Lapland Lake 2006 - Black and Whites

Old Barn At Trenton Falls

Trenton Falls 2006

It's been awhile since I have been able to go out and shoot for fun. I made a trip up to Trenton Falls this weekend, it was my first time there. Although there was not a lot of water it was still very beautiful. Here are some pics:

26th Annual Photographer Forum's Spring Photo Contest

I am thinking about entering this contest but I'm not sure which photo or photo's to submit. This where all of you com into play. I am asking for any suggestions from what photo's you all think are the best that I have posted on my blog. You can leave your suggestions in the comment section under this post. Thanks for all your help!!

Any one interested in entering this contest can visit:

www.serbin.com.

Screwing around in Photoshop

I was bored so I decided to screw around in photosho with a picture of a statue I took while I was working at a church last weekend during a little break. The first one I used the solarize filter, the second one I used the glowing effect. I thought the looked pretty cool!
(the photo's will be coming, apparently there is a problem with blogger today!)

Planet Photoshop

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials_effects.html

This is a cool little site that has ton's of tips on how to enhance your photo's. Most of the tutorials are quick and easy that even the basic photoshop user can do!

Make Jessica Alba hot in 11 steps...

This is a great and fun little tip on how to do manips using photoshop:

http://www.imarc.net/blog/47/make_jessica_alba_hot_in_11_steps/

More High Contrast B&W

Absolute Cross - Photoshop Tutorials

This is a great site for photoshop tutorials, one of the best I have seen!
Thanks Josh for sending me the link!

http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/

I have also placed the link under my favorites.

High Contrast B&W

This was done in the studio using intense light from her back left side to get the washed out effect around her. A soft box was used to light the front and get rid of the silhouette caused by lighting the subject from behind.

Black & White - Fashion

Studio - Fashion

Mother

RSS Feed Link

Here is the RSS link to subscribe to my blog. I have also placed the link on the side bar.

http://balfesphotography.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Hint - Creating a Montage with Photoshop

http://www.adobespot.com/tutorial_textmontage.php

Hint - Creating Torn Paper with Photoshop

http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/torn/torn.htm

I am.......

This is a photo of a woman just about a month before she was due. This is one of the most personnal photo's I have ever taken. To me it reflects new beginings.

The photo was taken with my Nikon N80 using T-max 400 speed film.

More Early Fasion Work

This photograph was taken during the same session as the previous 2 pictures.

Early Fashion Work

These photo's represent some of my earlier attempts at fashion/modeling photography. They were taken prior to me having any type of studio or lighting training.

The photo's were taken with a Minolta ST/SI SLR camera using a 28-80mm lens and a Sunpak speedlight. The film I used was Kodak T-Max 100

Ducks In a Row

This is a photo of 3 Mallard Ducks taken at the Oriskany Marsh in the early Spring of 2002.

The photo was taken with my Nikon N80 using my 28-105mm lens.