Foto Friday, Week 42 (out of order): HDR = High Dynamic Range
To my utter astonishment, our younger son (who at best tolerates grimly my taking photos of him), ASKED me to take a photo–his Senior Yearbook Photo! Knock me down with a feather! I had thought he would use his school pictures photo:
So while I was at taking the senior/yearbook photo, I knew it would be a crazy-busy week so I took a series of photos to do an assignment called “High Dynamic Range” where you merge 3-5 (or more) photos to account for the fact that there is strong light and strong shadow in one place.
The above photo is “composed” of these four photos (which despite my attempts to place them are going where they want…sigh):
We decided that as lovely a backdrop as the maple tree was, the light was simply too harsh. Eli suggested we go down by the arbor/cut-through to the big meadow. He thought he could lean up against the post and it would look more natural. Turns out there is too much bittersweet, but the photo turned out great!
Eli selected this shot, which used a fairly shallow depth of field (to blur the background) and was taken from a tripod. I can confidently say there is NO WAY I could have gotten such a good shot (with minor post-production/editing work) when I began this class in January. YEAH! I’m learning! And Eli is happy. And will now return to grumbling when I take photos of him. <<grin!!!!>>>
That’s it for now!
November 6th, 2015 at 9:58 am
Perfect capture Sarah!! I adore the little and grown concept! My nursing school photos did this, unbeknownst to us!! They were a hoot!
November 6th, 2015 at 12:22 pm
Great Photos! I really like Eli’s choice for the yearbook! He looks great!
November 6th, 2015 at 12:27 pm
I vote with Eli’s choice as well. What happy dogs won’t endure.
November 6th, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Great choice by Eli for the yearbook. The colour of the berries work very well with the colour of his jumper (sweater!).
Sandy