Deise's Getting Married Today

Right now I am probably on my way to Idaho with my 2 best friends to shoot this wedding. It's definitely going to be a fun girl's weekend! I can't wait to shoot this couple. They are so gorgeous - just see for yourself.

Lucky Bride

Shot these bridals a couple of weeks ago but didn't wan't her now husband to see them before the wedding! Congratulations Kambria and James! She's a lucky bride because I asked 2 of my photographer friends to come along for the shoot so this girl had over 350 great pictures to choose from!

Inner Beast

The Swing

How do you like to go up in a swing,

Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
-Robert Louis Stevenson-

Mr. Sandman

What do you do when you are almost 2 and playing in the sun.
When Mr Sandman comes along and tries to spoil your fun!








This is my sweet little Lu. What would life be like without our little ones to make us smile?

Can't get enough of Logan

Today Was A Beautiful Day!

Today was so gorgeous I got my girls out of the house and met my friend at Gardner Village where she was doing a family shoot and took some of my cuties!

Can I just say I am so in love with all these shelf ones!!






As usual not many of my little Lu turned out. She is just too fast and she never looks at the camera. I still wouldn't trade her for anything.

Abby is my little flower picker. I tell her not to, but she just wants to take them all home with her!

It's all about the eyes

I've been getting a lot of questions about how I edit eyes in my pictures so here it is!

I do all this in Lightroom using the brushes. You can do the same thing in Photoshop using the burn and dodge tools but it's so much easier in Lightroom!

First, I take a premade brush that adds exposure, brightness, saturation, and clarity. I go over the entire eye with it. Sometimes this is enough for the look I want.

If I want to make the eye more dramatic, I take a new brush for negative exposure and darken the entire pupil and around the edge of the iris where it is naturally darker. (Thanks Brittany for the tip!) Usually this is enough for the look I want. If the color in the iris doesn't pop enough, I will use the same brush from step one and brighten it even more. If the white part of the eye looks yellow or grey, I use a brush to desaturate and brighten the white areas.

Here are some before and afters so you can see the effect of this process.




You'll notice the change is very subtle. That is what you want - just a little pop. If you do it too much they eyes can look really fake and I'm not a fan of that look.





Here are some pics from a bridal shoot I just did. I will do a post after she gets married of all my favs but wanted to use these because they have such a dramatic before and after look. The before pictures are the ones straight out of the camera with no editing.



If you would like to see me doing a video tutorial of this process, here is a link to one I did for a workshop.

Lightroom Eyes