I mentioned in Day 81′s post that I was borrowing studio lighting from Severna Park Photo.  I decided to try it out one more time – in a more controlled setting – to get some shots of my new CD/DVD cases for my digital clients.  These are completely un-edited, which was sooooo nice!  I think it shows them off pretty decently.

And for those of you wanting to know, here are the specs on these cases:

Template: Design Aglow “For Collectors of Art & Style” DVD Cover

Printer: White House Custom Colour (WHCC)

Model: Clara

How do I get this case for my digital images?

Today’s 365 post will have a few extra photos to make up for not posting anything yesterday – I was pretty busy gathering items for my not-so-successful yard sale & ran out of gas.

Today, after said yard sale, I went to the Prana Studio in Annapolis to do a photo session for the DragonFly Dance Experiment.  This session was scheduled with a friend, Megan, in the hopes of updating her dance group’s photos.  I told her from the get go that I have literally no experience shooting dancers & very little experience using studio lighting.  I got a really generous deal from Tim at Severna Park Photo to borrow his extra studio lighting equipment & he even gave me a mini lesson on how to use it.  (Don’t critique me, I’m a newbie!)  Here’s the last shot of the day we got in the studio:  Megan & all the fabulous girls & Megan’s super cute son, Jacob.

After the marathon session, I dragged each girl outside for my favorite – headshots!  These girls are gorgeous!  Maybe they can teach me how to do my make up….

I shot this one photo of Sam during her maternity session last weekend and really, really liked it!  I mean the lighting was off, the angle is waaaay past 11 & 1 (I’ll explain that later, if you like), and the cropping could be better.  But I just loved her expression.  So I decided to see what I could do to it in Photoshop CS3 & Lightroom 2.  Here are some of the results.  Let me know which one is your favorite!

The above photo is done in Photoshop with The Pioneer Woman’s “Seventies” action.

This photo was also done in Photoshop with The Pioneer Woman’s “Dim the Lights” and “Boutwell’s Magic Glasses” from the Totally Rad Actions group.

This is a Lightroom 2 creation called “Aged Photo.”

This is “Antique Grayscale” from Lightroom 2.

Here we have “Black & White Low Contrast” from Lightroom 2.

This one’s different for me.  It’s called “Cold Tone” from LR2.

And lastly from Lightroom 2 is “Sepia.”

So, take a look, think hard, and go with your gut.  Which is your favorite?