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Ciao! Welcome to the blog-Upclose and Real

Sono Shelia!  To sum up...I am a mom that adores her little one, a navy wife and I gal that just loves her family and friends..Oh and this small little obession I have with Italy!  I am a lover of all things Italian.  The food.  The people.  The shoes.  The clothes that I will never be able to wear. The 4 hour mid-day breaks.  The slow life.  One day I will live there again.  And when I do you can bet my lens will go everywhere with me.  Because that is just what I do- document.  I document everything.  And that is what you will find here on this blog.  My journeys in life.  The day to day happenings here at the studio. My little one and all her glory. And of course images galore!!

There is no spell check or grammar check in my world.  My apologies up front.  If you like what you see, send me some love.  Comments make me smile and let me know I am not alone in this big big cyber world!  Plus, I just *love* meeting new folks! So don't be shy..I don't bite and neither will anyone else on this blogsphere..and if they do..I'll pull their hair!

shel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q&A

Happy Hump Day!!!

Today’s question has come up more than once to say the least….

“I love your black and whites.  Do you shoot in black and white?? I see a lot of black and white photos that are gray and dark from other folks.  How do you get your black and whites to be so creamy and light?”

I actually shoot in color and then do the black and white conversions myself.  Yes one by one.  :-)  I first play with curves and levels to taste.  Then I use TRA by the Boutwell’s for my black and white action mix.  Not finished yet.  Then I tweak the image more with blends, layering and masking.  And then more times than none…curves and levels again..then end with a little bit of sharpening….There is no recipe that I can say…I do this then that..and this and then that…It is all about the individual image and I play around with it until I say..that’s it!

It get this question alot too….”I have an image.  Can you “fix” it? And then can you change it to black and white for me?”  Sure…if you have an image that you took…send it in…

see you tomorrow…

Shelia

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