Canon 10D 85mm, f2.8, 1/90, ISO 100
Only Day 4 and already I’ve failed at taking a portrait. The weather was just so nasty today that there was no way I was going for a walk with my camera! Still, my portrait for the day is one I took a few weeks ago of my gorgeous Mum at the dental clinic where she works.
BTW, nominations for the 2008 Irish Blog Awards are now open. Damien has restructured things this year so no more massive petitioning for votes, once a blog has been nominated the winners will be decided by a panel of judges. So, head on over and give some of your favourite blogs a nomination…this one too if you’re so inclined! Thank you Ryan for being kind enough to include a plug for my blog and for pointing out a couple of photoblogs I’d not come across before.
7 replies on “#4 Esther (aka my Mum)”
Lovely portrait and really admirable idea, good luck with it 🙂
X
[…] online community. The best part is … it’s all 100% free! check them out here: Join Hey Nielsen! #4 Esther (aka my Mum) saved by 1 others nabmfever bookmarked on 01/04/08 | […]
Wow what loving eyes you Mum has. Did you do much photoshop on that wonderful portrait?
Thanks!
Maurice, of course I have to say hardly any Photoshop was needed or else I’ll get a slap! It’s true though, I promise 😀 I played with the curves and soft light layers to boost the contrast and saturation, put a slightly darkened vignette around the edges to frame the shot, and did a tiny bit of skin smoothing with the clone tool.
Yeah the eyes are a real jump out here, a great photo and a great subject 😉
Perfect teeth, perk of the job huh
Awesome teeth. She could do dental modelling :).
Haha, AL, she’ll be delighted. I’ll pass on the compliment to her 🙂