VSCO Film 01 – monadnock mama

admin / April 12, 2014

photo an hour // april

I frequently see bloggers doing “photo an hour” projects and I thought it might be fun to give it a try. It’s actually more of a pain in the neck than it sounds at first. Toward the end of the day I was pretty sick of taking photos, but I think it is so neat to be able to look back at my day. So, the final verdict is that I will definitely be doing it again in May.

RAW // VSCO Film 01 // N- Kodak Portra 400- & Kodak TRI-X 400 (No grain)

9am // just about done with breakfast (his oatmeal, which he calls “openmeal”)

10am // washing dishes & cleaning the house

11am // changing out the pictures in my bedroom — time for spring!

12pm // getting ready to go outside

1pm // playing

2pm // a late lunch of bread we made in the morning (bread machine cheater)

3pm // nap time

4pm // cleaning my “cloffice”

5pm // reading some stories

6pm // husband making dinner

7pm // working on a little art project

8pm // baby bath time

9pm // everyone’s hitting the sack

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admin / March 4, 2014

new remote + me

I just got a camera remote for the first time. It’s pretty neat.

RAW // VSCO Film 01 // Kodak TRI-X 400 // Grain (none)

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admin / March 1, 2014

short story // jumping on the bed

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what direction I want to go with my photography. I’m really enamored with the idea of visual storytelling — using photos to create a narrative. I thought it might be fun to start a new series here on the blog called “Short Story” which will consist of little photo vignettes. Here’s the first one.

RAW // VSCO Film 01 // Kodak Portra 160++ // Creamy Highlights // + Exposure

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admin / February 24, 2014

lazy sunday + vsco

I recently purchased VSCO Film 01 for Adobe Camera RAW and Photoshop. It’s not cheap, but I’ve been dying to try it. I like experimenting with different aesthetic presentations for my photos, and I’m not married to any particular “look.” Plus, I like to learn new things! There are some free actions out there that mimic VSCO, and I have used some of them, but they’re just not the real thing and the finished product is evidence of that. Because they are actions, rather than presets, they are run directly in Photoshop on an already compressed image, which gives one less control over the final outcome. Shooting in RAW (vs JPEG) is required to use VSCO with Photoshop and, much to my delight, it has vastly improved the quality of my photos with or without presets. It’s so great to be able to tweak things like exposure, highlights, and especially white balance, without permanently changing the file.

RAW // VSCO Film 01 // C-Kodak Portra 160++