Tasha & Brandon

Sunday we had an awesome photo session (at the Wethersfield Green) with a fantastic couple! Tasha & Brandon are getting married soon and we created some images that really popped. They were so easy to work with and so photogenic we had a great morning.


I have soooo many favorites (as you can tell from the length of this Blog Post) but the top two are at the top of my list. I am working on getting a brush in Photoshop that will allow us to put a "Artist's Choice" or "Artist's Favorite" in a corner of a couple of photos from every session.





This pose (below) was actually Brandon's idea and it really worked!





OK, for such a good looking couple I just had to run the "Hollywood Portrait" effect and then place a border on it.



I just love the look on Brandon's face here!!


OK, now tell me that this doesn't look like a movie ad. It's an artistically edited version of the second photo and I really cannot tell you if I like this version or the color version better.


Tom did manage to grab this one photograph of Tasha alone.




Tom wanted me to title this one "A kiss is but a Kiss" but was afraid that it would 'date him' or worse that people would not get it.


For this photograph I converted the color into Black and White and then added chocolate...


For this image I converted a B&W to a line sketch and then merged the two into each other and painted out the details. It certainly appears like a sketch and I cannot wait to print this (on matte paper perhaps...)


The uncropped version of the second photograph, converted to B&W


I had a lot of fun processing these images!


They just were so easy to photograph! We cannot wait until their wedding.




I placed this image into a Scott Kelby action frame.



Now for some composites.
This is a 16x20 -- 9-up with the kisses on the diagonal...

These last two collages are also 16x20;s with the B&W version above the color version. I just love B&W photography for people, as you can relaly see in this post, it really brings out the soul of a person.

Wedding Collages

We have been creating photo collages for some time now. The engagement, the first dance, the father-daughter dance, cutting the cake -- these events lend themselves very easily to collages because often one photo does not tell the complete story. They look great up on the wall and are often purchased as gifts for parents, aunts/uncles, grandparents, etc.

For family portraits our collages are also popular because we can put the group photo in the center and then all of the individual families (or individuals depending upon the family size) around the center image. Collages also work very well for "baby parts" and our "grow with me" baby and children's packages.

Pet photo collages are fun too! I swear that this labrador (Madison) is like Winn Dixie and he smiles!

Here is a collage of a dance that the bride's brother requested. Everyone enjoyed the dance and Jerry got the attention that he deserved.

Our collages are usually very free flowing, but we recently started creating some more "formal" collages and I think that these really pop. They are 16x20 and look great up on the wall.

We have posted photos of this beautifully adorable flowergirl before. We just had to try out some of our new collages using her!