop and used hue/saturation to create the sepia. You can look under image, then adjust, then to hue/saturation. lower saturation and go to hue where it is orange. The only edited part of this photo is the hue done in photoshop the rest was created with positioning of lights and a great model and experimenting to create a special moment for her. :) #196665

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