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Friday, May 8, 2009

I really like this one of Claire getting ready

Just gorgeous

6 comments:

Jenna said...

So beautiful! Except for my fat hand :)

Anonymous said...

Aw! Beautiful!!

Jenna said...

Melissa--question (you don't have to publish this comment :)
The area on this picture between Claire's face and my face is very light, hiding all the things in the background. How did you do this? If I could eve know what it is called, I could look it up on youtube and learn how to do it on photoshop. There are some pictures that I would LOVE black and white with this soft glow around them like you did.
Thanks for your help!!

Melissa said...

Thanks guys all your comments are so encouraging.
Jenna, it's called Bokeh and it happens in camera with a good fast lens wide open usually 2.8 or lower.

P.S you do NOT have a fat hand lol!

Jenna said...

thank you! I'm taking a photography course at UT so I'm hoping that will help me to know what exactly that means! :)

Katie said...

I love this picture.. I love how detailed it is!

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