This new month on Who We Become is all about color theory! (I see myself taking many spring flower images this month!) For our first week, we have sought to limit ourselves to either a single color or analogous colors – that is, colors next to one another on the color wheel. Please click HERE to visit all these simple color images on Who We Become and learn a bit more about color theory.
This week’s Let Them Be Little is up. I am fully in Spring Fever mode, so I am posting another beach image. Please check out all the other littles by clicking HERE.
This week on Who We Become we are exploring creative use of tone. Split toning is a technique where you can separately add color to the shadows or the highlights. It was used in the film days to create those old sepia images you may remember. But today it can be used to add drama and creativity to an image. In my beach photo below, I’ve added blue to the shadows and a tinge of pink to the highlights. Although this is done with editing, it more accurately evokes the drama of the sunset scene that I recall in my memory than does the original image. Please head over to Who We Become and see all the creative use of tone by clicking HERE.
I have been participating in a blog circle with some wonderful photographers who are also mothers of girls. Each month, we write a letter to our daughters to preserve thoughts and memories of this time in our lives. I treasure being able to do this for my girls and I love the chance to see the messages that my friends leave for their own daughters. Once you have read my letter, please follow continue on to see what my good friend Jessie Wixon wrote to her daughters by clicking HERE.
Dear Avery and Alexa,
I am writing this from our vacation in Florida. We have been traveling for about 10 days now and still have several days before we return home. We’ve been in NY and NJ, plus here in Clearwater and a day at Disney World. We have visited with old friends and you have spent lots of time with Grandma and Abaji, including when I’ve headed off without you. And although I admit that I am completely and utterly exhausted at this point in our trip, I am thrilled to realize what a joy it is to travel with you both. You entertain each other so well, have fun whatever we are doing and make friends wherever we go. It’s been just wonderful to see you play with the kids of my old and dear friends. And I’ve loved seeing both old and familiar places through your eyes.
I’ve also loved seeing you both become more and more brave. You are sweet and loving girls, but you are also strong, adventurous, fun girls. Avery, you want to swim in the pool and the ocean – you’re willing to try again and again, even if the waves knock you around a bit. And Alexa, you used to be so frightened of rides and Disney characters, but you rode your first roller coaster yesterday and were thrilled to meet Chip and Dale all by yourself.
So many people have told me that they can’t believe that I would travel like this with you two and without your dad. But we are doing so many fun things – taking advantage of this beautiful life and all the opportunities that we have! I love to see that you two will jump at the chance to have fun, not hold yourself back because of imaginary concerns or fears about things that don’t really matter. You are my brave girls and I am so proud of you for it. Promise me you will always keep it up. I love you!
love,
Mama
This week’s Let Them Be Little is up. My image is brought to you from the sunshine of Florida. As you can see, we are very happy to be here! Please click HERE to see all the littles on the blog this week.
This week on Who We Become we are working on mid-key images – images that aren’t full of highlights nor dominated by deep shadows. My image is of Avery and her best friend James during the golden hour the other evening. They’d been running around post-Easter egg hunt and the light was soft and gorgeous. Though there is a bit of brightness from the setting sun, the majority of the image is of warm mid-tones – but all I see are two very happy kids, so glad to be together. 🙂 Please click HERE to see all the mid-key images at Who We Become.
This week’s Let Them Be Little is up! I am really in love with my photo this week – because it is all about love. That is, people that I love, who love other people that I love, all loving on each other, in the cutest way possible. And really, what is better than that? Please click HERE to visit the site and see our collaborative post of our littles.
We are playing with low key images this week – that is, images where the majority of the tones are very dark. I love how the deep background and darker colors here make these sweet little cuties look rather tough. Please click HERE to see all the low key images over at Who We Become.
This week’s Let Them Be Little is up! Please check out Avery and Alexa playing in the mud by the tulip fields, and all the other kiddos, by clicking HERE.
It’s is a new month over at Who We Become and we will be delving into tonality as a means to create or enhance the mood of our images. While not a compositional technique, our goal is to intentionally match the lighting quality in our images with our subject matter. Tonality includes the amount of contrast as well as the qualities of the whites and blacks within an image. For this first week we will be using high key lighting to set the tone for our compositions. This lighting technique is most often used to create very bright, clean images, lacking in shadows and darker tones. Much commercial work has this look, as it is most easily achieved in a studio setting using artificial lighting and a white or similarly light background. Upbeat, modern and distraction-free are hallmarks of a high key image.
I am very HAPPY that spring is here and decided to take advantage of the gorgeous blooming flowers all around the city. These were taken at the Japanese Gardens that are part of the University of Washington’s Arboretum. It’s beautiful there and I highly recommend a visit if you are in town.
Please click HERE to visit Who We Become and see the mosaic of high key images.
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