Day 21: Timeless Photographs Of Children
For my Day 21 shot for the 30 Day Photo Challenge, I had great plans of taking a beautiful photograph outdoors to welcome Spring. Alas, it was raining most of today here. And although I braved the rain yesterday for my photo, I didn’t feel like doing it again. So that brought me to this evening with still no photo to show.
My daughter is in a total dress-up stage, so I decided some tutu shots with her teddy bear were just going to have to do tonight. I messed around with selective coloring and different levels of desaturation with this image in Photoshop to give it some flair. But ultimately I decided on black and white to make it stand out and give it a wonderfully timeless feel.
Since I was indoors and had to use flash, the background was nearly lost. After I adjusted the levels of shadow, I was able to rid the photo of the background clutter entirely. I then added a black border to the image and viola! Was this photo taken tonight in my living room or sometime back in 1960? That’s what I love about black and white images of children!
Responses and Conversations
Amy- Thanks so much for your blog. I am a very novice cameraperson, but I find your ideas very inspiring!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Comment by Anne on March 27th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Anne – Thank YOU! I write this blog for people exactly like you (well, and like me, for that matter). I started out last year not knowing very much about photography — just knowing I loved doing it. I’ve messed up, tried new things and learned tons along the way. But mostly I just keep doing it. That’s the best advice I ever got (and will ever give).
Glad I can share it with you.
Comment by Amy Frazier on March 27th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
hi Amy. i like your emphasis on kids photography. take pictures of your children often enough and you’ll come up with images that beat the professional studio portraits hands down.
Cheers, Stephen
Comment by How To Photograph Infants and Toddlers on December 27th, 2008 at 11:21 pm