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Darkest part of twilight
On that trip, I was simultaneously getting my continuing education credits for my professional license and testing out a new camera.
Guess which was more fun? Guess which was more rewarding?
Arizona Center
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 4.5.2016
Two-story wedding
This particular Saturday afternoon, as I was leaving some fascinating convention sessions, I spotted a nice scene playing out at the church across the street. It was a lot more interesting than the junk I’d been listening to all day!
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Basilica
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 4.2.2016
Every town has one
Well, in my part of the country, anyway, every town has a Baptist church.
Kenton, Oklahoma
photographed 9.5.2016
Sew What
Just about all that’s left here is the sewing machine. And the stain on the floor.
Quanah, Texas
photographed 12.26.2014
Like a cell block
This image right here: this is why I don’t delete my images after a quick look when I upload them after a shoot. Nope – I keep everything except the ones that are completely over- or under-exposed.* Because you just never know…
This one was a victim of sloppy shooting. It was crooked and it needed a lot of work to correct the perspective. I tried fixing it a couple of times, but it never worked. Then, the other day, I felt like giving it another try. Why now? I know more about Photoshop than when I’d worked on it before and thought it was worth a little bit more attention.
Still it took a couple of tries to get what you see here, with horizontals and verticals lined up the way I wanted. After that, getting the rough and dark cell-block look I was after was easy.
Quanah, Texas
photographed 12.26.2014
*And yes, that does require a LOT of storage space….
UPDATE:
Someone over on my One Day | One Image Facebook page asked what this shot looked like before I worked on it, so here you go:
