Friday, December 31, 2010

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Monday, December 20, 2010

N+L+Z = Amazing Family Session {Miami Beach}

Friday morning brought in the last of the cold front in Miami. The beach was mostly empty on this partly cloudy day. It was so great meeting this family; they are full of love and warmth. Their daughter is just gorgeous. I had a hard time choosing just a few photos of her, from one moment to the next her face would change into the cutest expressions.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Coral Gables Portrait Session

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Isolating small objects on white

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Equipment and Materials used:
Clear fishing line
Rope
White backdrop
2 Alien Bees 800
Two light stands
Shoot through umbrella
Canon 50D with 60mm 2.8

The most effective way of isolating an object on white is to get it floating in mid air--this eliminates all shadows. For this photo of a gift bag, I tied the gift bag handles with fishing line, and tied it to rope attached to two light stands.

Since white paper actually shows up as gray when you photograph it, you need at one light, (or two for larger objects), just on the backdrop itself. This will blow out the background making it a pure white. In this case, one Alien Bee 800 is aimed at the backdrop, directly behind the subject. I used the other Alien Bee to light the bag itself. I softened the light with a shoot-thru umbrella and bounced it off the ceiling. The final step was simply boosting the contrast and cloning out the string on Photoshop.

Here is the final photo on iStockphoto.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Sunrise

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Corporate Event {Loews Hotel, South Beach, FL}

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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Family Portrait Session {Miami Beach}

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Erica & Sal's Coral Gables Wedding

Erica & Sal's wedding took place at the gorgeous Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, one of my favorite locations in Florida. I love the architecture and charm of the interior, which made a great backdrop for the photographs...

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