How do you take a portrait under bad lighting conditions?  Make your own! We did this session in the middle of the afternoon under less-than-perfect lighting conditions.  For most shots, I was able to get the family in the shade, but I really wanted a picture on this bridge.  It was too bright for a [...]

www.RinaMarie.com When taking pictures, especially pictures of children, I often find it necessary to take pictures in less than ideal lighting situations.  Sometimes, this means that I’ll capture a great shot with less than ideal exposure.  Take the picture below, for instance.  This was taken of a little boy on a playground.  There were no [...]

It’s time for another photo editing challenge over at I Heart Faces.  Although there are times when an idea for an edit immediately pops into my head (like with this picture, from a few weeks ago) there are other times when I like to look through the edits that other people have done and challenge myself [...]

This weeks challenge was a picture of a beautiful little boy that really didn’t need much editing, but in the interest of creativity, here are my “fixes”: Before: After: To see other edits, or to join the fun, click on the link below:

I love photo editing, and I especially loved this week’s photo.  The photographer who took this picture wanted the edits to be done to match the time period.  Rather than trying to make it look like a dated photo, I wanted to try to make it look more like a painting.  Here is my entry: [...]

Lately, I’ve seen an article circulating the web on custom photography, and I thought I would add something regarding this form of art.  Why choose custom photography?  Because it can mean the difference between this: and this:     I wish this kind of editing had been around when I took my senior portraits!!! (Special thanks to my [...]

I used to think that photoshopping a picture was “cheating.” The more pictures I take, however, the more I have come to appreciate the creative aspects of photo editing. This is my form of art, and I love nothing better than to take a photo from my camera and into Lightroom and “paint.” There is [...]