Image of the Week: Emily Chidester

I had the pleasure of shooting Madi and Logan's engagement session last week on her parents farm out in Marshville, NC. We had been shooting for almost two hours at this point, and the light was slowly dwindling down to that wonderful, dusky golden hour and even though we were all sweaty and bug-bitten, I knew I had to do a couple more frames. Happily, they obliged! The softness of the dusk combined with the super slim focus of shooting wide open was just a really pretty pairing. 

Technical stuff; this was shot in a Canon Mkiii and a Sigma 35 Art lens at 1.4, 1/800" and an ISO of 125. I edited this with VSCO6's Portra 160 +1 Over (and some tweaks) then added a curves layer in photoshop. 

Emily Chidester - Kodak Portra 160 +1 Over - emilychidester.com 

Image of the Week: Daniel Aaron Sprague

Story behind the image:

We wanted to be present for Addison's first train ride, so we decided to take her and her cousin (the genius 3 year old boy photographer) on their first train ride together. We were only taking the train 1 stop down the line, and it was just an 8 min ride. I knew I wanted to capture this moment, so I brought my 5d mkii with me, which I rarely do; usually the iPhone is enough.

The light just happened to be magical and so I started taking a few shots when I remembered a photo of a boy sitting at a house window that my 1st photography teacher had taken. I remembered loving how it looked like he was staring into his own reflection. I took a bunch of shots, but for this one I decided to up the aperture so that I could get a slow shutter speed. I settled on f/8 @ 1/25th of a second.

The effect came out just as I had hoped! The scenery outside blurred as it sped by, which is why the image seems so cinematic. Addison and her cousin loved the train ride and I came away with one of the best images of my life. It just goes to show you, you just need to be ready for the moment when everything comes together.

A lot of it is outside of your control, but as long as you stay ready, you will have a chance to capture something great!

Image by Daniel Aaron Sprague - www.danielaaronsprague.com

Image of the Week: Meagan Abell

Where was This Shot Taken?

a large open field at the end of a cul de sac, i climbed onto to roof of my car while my models laid on the ground. that dress was actually a $10 thrift store find!

When did you take this shot?

 shot it fall of 2014, right when it started cooling off .

Who are the people on the image?

 my friends Sydni and Preston, Preston is also a photographer.

what gear did you use?

Canon 5d mkii with a canon 50mm f1.4/ - 25 image brenizer expansion

how did you edit it the image?

I used Kodak Ektar 100 VSCO preset, brought it into Photoshop and used color replacement to change the color of the grass to emulate an etherial alien world feel.

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