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Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: Oct 9, 2007
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2007

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 We had a lighting session at my camera club tonight. While it was nice to have a play with the lights. It was quite limited as there were lots of people wanting to have at turn. I brought Nimue my youngest as a model. She was the only one. She did really really well and patiently posed for an hour and a half till 9pm.... an hour and a half past her bedtime!
This is probably my best shot pose and smile wise but it is a bit blurred on the right hand side.
I have played around with the editing for a while but nothing seems right or inspires me. So this is it straight out of the camera. Any editing suggestions would be gratefully accepted

Here's another one from tonight


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 10/16/2007 01:31:49 PM
She is absolutely gorgeous! I know nothing about portrait photography (except of cats of course), but I couldn't help playing with such a lovely image! Hope you don't mind, here's what I did:
Cropped, added a channel mixer layer to convert to b&w then reduced the layer opacity to 76%, used the burn tool to darken the left side of her face to blend into shadow, did a bit of unsharp mask just around her eyes and mouth, then brightened her eyes a tad by making a copy of the irises and setting the layer opacity to 80%. I don't know about it being better processed, but it is different :-)
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 10/10/2007 06:42:31 PM
nimue looks absolutely lovely and it seems like her looks reflect her personality .. i love both the ones you've put in slice but a like the more natural colouring in this one better .. i'm very hesitant to give suggestions coz often its just a personal preference and we're all so different .. but ... i'm not overly keen on the yellow light on her face .. just the intensity of it .. i've just looked again after writing that little bit and am starting to revise my opinion ..
i had to go away and do stuff and i've come back to this half written comment & noticed ken's comment . .. i'll go with the diluting the yellow coz someone else agrees !!!!!!!!!!:)
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 10/09/2007 10:20:47 PM
Oh Joy! Nimue is an angel! I try to get Abby to pose for me and if I can get her to sit still for 20-seconds its a miracle. What a sweet, beautiful girl, and yes, how lucky to get to have hands one, one-on-one lessons in lighting. I'd love to do that. Can I borrow Nimue if I ever get the chance :)

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 10/09/2007 09:50:58 PM
That's fantastic to have access to lights and time to play around with them. I'd suggest trying to get rid of that yellow cast on the right side of her face. Maybe B&W would be a quick way to get rid of it.
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