My albums are by far my most popular items. Almost every client buys an album and why not? They are awesome!
I wanted to share some pictures of the few that I was boxing up this morning. The most popular album is the Orange album [obviously] and it is also my personal favorite.
I love albums and obviously my clients do too. These are a few albums that I finished up this morning and I wanted to show them off. Our top seller is our gallery album. Almost every client orders one.
Aren’t they STUNNING?!?
Example 1: ISO 1000 | No noiseware and minimal processing
Example 2: ISO 6400 | I used my Soft Cross Process action
(Buzzed photographer friend makes the photo that much more interesting..)
ISO 6400 has grain.. obviously. The grain is fan.freaking.tastic though! Totally useable and a welcomed change from the 40D who’s highest ISO was 3200.
Example 3: Now for the 5D Mark II’s highest ISO 25600
Shot with the 15mm Fisheye | I cropped some dirty clothes out of the corner and fixed the white balance a little. Nothing else..I wouldn’t use it for clients but for a shapshot of my two favorite boys in my dark living room not too shabby!
While I am sure this camera offers a million reasons to love it, the ISO was certainly my biggest issue with my 40D. The color and clarity on this camera is un-freaking-real! I’m absolutely satisfied!
“Is the video feature difficult to use?”
While this is an amazing feature, it is a little hard to get used to. I am by no means a videographer (although in my spare time I like to pretend). Right now I have my video set to facial recognition which I thought was pretty darn fancy. So for the most part it gets the focus.. At the moment the only things I am recording are my children fighting over which t.v. shows to watch…. IN HD!!! Think I can list that on Pay Per View?
“Gripes?”
Only One! The battery life is crap, people! I mean it, CRAP! If you buy the camera buy an extra battery!
With only ONE measley gripe, dare I dream that Canon is making it’s comeback??
“Do you still like your lenses on a full frame?”
TOTALLY!! I might even love them MORE!! List of lenses in order of favorites..
#1 Favorite lens — 50mm 1.4 I shot a whole session with that bad boy! No more changing lenses! Whohoo!!!
#2 24-70 2.8L saaawwwet lens on a full frame! Good for all your zooming needs.
#3 The 15mm Fisheye.. It used to be my go to for beach shots on the crop sensor but now I can just shoot with the 24-70… the fisheye is just good fun on the full frame and we all need a little fun! See drunken photographer friend above as a refrence.
#4 The 70-200 2.8L Remember back in my last post I said I didn’t like this lens? Well turns out I just didn’t like it on a crop sensor. Kicks butt lens on a full frame. But still #4 on my list because it gives me wrist cramps… hehe!
What kind of bag are you Using to store that bad boy? (I didn’t actually get this question but I am sad about my bag!)
I have the Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home and I am sad to say that I might have to part with this bag.. I love my Crumpler bag but this BIG ole’ camera just isn’t liking the tight constraints of the Crumpler. I have moved the inserts in about 6 million different ways.. Bye bye crumpler.. I might have to reunite with the Jill-e Roller..
Hopefully this was more than just a ramble..
My favorite pictures are those that do not need an explanation and this shoot was full of them. My friend Kristin Rachelle (also a San Diego photographer) asked me to photograph her family and if you have met Kristin you will know that she is a blast so I couldn’t resist the opportunity! There are lots of “say cheese” moments in this shoot but of course I picked the funny/wacky ones because that’s just how I am.
My favorite red staircase.
So here they are. My custom actions. We’ve all been there, processing away, getting frustrated with skin tones that are over saturated and working with actions that aren’t adjustable. So I started making actions on my own.
These are the actions I use on my own photographs. I have had awesome testers, as well as hundreds of satisfied customers, and everyone loves them… especially since everything is super adjustable.
I thought I would share two of my favorite actions – Vintage Haze and Colorlicious.
Just a little side note. I now have a flickr group for sharing your photos using my actions.
I would so love to see what you come up with!
The entire collection for just $45.00
Ashley’s action set is a set of 30 fully customizable actions for Photoshop
Included in your purchase:
- 2 color pop actions for that extra punch of color
- 5 black and white actions that can give you a variety of different looks from a light black and white to a dark black and white and I also have some tinted black and whites.
- 4 cross processing actions
- 6 vintage/haze actions These actions can give you that soft dreamy look or a vintage feel depending on how you adjust the layers
- 1 paint with light action
And a variety of other useful goodies such as:
- add light
- add contrast
- enhance
- resize for web
- and border actions.
