Painting faces with Julia

How did the 2012 go by so fast? The past few days I've been wondering how short a time it feels now that I think how much has happened. Especially with my photography. I have come basically from zero to where I am now with my people photography in a one short year. How is that possible? 

Anyways..The first shoot of the year was with Julia. On Wednesday I went out to buy some face paint, and I got to play with them on Julia's face. 

Thanks to Pasi & Sofia also for helping with the lights and keeping my dog entertained. :P

Another exciting photoshoot :D

Niina & Hilma

Last week I got my friend Niina and her dog Hilma in front of my camera. Hilma has now moved to another home, and Niina wanted some photos of her. This was my first time shooting animal portraits in a studio environment and I'm quite pleased with the results, even though my Photoshop wasn't really agreeing with me when I was working on some of these. Anyways, here's Hilma and Niina. :)

The Witches - Heidi

The editing process was inspired by the movie "The Witches", where the witches had purple eyes.

The Photography Weekend - Arrival

This weekend has been dedicated for photography, learning tons of new stuff and, of course, having loads of fun. I arrived at Heidi's place in Vaasa on Friday evening, and almost immediately we started a photoshoot. She taught me how to make a basic studio lighting and after the shoot, she showed me some cool photoshop techniques. It's surprising how different and hard even it can be to edit portraits taken in a studio environment.

Bitten
Photoshop by Heidi

Photoshop by Heidi

Photoshop by Heidi