Before/After

So the location I chose for this shoot is actually a new piece of property we bought recently to use as a warehouse space and storage area. right now its all overgrown and beautiful and there's a nice little pond with trees all around it and sinking objects and old boots and such. allie is such a lovely model and i am glad i have all these pretty friends to photograph...

this is the original raw file i started out with

 

this is the 'during' phase : i used adobe lightroom to adjust the lighting a bit and i also used the sharpening tool and softening tool  

I then downloaded a stock image of the moon and used adobe photoshop for the final and 'major' editing  phase. in photoshop i also created a soft reflection of the moon onto the surface of the pond for a more realistic effect. i also darkened the image and adjusted the finishing light touches

 

thanks for viewing! hope this was interesting for you. 

Ghent

Fullness of light

I'll never be able to fathom the fullness of light.

I need to drink more water.
I need to read more of my books and watch less netflix.

This sense of having to take a photo every day is
giving my time a sense of purpose.
even though I have a whole lot right now going on in my
life, I kind of use these photos as a way of breathing
everything else is just what happens in between. 

I have summer skin.
and it feels exactly perfect.

Apocalypse

some other time, you gotta lose what's right
for you to know, what's really worth the fight


this was one of the most difficult shoots I've ever done.
so really, I hope these photos are worth looking at because I almost ruined my black lace up boots and I was pretty much blind the whole time running back and forth, also got sand stuck to my legs.. the kind that cakes on and you have to scrub it off with hot water.
-but nothing feels as good as ending a photo shoot full of blood sweat and tears.

the gas mask belongs to my husband

Foggy windows

Its so nice to be back home for a few days to be able to take photos of my closest, pretty friends while I have the chance in between working so much. This is Katie and she let me use her as my model for today and so we took these photos by her house. This little woodsy spot and a few down by the bay side during golden hour.
The light was so incredibly perfect in some of these photos it just fills me up inside.