Analynn Whaley Photography

For our second journal we are shooting in the style of Annie Leibovitz. Most of her photography is dramatic portraits. To attempt to shoot in her style I had my sister stand in front of the window to get some soft natural light while shooting with an ISO of 3200, a shutter-speed of 1/800, and an F-Stop of 5.6. To have more of a dramatic effect I went into LightRoom and changed the image to black and white and adjusted the contrast and went back and forth between lights and darks until I found a balance that I am some what satisfied with. One thing i really enjoy about this picture is the contrast between her eye makeup and the lights of her eyes. I did run into a few challenges with this image. Most of which have to do with my inexperience with contrast on a digital format. I am used to film footage and development. In analog photography the steps to achieving "perfect" contrast are very basic whereas using a digital editor such as LightRoom there are many more options for...

For this image, also of my twin sister, Ashlynn Whaley, I had to improvise with the lighting situation. At an ISO of 6400, a shutter of 1/640, and an F-stop of 11.0,  I achieved the lightning by having Ashlynn hold a lamp next to her face while various other lamps were set up around the room to get the soft lightning look. After the picture was taken I did some adjustments in Light Room. First I really loved the light in Ashlynn's eyes and wanted to bring that out some more so I adjusted the clarity, the saturation, and the highlights. The original image had some color noise that needed to be cleared up as well as some blemishes so I adjusted those in Light Room also. If I could change something about this photo and how it was taken I think I would have liked to experiment with different colored light gels to achieve more vibrant and dramatic lighting as well as having more advanced equipment like studio lightning. 

For this photo of my sister, Ashlynn Whaley, I had her stand outside against a wall lined with ferns. Since we were outside I needed a high shutter-speed of 1/800, a high ISO of 1600, and an F-Stop of 5.6. This photograph is a little dark because of my personal preference, most of my photos are on the darker side. This photo had minimal enhancements with a basic photo editing app on my phone. I brought the contrast up a bit and the exposure down until I got the darkness I was looking for. I think the dark aspect of this photo really works because it helps bring out the detail in the ferns as well as the fine details in my sisters face. If I had had more time and more professional equipment to work with I might have taken the photo from a different composition so the line between the ferns and her face might be more centered. I also would have focused on the detail in my sisters eyes, for if you zoom in, you'll notice that the ferns are in focus and her eyes are out of focus. I...