25 Monday Jun 2012
Posted in Imagine! Nurturing your Passion!, Landscape, Nature
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backyard, Blue Dragonfly, Dragonfly, Koi, Nature, Orange Dragon Fly, Pond, RD Photo Services, Summertime
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You know how it goes. You work…you come home…cook dinner…clean up…go to sleep…and do it again. Well here I sit …
05 Saturday May 2012
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Action Portraits, Butterfly, Butterfly Stroke, RD Photo Services, Senior Portraits, Sports Portraits, Swim, Swim Meet
Senior year is all about finishing up and anticipation of getting on with it! Calling the shots! Well that part doesn’t have to wait until you are on your way to the college dorms. It starts with how you present yourself.
Your senior portraits are the start of saying who you are! Find a portrait photographer who can catch you enthusiasm for life! As an action sport photographer, I love shooting kids in motion!
Senior Portraits Action Portrait, Ready Set Go!
Taking into account sport seasons, we get started as soon as possible to catch some great images of each sport. Future posts will show this athlete’s water polo action shots, action portraits and finally his senior portrait session.
In several weeks I will shoot him playing his passion (and my shooting passion as well)! Water Polo!
Consider shooting more than just the same old Senior Portraits! Insist your photographer shoot your passion! Because after all it is All About You!
26 Thursday Apr 2012
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5k, Action Portraits, action sports photography, Athlete, Bike run, Bonelli Park, Championship, Hammer Nutrition, Polar, Race, RD Photo Services, San Dimas, Swim, Triathlon, Trievents, TriExpress
As an action sports photographer I love shooting TriEvents’ Triathlons at Bonelli Park in San Dimas California! The enthusiasm is contagious..I am nurturing my passion of shooting while these athlete’s live their passion by competing!
Tri-Events is 30 years old! The oldest triathlon in the country! The setting is beautiful. The lake is back dropped by the spring snow topped foothills. The only problem is that there is only one me and too many shooting opportunities!
Transition from Swim to Bike
So What is a Triathlon?
Three races rolled into one event! The Championship Race athlete’s swim 500m, bike 23.3k and finish up with a 5k run. Not sure your up for the Championship Race? Then the Express race is perfect for you starting with a 300m swim, 12k bike race completed with a 5k run. Both races are at the same time with staggered starts. Interested in competing? The next race is May 12th and June 10th. Find out more by visiting the Trievents website. http://www.trievents.com
Prepping for the Swim
Race Layers
Ready Set Go!
Capturing the Swim Finish
Swim to Bike Transition
Swim to Bike Transition
Suzy representing POLAR and Hammer Nutrition finishing the race
The Finishing Kid Athlete's were inspiring!
Top Finishers Award Ceremony
POLAR and Hammer Nutrition Sponsor
Of course if you want more information about the races check out Trievents’ Facebook page (Like them while your there to get all the up to date race information!)
01 Thursday Mar 2012
“Simple goods for modern living”
175 N Indian Hill Blvd, Claremont, CA 91711
Becky and Rob, The Creative Force behind Heirloom Claremont
Small business shop owners Becky and Rob have created a warm, eclectic and inviting shop…Heirloom is more than just a gift shop. A charming shop of hand crafted products made by artisans both local and across the world. I particularly love the handmade crafted Padua Farms natural goat soaps and lip balm.
This shop is full of creativity…you can stop by and create one of their projects or one of your own. Stop in! Join in a workshop to encourage that right brain creative thinking. They also sponsor fundraising workshops such as The Claremont Community Foundation party featuring Eureka Burger of the Packing House Wine Merchants. Definitely a place to create and connect! Find them on Facebook for information on upcoming events!
Ingredients for Creativity: A Little of This and a Little of That
Padua Farms; Handmade Soaps, Lotions and Balms. A must try!11 Wednesday Jan 2012
Posted in Action Sport Portraits, Backroom Magic!
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Action Portraits, action sports photography, Claremont, claremont ca, girls water polo, https://www.facebook.com/RDPhotoServices, Lightroom, Photoshop, RD Photo Services, RDPhotoServices, Rdphotoservices.com, Technical stuff made easy
Yesterday’s Portrait Project 365 image of Lauren listening to her coach is a beautiful portrait of this athlete. But there is a lot more than just shooting a well exposed, realistic image to getting a great portrait that clients can’t wait to display in their home.
I shot several images of Lauren (mostly hoping that she would look over towards me) but she is an intense athlete that can not be distracted from listening to her coach. Take a look at the top image. It is a “raw*” image unprocessed directly out of the camera. Sort of flat but an ok image. The image below is the final processed image with a little extra work done in Lightroom and Photoshop to remove the distracting athlete behind her. Nik software ColorEfex was used to soften the tonal quality of her face. I like using it on portraits to create a glistening dew like complexion.
The Technical stuff made easy to understand:
* Many cameras (available on consumer/pro cameras) allow you to choose the format that the image saved as. Although many people use JPGs I choose to mainly shoot raw. JPGS is a convention of saving certain data (throwing away the data that is not in it’s logarithms) to create a pleasing image from averages (average exposure, white balance etc.) Shooting “raw” allows the camera to save all the data collected by the sensor. The image is not viewable/printable without being “processed.” There are many applications to process raw data images. I discovered Adobe’s Lightroom several years ago. It is an affordable application (approx. $200). It is really easy to learn to use and there are lots of online free tutorials available. The glory is that although you should strive to nail the exposure and control the white balance (enabling control of reliable color representation) you can adjust the exposure by several exposures up or down and adjust the white balance.
Did you realize there was so much work to prepare the images?
10 Tuesday Jan 2012
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Action Portraits, action sports photography, Claremont, claremont ca, girls water polo, High School, https://www.facebook.com/RDPhotoServices, Portrait Project 365, RD Photo Services, RDPhotoServices, Rdphotoservices.com, Varsity, water polo
High School Varsity Water Polo Player Lauren M intently listens to coaches instructions. Portrait Project 365
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06 Friday Jan 2012
Posted in Action Sport Portraits, Adult Portaits, Kids, Portrait Project 365
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basketball, boys, claremont ca, girls, group portrait, Park, Portrait Project 365, portraits, Project REV 2012, RD Photo Services, RDPhotoServices
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The project got off to a great start! Everyday has it’s own issues. And with excuses comes plenty of self …
06 Friday Jan 2012
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action sports photography, adult portraits, claremont ca, Kids, Kids Portraits, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Portraits, Portrait Project 365, portraits, Project REV 2012, RD Photo Services, RDPhotoServices
On January 1, 2012, I started the Portrait Project 365! I am committed to shooting a great portrait everyday! I’ll be around town, visiting the park, walking the trail etc with my camera in hand! To thank my participants I am offering a free Facebook download of the portrait Project 365 image to my subject! My camera and I hope to see you around town! I’ll bring the camera…you just bring your smiling eyes!
Posted by rdphotoservices | Filed under Adult Portaits, Kids, Portrait Project 365
