Effects

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Before... After... Kind of reminds me of the weight loss ads...

Adobe Photoshop can do a lot of things. Here I've taken a twist on a standard alter shot and turned it into something different. The zoom effect is done by first blocking out the area that won't be zoomed and creating a framed/dropshaddowed border around it. Then, the rest of the image is fair game. This particular image grabs a lot of attention from my potential clients. It's not something you see everyday. But it is something that can be applied to images if you know how. Takes a little time to create, but the effort is worth it for a unique image from your wedding.

Photo info: This image was taken at the last wedding I shot in 2004... December 30. The ceremony was shot entirely with ambient light (no flash). The church was nicely lit but still too dark to handhold a camera without introducing camera shake to the image. So each of the images were created using a tripod. Slow shutter speeds and wide apertures on the lens were necessary to produce the images. But the results were fantastic. It looks like daylight in there after the necessary things were done to the image. Shot in RAW format which allows a professional photographer to manipulate the various aspects of the digital image without damaging the image, I was able to increase the exposure settings, color balance the image and really make the image "pop."