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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

faith, hope, love


Happy Valentine's Day
to the
love of my life

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thank you for putting your faith and trust
in me,
for sharing your hopes and dreams,
and for
being more than charitable
by always giving of yourself
and your
love


xoxo
LaLou

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Today I am linking up with Texture Tuesday, where the theme this week is, of course, LOVE.

This is a macro shot of the gold charm that was a wedding gift from my husband - a gold version of the silver charm he had given me over two years earlier when we had to part after meeting and falling in love during a two month trip to Europe. Bob composed the verse to accompany the original gift.

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Two hours and over 40 takes finally produced the tack-sharp image I was after. Lensbaby + different apertures, different backgrounds (finally settling on the louvered laundry room door!), and a tripod, of course. Aw heck...off with the Lensbaby. On with my 'Nifty 50' (50mm, ISO 200, f/14, 2.0 sec) . Whew! What a process!

In Lightroom I selected the best shot; cropped, then played around in the Basic panel, adjusting white balance, exposure, contrast, clarity, etc. and adding a gradient filter to the right side. Then I tried several ways to achieve a richly toned b&w, finally settling on the split tone method from Scott Kelby's book. Love that book! BTW have I ever mentioned David Duchemin's wonderful series of books on photography and photo editing? I have learned so much from him about vision and intent; and he is so readable! Both authors are highly recommended and often referred to...

Once in Photoshop I simply added the text and two layers: kk_chill (Multiply blend mode @34%) and kk_0101 (Multiply 28%).

Golly, that was fun!


5 comments:

  1. How romantic, meeting and falling in love in Europe! Your hard work in getting the shot payed off. Perfect verse to go with your shot!

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  2. Such a sweet story ... love that scripture! Such wonderful tones and processing of your beautiful image! First time visiting from Kim's site. :)

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  3. Aww.. thanks for sharing your beautiful story :) Happy Valentines Day!

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  4. So lovely Cindy! Yes, the nifty 50 is a great lens!! Thanks for mentioning those books. Visiting from TT.

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  5. Beautiful clarity and sweet post! Happy Valentine's! Visiting from KK TT!

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