Saturday, May 30, 2015

winner and top 9 {From above}

WOW, best week yet I think. More and more people submitting and that makes me smile. I want to see more and more every week. I am taking this page back to my roots and keeping it that way. I want to see more people shooting from their heart but not only that shooting unique, creative, artistic, emotive imagery. Its what I want my magazine to be about so I want the page to move that way to. This week was huge on creative images. I loved them. I loved them so much I couldn't pick 10 so I picked 13. I just couldn't narrow it down anymore. Such a hard time. You all rock. So keep in mind every week. Artistic, creative, unique, emotive imagery. LETS DO THIS...
Each week there will be one wining image and a top 9 feature. Or in this case a top 12 feature for this week. I NEVER do that for this page, ever. I am in a good mood. First time for everything, right?! The winning image will grace our cover photo for the week until the next weeks winner is chosen. Lets see this amazing winning image.

Winning image...




"I chose this image as weekly favorite because it really spoke to me. It really moved me and caught my eye. They all look so very content. happy and peaceful together.I love that its shot from above. The post processing is stunning. It is just a beautiful family image. Makes me so happy inside." ~Amber

Top 9 (this week 12) in no particular order...













  





















Just gorgeous, aren't they?!?! Congrats all. Please join us this week for the theme {Out of the ordinary} With guest judge Kelly Akers Photography. See pinned post on Reflections page for something new that is kicking off. Until next time,  XOXO! ~Amber


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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Winner and top 9 {Adventure)

Great week everyone. As always, amazing images. More and more talent I see each week. Each week there will be a winning photo and a top 9. The winning image will grace our cover photo for the week until the next week image is chosen. Lets check out the winning image.

Winning image...



"I chose this image because its wow. The whole scene is to die for. That location is gorgeous.  The white tops of the waves in the background, the composition, the clouds. It is just gorgeous. As soon as I saw this image it stopped me in my tracks. I had to go back and look at it multiple times through the week." ~Amber

Top 9 feature in no particular order...








Holly Nicole Photography 



















Please join us this week for the theme {From above} Until next time, XOXO! ~Amber
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Dramatic Light

I run a photography support group. Each week we are posting up new short tutorials and we will all challenge ourselves and share an image that has to do with the tutorials. Nothing long and fancy. just short, to the point tutorials. This is our first week. DRAMATIC LIGHT!

Light is a huge part of photography, right? There's so much you can do with it. Dreamy light, back light, dappled light, low light, harsh light, golden hour light, light leaks, light flares. There's SO much. One of my favorite ways to use light is dramatically. Dramatic light is moodier, darker light usually. High contrasted light, low light. Many things you can do to make light dramatic. Learn to use light to your advantage and really push your camera settings to make your images come out how you want. Don't let light control you. You control the light. 

Use your settings to create gorgeous, creative images with your light. What I like to do a lot is shoot under exposed back lighting to make focus more on details, textures, shapes. Shooting under exposed with water shots to make the water more obvious and contrasted. Shoot under exposed to focus on the outline, detail of some gorgeous texture in clothing. To make silhouettes of your subjects. I love shooting under exposed back lighting. Here are some examples. 


 Above I shot underexposed to focus more on the water contrast.



 Above I shot underexposed to focus more on the light and to highlight her hair.



Above I used the light to really focus on the gorgeous golden tone of it and her hair blowing in the wind.



 Here I shot again, underexposed to focus on their bodies and body language. More of a silhouette shot. Also, by shooting underexposed back light it really brought out the water.



 Use window light to make dramatic scenes. Here I used my settings to shoot underexposed focusing on just the details of his hands and feet and the reflection on the hardwood floor underneath the carpet he fell asleep on.



Here I shot to focus more on the golden tones kissing her hair. With light light behind me and her being in a darker area made the image super dark except where the light was hitting her hair.

These are just a few ways I use light dramatically. Let's see your take on dramatic light. Window, low, backlit in a dramatic way, contour your subject, clothing or hair. Anything you want. Get creative. I can't wait to see what you all come up with. Thank you. Until next time, XOXO! ~Amber
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Monday, May 18, 2015

Winner and top 9 {Creative crop}

WOW, Great week. So much inspiration. Each week there will be a winner and a top 9 feature. The winner will grace our cover photo for the week until the next weeks winner is chosen. But this week since there was two weeks of creative crops there was no way I could pick just 10 so I went a tad over :)

Winning image...  



"WOW, is all I can say. The reflection is so amazing here. And I just love \how you made that the focus of the image with just s tiny bit of her feet showing. Brilliant shot. I love how I can even see the clouds."~Amber
Top what is normally 9 but today is 20!!!!


 Kelsey Smith Photography






















































Congrats all. Please join us this week for the theme {Adventure} Thank you. Until next time, XOXO! ~Amber
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