365 Project Update

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Long time readers may recall way back on the 1st of January (was that only 17 days ago???? seems a little longer) that I committed to doing a 365 project, one new picture a day for the next year and no five picks on Monday to cover the week, a legit new image everyday. So far so good! I’ve learned a lot in just a short time, it’s been a great excuse to try new light set ups, to push my natural light shooting creativity and here’s one that’s had a big impact as well... post production. Shooting weddings, bridals and engagements, when I come back from a shoot I process a ton of images, a wedding can yield 800-1300 frames. The goal of all good photographers is to get it right in the camera so post production (Photoshop and Lightroom) is a simple color tweak and sorting out the wheat from the shaft. Here’s the cool part about the 365 project, I’m shooting 2 to 12 images which has give me time to go into Photoshop and/or Lightroom to experiment with different processing techniques.

Here’s one of my favorites so far, I think it was from the 7th of January (January - duh), but this a windmill off of Palmer between McNeil and MoPac. I’ve passed it hundreds if not thousands of times and alway thought I’d like to shoot it. Well it was FREEZING that day, it was sooo cold the first frame I fired off was under exposed, a quick adjustment and I got this one (with a little Photoshop love). I had run back to the car before I could get a third on account I couldn’t feel my fingers anymore.

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