Featured Photographer..#.. something.

My photographer is Dan Anderson. He is a photographer out of Minneapolis.  He specializes in places and things, and is open to new ideas, and different ways to take and edit pictures.  He enjoys flickr because he loves looking at and getting inspiration from all types of photographs and photographers, and to look for new locations for pictures.  I like his interesting way of cropping and drawing focus on different areas of photos.

below is a link to a picture in his photostream.
LINK

Post Processing

This is Owen. I took this picture while babysitting him.  I loved the picture but thought the cage to the camera right was distracting.

This cropped and edited version eliminates the cage and more of the couch, and shows more of Owen's character. The crop isn't major, but it definitely added to the quality of the picture.

Featured Photographer #4

My photographer is John W Bolles.  He is a professional photographer out of San fransisco.  He didn't have a very good bio but from what i gathered, he enjoys taking life and freezing it in pictures, "and thats all there is to it."  He is very straight forward, and easy to figure out.   He also enjoys other forms of art, such as music and enjoys writing.  His main focus is people, and works for Marc Jacobs.
I love that he uses an antique look in most of his photos, but uses also the beauty of the person and goes from there.
Below is a link to his Archives.
Archives
His photos are copyright, so i didn't copy and paste them.

Photowalk pictures.

For this picture i tried many different angles, and

all the while leaves were actually falling from the tree

to camera left.  There was a random picnic table a little to the

right of the tree, so it was hard to catch the shot without it.

I was about to give up on the shot when i took one

last one from this angle, and happened to catch the leaves

 falling into the shot. 

For this shot i found a "perfect" pile of leaves and took the shot.  I really found beauty in the simplicity of leaves, and was amazed at the natural vibrant colors. The onle thing i did to this picture was crop out the sticks to the left.

For this last on of my favorite three, i had a really hard time finding the perfect angle to catch the best reflection on the water, and the best light. I also tried to position the leaf so it was close to the center, and yet not too boring.  I also made an attempt to find a leaf in the water that was "ideal" for a picture.

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER #3

Emilly Law-Flom Designs and Photography

My photographer this week is Emily Law.  Emily is a photographer out of her home town of Hibbing, MN. She specializes in Weddings Photography, Children Photography, Family Photography, Senior Photography and Pet Photography.

Emily has been passionate about photography for quite awhile.  Her philosophy is trying to capture that moment in time, that will never occur again. She is a mother of three boys who she says are her main models and influence.
I love her work because she works hard to catch the inner "spirit" of the person that she is photographing.  The pictures are absolutely stunning, and appear to be the natural person.

Below is a link to her galleries.  I am not going to insert photos as that is against copyright.
Client Proofs