March, 2008 | Real Photography

a tribute to polaroids…

Mar 31, 2008

It’s been at least an hour since our last blog change, so it was time for another one. ;P

I had been thinking that it was a little bit…blah, and I finally came up with an idea while dinking around in Photoshop this morning.

Photographers everywhere are mourning the fact that Polaroid film is an endangered species…so what better way to pay tribute to its last year on the shelf than with a Polaroid photo banner that “develops” while it loads?

If you don’t see this when you look at your screen, trying clearing your cache (I don’t think just hitting F5 will do it):

Colorado Springs wedding photographers blog screenshot

Posted in News

Colorado Springs Family Portrait OpLove Shoot Sneek Peek

Mar 30, 2008

OpLove is a non-profit organization run by photographers to give back to the military community. Families with a deploying military member are offered free portrait sessions by OpLove photographers.

I had an OpLove photography session at Palmer Park (one of my favorite Colorado Springs locations) on Saturday. Here are a few of my favorites:

This little girl loves her daddy so much. I love how she looks so much younger in this shot:

father daughter portrait by colorado springs photographer

When I asked her to steal her daddy’s hat (after hearing that she loves to wear it), she corrected me. Apparently it is THEIR hat, not HIS hat.

father daughter portrait

He is equally popular with this little guy. I got a ton of great family pictures of everyone exploring the park.

Colorado Springs wedding photographer captures father and son

I love portraits of a family walking. In this case, there was a lot of laughing and running.

Colorado Springs wedding photographer captures family portrait outside

And this is the inevitable outcome of running and being little. I told them that it was a good thing I have this photo for their lawsuit against me. ;)

Colorado Springs wedding photographer captures falling family portrait

Posted in Family Photographer

a lightroom tip

Mar 29, 2008

(There are days when I want to make out with Scott Kelby for making my life better. This is one of those days. [I’m going to be really humiliated if he ever vanity-googles his name and discovers this post.])

I was reading his Lightroom book last night and read the following tip, which I am now compelled to share with the world:

When you are in the develop module and decide that you want to crop a photo, hit the “L” key twice after you select the crop tool. Now you can move the cropper edges around (and move your photo around underneath the crop area) and see exactly what it will look like when cropped because everything else will be totally dark.

I explain things terribly so I’m sure that makes no sense, but if you have Lightroom and have never tried this, you need to.

Right now.

You’ll want to make out with Scott Kelby, too.

Posted in Photoshop Tips