Dorothy Huynh Photography is in business!

It sure has been awhile since I've written here! Time for some much needed updates. I apologize for that. What with the stress of finals and taking time to relax during my Spring Break, I haven't had a lot of time to update my devoted followers as to what has been going on regarding my business!

First things first, I am now a legitimate business. Yep- I applied for my business license. About time right? In regards to that, I do have new prices up since I now have to pay Uncle Sam. However, I am always willing to help out those who are on a budget!

Other news... thank you for all of you have fanned my new Facebook page! I did a 300th fan promotion. The winner was announced and I'm very excited to photograph that session sometime in April. I love promotions, give-aways, etc so always be on the look out for those :)

2011 Senior Reps will be announced sometime next week. I have already started photographing some of them- this is gonna be a great season for Seniors! I'm ready to be back out there shooting.

Last thing, I will be attempting to start a newsletter emailing list. This newsletter will be every few weeks/months but to all who subscribe to it, you will be the first to receive news about anything regarding my business! If you would like to be added to the email list, drop a comment! I am planning to send out my first one at the start of April.

What's a post without a few photos? Spring is here and I can't wait to photograph in the late sunset lights. Lens flares are fun so here are a few I took at Snoqualmie Falls a couple weeks ago.

Win a Complimentary Session! New Facebook Page!

It's all about Facebook nowadays. Because I recently dropped the 'Red Slippers Photography' name, I made a new Facebook page: Dorothy Huynh Photography. I was at about 250 fans last time on that page so to get my new page going, I'm giving away a free portrait session for my 300th fan. Of course, the winner will have be within a reasonable distance for me- I think that's the only set-back.

So please, spread the news about my photography! I appreciate every single one of you. Thanks :)

Aronson Family | Lifestyle Portraits

I am so excited to share these images with you all! If you've been following my blog ever since I started, you should remember the Brotherston family portraits I took last June. Ellen and Kyle contacted me a week ago and wanted some portraits of their new baby girl, who is officially one month old today! I was very excited because I'd never photographed babies before. It proved a little bit more difficult than we all anticipated, but it really taught me patience as a photographer.

The Aronsons welcomed me into their lovely home yesterday and upon entry, I noticed so many cute details around the house that evolved around Linnea. I really wanted to capture it all so it's important you see these images all together (hence the collages I made). This is one of my goals as a photographer to really shoot a story rather than one single picture. This was my first attempt at a lifestyle shoot, but it won't be the last! I'm glad that Ellen and Kyle were up to being guinea pigs. I don't even know if they're aware of that ;) Regardless, I will say that this has been one of my favorite shoots in awhile. I love the high-key look and just so 'light' these images feel if that makes any sense to you at all.

Anyway, sorry for all the blabber! I loved so many of my captures so this is a lot more than I would normally blog. Please leave some comments and let me know what you think. I would love that :)

Ellen made these headbands herself!

Mommy reading to little Linnea!

Matching bracelets grandma made!

A painting passed down a few generations... so beautiful.

Probably the only image I got of Linnea semi-smiling? Love this.

Post- Processing

I thought I would blog an image and show a little bit of what I normally do as far as my editing. I took the following photo at about 5:45 in the evening last December... so it was getting dark fast. The settings on this image were at ISO 200, F/1.8 and a shutter speed of 1/80. As you can see the image was a little bit too cold temperature-wise. You can see how blue and dark the sky was in the reflection of her eyes.

I warmed up the image, did some minor retouching on her skin, and whitened her teeth a little bit. I realized then that the image didn't look right after warming it up because there was still the blue sky in her eyes. To fix that, I desaturated that color and lightened it up with an adjustment layer in Hue/Saturation. I also added a Vignette and finally, I sharpened the photo.

This is probably the most I do to an image. Typically all I do is change the color temp., sharpen up the image and call it done. Hopefully that brought you some insight into my post- processing! :)

Here is the Straight Out of the Camera shot and the final Edit: