Portrait photos and props...

Who doesn't love a wax museum?? Last week my wife and I were in Dublin (but you all knew that right?) and we took in the National Wax Museum. I took the liberty of making her pose for me in the various props in anticipation of this weeks assignment. As I mentioned on the discussion board I dread the portrait shot, but somehow when working portraits from a "let's have fun with props" aspect, I don't feel as much pressure to "do it right". I find myself having more fun with the photos and the moment and less compelled to be worried about how it will turn out! The above photo I used the prop, flash fill, and filled the screen with the whole image (the wax museum is dreadfully dark and is hard to get strong photos in). I brought the image back home and gave it a "tune up" in photoshop before plating it here for your visual review!

Below, my wife meets with the Heads of State from England and Ireland and participates in signing their version of a "peace accord". I had to flash fill this photo and try my best to balance the composition in the dark. I also wanted to give her room to look in a different direction to draw the eye around the photo (and obviously to her right). Again the setting is very dark so I edited it in photoshop to adjust lighting, levels, and saturation. I did not have anything to do with the prop failure in the photo =).

This one was done mostly just for fun and gave me a chance to put her in the stockade! Don't we all belong in the stockade once in a while?? =) Image edited in photoshop (levels, lighting, saturation, the "usual suspects...).

Murph =)