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Angel in the mirror

kweide — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:30:39 +0000

A reworked picture from the past. I hope you enjoy it as well. And to make it even more enjoyable this time a bit larger …. you like that ??

Olympus E cam + Zuiko lens, what else ?

The luster of pearls

kweide — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:39:09 +0000

Another example of how you can brush up a simple portrait picture. And again it is just a composing, made thru several layers bended together and adding a bit of glow. The purpose was get a specific glow effect on the image and on the face as well.

Water pearls, glowing, a luster effect. Okay so ? You like that ? Try it. It is not that difficult
Olympus E-M1 + M.Zuiko 75 f1.8, 1/160 second

Put it together

kweide — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:42:52 +0000

Okay, so you have a flower-picture and a picture of an old rusty door ?? Both boring, dull, nothing special. Correct. But did you ever thought to put them together ??Yes, to blend them ??? All you need is a layer capable software, Photoshop, The Gimp etc. can do such job easily. Just load both pictures and copy one of them into the other as extra layer. The top layered picture will cover the other picture 100% so you have to do something ! Install a mask to the toplayer and paint with black color some “holes” into it, let the bottom layer shine thru. Change the opacity, the transparency of the toplayer to your taste and you will see how it works…

BTW: Such is a wonderful present, if printed on Fine Art paper and framed professional !

Unexpected …

kweide — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:06:38 +0000

Do the unexpected. Come over with a surprise. It is so easy. We often had the situation to take some portraits. And we all know how that works. Some are good some not, so what move on. Shoot more. After the session you will work thru 200 – 300 or even more pictures and you dont feel that good. Some were good, okay, but lots of pictures will show closed eyes, blur, missed focus or other failures. Some were indeed okay but do not have the wanted expression. Portaits often have to be nice looking !! ( shiver …. ) And you will deliver those. But what will happen when you take a not so nice looking picture ?

It will often be a surprise, a positive surprise ! First you have to invest a little work. Look at the selected pictures, think how they could work and what is needed that they can work. Often it is only a small effort to do “Arts” to produce pictures that produce the “Ahhhhhh” effect. Composing is one trick to pimp a picture into specific directions or do cut outs, black & white or choose a specific cut to create dynamic pictures with unusual look. That is the clue. DO the unexpected, deliver a probe of YOUR understanding what a good picture is. This will be a wonderful chance to show expertise, skill and will in return pays a lot back and it strengthens the “emotional layer” to your model, to your customers as well.

Do …

kweide — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:00:04 +0000

Let her do ! It was fun when i said “Lets do some pose-work.” She could not think about it other than “training” But as you can easily see: only training, no, it was not ! We did that “dry-work” to create a new series. Some of the results are shown here. Female Goddess, forming up my and your universe, which is more or less reality.

But the message is: “Let her do!” As an artist you need inspiration and you use your inspiration as a flame to inspire others. So i gave her a vision and she did the dry work. Not only me is an artist, non, she is an artist as well. One need a lot of inspiration and imagination to act as she did. But try it yourself with your model and have lots of fun.

Drive me …

kweide — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:10:55 +0000

Drive me thru the universe. No, this is not “The Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy” although it might look a bit like it. :) And no, i am not Ford Perfect or Arthur Dent traveling with the “Heart of Gold”. But Stars, Galaxies and Universe gave an inspiration and my preferred model did their part as well… So this is another outcome regarding to “Do the unexpected”. Some words on the history: I had the luck traveling with another Lady in her car thru the morning travel. She gave me no chance for a real shooting so i used the opportuniy to do some “lucky shots” in the car sitting on the backseat. One was thru the front window with part of her face in the rear mirror. Funshots, you know.

But combined with a view from the “Command Bridge of the Heart of Gold” with the view in the open space it would be great. Traveling with that Starship full of wonder, to be in a million different Galaxies at the same time, possible with the “Heart of Gold”, what a sweet idea. So this was my taxi ride thru the universe to the shiny stars…. I enjoyed the making of and she likes the picture as well. So do your own and have fun.

Unexpected …

kweide — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:06:12 +0000