Hmm..today’s The Daily Shoot is the same as my Storm..er, Clone Trooper photo so I decided to play around in PS instead!
We took a little ride over to the other side of the sound and of course, took a ferry! This was captured as soon as we came in from outside where it was cold and very windy (hence, Cait’s crazy hair)! Amy doesn’t really like her hair in this, says that she feels the need to go grab a brush. 🙂 I rather like the hair all crazy, I think it, along with how she’s bundled up and the partial B&W conversion adds to the photo. Thoughts?
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David Williams Photography 
That’s a great portrait! Love the processing and the lighting incredibly. You really captured the spirit of the moment.
Thank you, it helps having such a beautiful subject! 😀
I had an interesting initial reaction to it – I thought “8 going on 50”. Young kid with an old, tired expression. I was imagining her with a cigarette in one hand and a gin and tonic in the other. No offense to the kid, that was just what popped into my mind when I first saw the shot.
Hahaha, I can totally see it! She certainly has some interesting expressions for a 10 year old! 😀
I like how you altered the tone. You have such a beautiful little girl…look at those eyes. She’s going to be trouble! (Which you always say.) 🙂
Thank you but, as you know, both my girls are really beautiful (just wish Kaylea would “let” me take more photos)…we are SO in trouble!!! 😀
She is adorable, messy hair and all. Her expression is priceless. It’s like she is saying “okay, dad… I don’t like this, but if you must… this is all you’re going to get.” 🙂
And, I have certainly heard that one many times over I might add!! I just love her look! 😀
Roman is sitting on my lap right now, and when I clicked on your picture he said “she pretty mama”! I absolutely love this picture. It the real her with just the right hint of color. Fantastic!
Awww, that is super cute Morgan! Amy loved your comment as did I! Sigh, now I know we are going to be in trouble in a few years!!
I agree with you on this one David, the windblown look doesn’t detract from the image. In fact it makes it more of a candid shot, which I’m typically more a fan of then posed shots.
Thank you for the comment (as well as agreeing with me)! Amy still chuckles at the hair, but she really likes the photo!
I like it, I am not much of a layer and edit person in PS, but if I wanted this look I’d just slide the saturation down in Lightroom 🙂 but It is good to play with different effects and how to get them, very nice 🙂
Thank you for the comment Mike. Changed the saturation would certainly work but then, I wouldn’t have played around as much! 😛
It looks like she is having an interesting thought. I don’t usually see children with that look, which is why I like this one you took. Nicely done.
Cait sure does have a ton of interesting looks, I think her one raised eye brow makes an interesting addition! 😀
I like her casual pose for this shot. She looks tired though…
Thanx Sasi, it was pretty windy out on the deck so I am sure she was tired!
I love the tones in this photo, how did you create that effect?
Thanx! In PS I used Channel Mixer (which created a layer) to convert to B&W (by selecting Monochrome then adjusted the sliders around till I liked what I saw). I then lowered the opacity of the layer to 75% which brought in some colour! Glad you like it, one of the things on my “goal” list is to learn how to use Photoshop more (I actually had a good time figuring this one out)! 😀
Cool thanks for that, it would have taken me ages to work that out myself!
You are very welcome!!