Oct 19, 2012 Posted by regina

Sorry I Dropped The Ball On The Blog…

I apologize for not maintaining this blog. I am just running out of time. I can’t keep up with all the different social media sites these days – with Flickr, 500px, Google+, Facebook, Pinterest and all the others I’m leaving out… The blog just kind of fell to the wayside as it started to feel more and more like ‘work’. To those few that did read my short and boring... read more

Feb 20, 2013 Posted by regina

Too Much Choice

After: Retouch comparison: I was talking recently with a friend who had just watched the movie ‘Happy‘. It’s a documentary that takes you on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Discussing the movies’ premise, my friend brought up the topic of how having too much choice contributes to unhappiness. This made... read more

Jan 25, 2013 Posted by regina

The Pixel Peeper aka Scott Jarvie

So I’m sitting at home kinda bored, checking my FaceCrack when a new friend request pops up. It’s Scott Jarvie an insanely popular destination wedding photographer, based in Northern Utah, that I know from Google+ where he has 117,000 followers. I respond to his request and moments later he messages me, letting me know that he will be passing through my neck of the woods the next morning, on his way... read more

Jan 24, 2013 Posted by regina

Farm Girl

After: Retouch comparison: Ok, I’m obsessed. My husband thinks I’m sick. I discovered via Cici Absolutely white’s Pinterest board – a texture site, CG Textures, that has the most incredible backgrounds and I can’t get enough! You are generously allowed 15MB of free high resolution images every 24 hours. That amounts to between 5-7 images a day… for FREE. Really great... read more

Jan 21, 2013 Posted by regina

Alex Santiago

After: Retouch comparison: Retouch comparison: Alex Santiago is a local photographer, who agreed to be ‘the Subject’, along with his wife, Cherie. They are both such great sports and it didn’t hurt that Alex helped tweak the lighting during the shoot. For this one, he suggested that we turn the beauty dish down at a sharper angle. Small changes make such a huge difference! I read a... read more

Jan 19, 2013 Posted by regina

Scott Jarvie In The ‘Hood

So I’m sitting at home kinda bored, checking my FaceCrack when a new friend request pops up. It’s Scott Jarvie, an insanely popular destination wedding photographer, based in Northern Utah, that I know from Google+ where he has 115,000 followers. I respond to his request and moments later he messages me, letting me know that he will be passing through my neck of the woods the next morning,... read more

Jan 18, 2013 Posted by regina

Cherie

After: Retouch comparison: It was so much fun to have Alex Santiago and his wife and Cherie join me in the studio for some posing practice using Cherie as our guinea pig. She was such a great sport and handled the rigors well. We didn’t get to the really challenging ‘pretzel’ poses, we’ll have to save those for next time. Alex, an accomplished photographer, stepped in behind the... read more

Jan 13, 2013 Posted by regina

Retro Rollins

After: Retouch comparison: Scotty wanted some images with his ski gear and this is the first image I processed from the shoot. I had two different light set ups – one against the thunder grey seamless and one against the white. At the end of the shoot I asked Scotty if he wouldn’t mind obliging me while I tried a different light set up, one that I have never tried before. The inspiration for... read more

Jan 8, 2013 Posted by regina

Ray Of Sunshine

After: Retouch comparison: Retouch comparison – Close up: I had watched this video from Calvin Hollywood using his ‘Checklayer’ technique a while back and I finally put what I learned to use on this image. In the video, Calvin starts off by using his technique with the healing brush on skin. He mentions that the technique could also be used while dodging and burning, and this is where... read more

Jan 3, 2013 Posted by regina

Dream Shoot With Joe Pitti

After: Retouching Comparison: This image is from a recent shoot with such a wonderful person, who just happens to live across the street! Having a performer like Joe in front of the camera is a dream, which unfortunately doesn’t come true very often. Joe is a collector and the props in his arsenal were all so fabulous… a large empty wood picture frame, a huge array of hats (and his idea of... read more

Dec 30, 2012 Posted by regina

Maygen – Retouch Comparison

Still practicing with the face contouring in Photoshop with techniques used by make up artists. I can’t believe what a difference it makes in helping to give a slimmer appearance – it’s amazing! I did use a small amount of liquify, more so on the body, than face. Here are two examples of the contouring ‘guidelines’ that I am following: Photo from... read more