Category Archives: digital enhancement

eotd/minneapolis senior photographer and photoshop mentor

oopps, i skipped yesterday, sorry! here is casey/orono senior color edit bw edit and here is the sooc, this shot was taken a couple years ago…

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EOTD/kelly/minneapolis senior photographer +photoshop mentor

just a quick before and after of miss kelly/westonka senior and after my thing ***Just a friendly reminder that i now offer photoshop mentoring, but for photographers outside the metro area! Thanks! S

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EOTD/erin/orono senior/minneapolis senior photographer + photoshop mentor

here is one quick play of erin…and her eyes are just oh, so blue and sparkly…even sooc! and a basic color boost…that’s it…nothing more!

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EOTD/photoshop mentor/minneapolis senior photographer

first off…happy valentines day to all of you out there:) i hope that you have a special day with the loved ones around you. i am kind of excited as todd and i are “double dating” tonight with allie and her 13 year old “boy friend”…separate tables, same restaurant! logan has his eye on a...

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EOTD/alyssa/blake senior/minneapolis senior photographer + photoshop mentor

just a quick edit of alyssa before i head out the door to another basketball tournament…go spartans! when i edited this image last summer i ended up liking it better in a funked up brown edit…but this time around i played with a basic color edit and i’d love to know what you think. nothing...

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EOTD/collette/minneapolis senior photographer + photoshop mentor

just a quick before and after this afternoon…love this wall:) good light, stunning model..a decent sooc shot if i do say so myself:) and just a punch:)

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EOTD/krista/westonka senior/minneapolis senior photographer + photoshop mentor

good morning everyone and happy friday:) here is one quick edit of miss krista…nothing drastic…nothing crazy! and after so, so, sad that this location is all torn down. if any of you out know of any cool locations that i’d love to use, shoot me an email! i am always looking for new rustic and...

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begging for help/minneapolis senior photographer

begging, begging, begging… i am in the process of picking and choosing images for my new high school senior website… BUT…i would love some song suggestions from all of you out there. what songs do you feel would be absolutely perfect for a senior site? perfect lyrics for this time in their life? thanks in...

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EOTD/logan/orono senior 2011/minneapolis senior photographer + photoshop mentor

i was at robin’s today helping her with her click and chat…very fun, nice bunch of ladies:) robin did a fantastic job teaching!!! follow her blog for other click and chat dates to come! robin here is one quick edit for the night for your viewing pleasure… sooc and heavily boosted/saturated…i love this look…my husband...

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EOTD/tatum/orono senior/minneapolis senior photographer + photoshop mentor

i have to admit that i have been having fun looking through my archives and re-editing for fun for my new website. i like editing one image a day:) we just got the email yesterday that the kinks to my website template are now fixed…so that’s what i will be working on the next week...

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warning: some skin showing/minneapolis boudoir photographer +photoshop mentor

First off…i want to say that i have my clients permission to be showing these. Second…she is as gorgeous inside as out, a fabulous person and a mom of 4 busy kids. Third…she has done some modeling so she made my job very easy. Fourth…go grab something to drink and enjoy this post. Fifth…i wish...

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one more sneak peek/minneapolis senior and boudoir photographer +photoshop mentor

just one more image of pam and i hope to do a full blown post yet later today, i am just waiting for pam’s permission on all of the images:) a few show a bit more skin than others!!! again, i leave the amount of skin showing up to my clients…no pressure there. the majority...

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sneak peek for pam/minneapolis boudoir photographer + photoshop mentor

just one quick edit for tonight…i met with pam at my studio in ne mpls, she’s a friend of one of my bestest friends! can you believe that she’s a mom of 4…gorgeous! we had lots of fun and a few good laughs together:) here’s pam…

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EOTD/patrick/orono senior/minneapolis senior photographer + photoshop mentor

patrick has been at UMD for a year already…one of my favorite seniors of the past…a quick before and after for today and after thanks for peeking! shelley

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EOTD/jenna/providence senior/minneapolis teen and senior photographer + photoshop mentor

this edit is nothing drastic…just a basic cleaning up a bit and a boost:) this shot was taken in loretto after we battled the rain and storm clouds everywhere on her shoot! her shoot was one that i will never forget…LOL sooc and after a boost thanks for following my work! i am out the...

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EOTD/edit of the day/minneapolis teen and senior photographer +photoshop mentor

sooc camera shot of miss madalyn…orono senior 2010. i’m pulling some of my favs out of my archives for fun! and after a very quick edit…just a color pop and a bit more contrast added so much more fun, don’t cha think? ***i am so bummed that this wall no longer looks this way…so bummed!...

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EoTD/minneapolis teen and senior photographer + photoshop mentor

i pulled this image out of my archives…miss julia from a couple years ago and still one of my personal favs! sooc and, walaaaahhhhhh! ummmm….gorgeous!

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EOTD/minneapolis teen, senior and young adult photographer + photoshop mentor

I had the pleasure of spending the whole day with one of my best friends antiquing in buffalo…always a lot of fun:) because i felt the need for a post today…here is a before and after of miss anna, orono senior 2011…she’s yummy! btw…i am sad that i am not allowed to shoot at this...

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EOTD/edit of the day/minneapolis teen and senior photographer+photoshop mentor

i took this image of willie last summer in the warehouse district. it is one image that i want to have showcased on my new website so i re-played with it for fun. just look at the difference! sooc-just lacking any kind of pop shot in RAW and after i did my thing! oh, the...

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just me again/minneapolis natural light photographer + photoshop mentor

i know i told you that i was done posting images of maddy. i just want to share one more thing with those of you out there reading my blog. i think this is one of my favs from her shoot…good sooc shot, i think you all would agree it just needed a bit of...

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final post on maddy/minneapolis teen, senior and young adult photographer +photoshop mentor

Maddy lives down the street from me and her mom is one of my friends…she was such a trooper on her shoot, she would do whatever I asked of her:) We played quite a bit inside my studio building, on the various stairwells, etc…i did find a couple locations where i didn’t care for the...

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humble night tonight/minneapolis photographer and photoshop mentor

i will be honest and say lots of mixed feeling going on right now…. crazy day with the kids…it’s tough being an awesome mom, wife, and business person all in the same day! ** i am not perfect** one of my bestest friends, robin, made her “retirement” announcement from photography last night on facebook and...

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same image 3 ways/minneapolis teen and senior photographer + photoshop mentor

taking a good photo and making it greater:) can you believe the maddy is only 14…i didn’t look like this when i was 14!!!!! this i know for certain:) color edit, just look at those eyes! dramatic bw (which i love btw) chocolatey bw as always, thanks for following my work. please become a fan...

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a fun way to start out the morning/minneapolis teen, senior and young adult photographer + photoshop mentor

It was a balmy 20 degrees ish on the day of Maddy’s shoot. It was also really windy. Having said that, this is one of my favorite images of her, I love the wind in her hair and it doesn’t bother me that her shirt dress is blowing too! (i think it actually makes the...

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sooc and after/minneapolis teen and senior photographer + photoshop mentor

here is an image of maddy…at a wall i have been dying to use…sooc, shot in RAW with my 5d mark II and my 50 mm 1.4 lens. iso 200, shutterspeed 1/160 and aperature 2.8. it was cold out…there was a lot of snow at this location…i got as close to her as i could...

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