Evan's 1 Year Session - Part 2

At long last, here are the remaining pics from adorable Evan's 1 year session.  If you missed Part 1, click HERE to see them!

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A Quick Road Trip to Morro Bay

I have been enjoying a rare and amazing week off from my hectic schedule.  The boyfriend and I decided to take a little road through Paso Robles and Morro Bay (about 3 hours from where we live in LA.)

I did a little experimenting with HDR while in Morro Bay.  Each of these images are actually 5 images of different exposures composited through Photomatix then touched up in Photoshop.



I think this one's my favorite. I love the deep depth of field and the sunlight on the flowers in the foreground.
 

This one had a little too much "halo" effect for my taste. Anyone know how to get rid of that? I tried just burning it but it didn't look right. I like the pic anyway, especially the couple in the distance taking a self portrait :)
 

I love the details in the rock...
 

That night we drove a little inland to see the amazing stars. This next pic isn't HDR. It is one photo taken on a tripod with a 30 second exposure at f/3.5 and ISO 1600. I ran some noise reduction in Lightroom to help with the noise from the high ISO.
 

I loved this star shot. Definitely want to try more of those soon!!!

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Evan's One Year Session - Part 1

Ok, I'm FINALLY getting around to posting these pictures!  I know I posted the preview WEEKS ago.  Some of you know that I work for a TV show that takes up quite a bit of my time and it has made me a bad blogger as of late.  I don't like to mention it on the blogosphere, but as a hint, we had our finale last week which means I now have some free time! And those of you who follow me on Facebook definitely know what show I'm talking about :)

Anyways, first order of post-finale business was getting around to story boarding these pictures.  Here's part one of one of my favorite little families in the world!



This is a favorite for sure.
 

I love these too. I had so much fun shooting with this awesome tree!
 

How cool is this tree? It made such a great backdrop.

Stay tuned for Part 2! (I promise it won't be another month before I post!)

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Evan's 1st Year - Preview

Remember this beautiful pregnant mama?



Who took this awesome maternity jump shot?
 

And then had this adorable baby?
 

Well guess what? That adorable baby boy just turned 1! I can't believe he's been with us a whole year! And in honor of his first birthday I paid this adorable little family a visit and grabbed some shots. Here's just a quick preview, more to come soon!

 This may be my favorite picture ever :)

Can't wait to share more from this session!

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