A Sandman Kind of Christmas
Nov, 2017Views
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Location
This photo was taken at Laguna beach in Southern CaliforniaTime
This photo was taken before sunset, after my friend and I tried our best to build that sandmanLighting
It probably would have been a better shot had I used a reflector, or even a flash to just slightly light up her face. Would have required less photoshopping.Equipment
This was shot with a canon camera and a 70-200mm lensInspiration
It was truly my friend’s idea. She wanted photos of her kids for her yearly Christmas card. She came up with everything. We built the sandman together and I snapped this photo of one of her daughters as she was getting the other one ready.Editing
I used photoshop to lighten up the shadows a bit because they were backlit, so very dark.In my camera bag
I normally have a camera, a 50mm lens, my 70-200mm lens and a flash.Feedback
I really don’t. A lot of my shots are just lucky, to be honest. I try hard to pay attention to metering but often don’t do the best job sooc.
