Sunny Royalty

3/11/2020

And now for the same two dolls, in the same setting, photographed with the sun coming in the window. I shoot everything in RAW, which means that instead of letting my camera make all the setting choices (when taking photos on the Auto setting) I have control myself. It means having to process each photo in Photoshop so I get exactly what I want.

Most cameras would totally blow out the scene because of the harsh contrast, and the initial RAW photo is no different.....

But since I have total control, I can turn it into this....

One thing I did have to pay attention to, was to shade the lens of the camera when it was in the sun. This next photo I forgot, so ended up with all kinds of flares from the dust on the lens.....

I love these two together, so tried several more photos....

6 Comments

Sara

3/11/2020 09:34:27 am

The one with the “dust spot” flares looks kind of cool, but I can understand not wanting that if you’re not specifically going for that effect.

You do a lovely job with your photos. It’s amazing what can be done with a camera and a knowledge of the craft of photography! Thanks for sharing these, even the before picture and the flare picture.

Martha

3/11/2020 04:04:49 pm

I agree that the one with the dust flares is rather cool, so I didn't delete it, but I did pay more attention to shading my lens after that. Then the problem became trying to avoid getting my hand in the picture - which I did in that last photo, and why it's cropped in so close - to cut my hand out.

Dorothy

3/11/2020 05:20:09 pm

The photos are amazing.

I really need to take a photography course. I take photos by pointing the camera and pressing click. That's why I usually end up cutting off people's heads (chuckle).

Martha

3/12/2020 08:45:24 am

Thanks.

Well, the first thing would be to look through the camera view finder and frame your scene.

Donna

3/12/2020 08:43:18 am

The photos are beautiful (as always!). It is really helpful to those of us who are trying to improve our own photography when you share your tips and advice. We get to enjoy your photos and learn at the same time :o)

Martha

3/12/2020 08:50:40 am

Thank you!

I'm glad you find it helpful. That's mainly why I show them, and also to dispel the myth that one has to be some kind of expert photographer to take great pictures. I don't understand technology, and use maybe 5% of what my camera is capable of. Same goes for Photoshop. I just know a few basic things, and stick to those, since I'm not really one to experiment or play with all the different settings.

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