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The Corporate Kid

Posted on April 26, 2009

This was a fun session. Cooper, four years old, brought along his suit to show me. Couldn’t resist getting some “corporate” shots of him and he had lots of fun acting out the “who’s the boss” thing! Kinda brought back memories of my old office job..

A Model In The Making?

Posted on April 26, 2009

 
Laura is my neighbor’s 9 year old daughter who never had any professional pictures taken before and in an earlier session (see pics in gallery) it took a long time for her to warm up and we never got to the point where she was completely comfortable with having her picture taken. Later that night and close to a beautiful sunset, I swung by their house and brought with me my 28″ Westcott softbox and flash and convinced her to take a few more pics. This time around she was completely at ease and naturally posed for the camera and all I can say is her parents definitely have a model in the making!

My Model Children

Posted on April 23, 2009

I love my kids, I really do. Not just because they’re my cute, adorable babies (4 & 5 yrs old now!) but because they’re the only ones who’ll be my test subjects! In this case a roll of seamless “Dove Gray” background..

April Competition - Win A Free Portrait Session

Posted on April 15, 2009

Every month I’ll be running a competition where I’ll be giving away one free portrait session worth $200 that you can use on yourself and family or give away as a gift to anyone you wish. The winner will receive an hour photo session at their house or location, one 8×10 print from any of the final photos and web-ready copies of all images that they can post on their Facebook page.

How to enter:

1. Click this link to become a fan of my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lake-Worth-FL/Alan-Lougher-Photography/57345663740
2. Once you become a fan just tell your friends about it in your Facebook status update and encourage them to become a fan too.

At the end of the month I’ll pick one random fan to win the portrait session.

Rules:

You must have a Facebook account to enter.
You have to become a fan of my Facebook page.
You must live along the east of Florida, West Palm Beach down to Ft. Lauderdale.
Competition ends April 30th.

Good luck!

At Home With The Weiders

Posted on April 13, 2009

Such a fun family to hang out with!

Show Em Your Guns!

Posted on April 10, 2009

Some people have been asking me how I achieved this shot, which was taken last weekend during a client session. Essentially this is just a simple case of using off-camera flash and exposing for the subject, in this case Scott and his son, and then underexposing for the sky by a stop or two in order to capture the sunset. Since we were on a time crunch we shot fast as the sun went down and then moved on to a new location. Later when I loaded the image on my screen I noticed the sunset was not as rich as I wanted so it was time for some post-processing magic!

There are a couple of ways to achieve the end result, but the easiest method was just a case of knocking the exposure down a bit more than what was shot in camera and outputting multiple images, each with a different exposure setting. This is why you should always shoot in RAW format because exposure adjustment is one of the things that is simple to do in post-production. With the different exposed images I was able to then combine them all together using a tool called PhotoMatix, the end result a correctly exposed subject and sky.

News

Posted on April 9, 2009

I hope you like the new blog layout. A big shout out to the incredible team over at Portfoliositez, they did an amazing job designing this. Kudos! Feel free to bookmark this page or add it to your favorite RSS reader. I’ve also joined this new phenomenon called “Twitter”. You can follow me by clicking this link or come here anytime to view my ramblings at the top of this page.

I am offering 10% off all packages up until the end of May so if you have a family member or friend’s special event coming up then a portrait package can make a great gift. See the prices section on my main site Alan Lougher Photography for more info.

Anyway I hope you enjoy the new blog and be sure to check back often for more updates and news.

Cheers.
Alan.

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