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(14981, 1, '2025-08-26 19:48:53', '2025-08-26 19:48:53', '<!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"7aa3bca0-0170-11ee-8f49-859bce9d0631\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-7aa3bca0-0170-11ee-8f49-859bce9d0631\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-7aa3bca0-0170-11ee-8f49-859bce9d0631\"><!-- wp:columns {\"blockClientId\":\"635496f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-635496f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns gutenify-section-635496f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><!-- wp:column {\"blockClientId\":\"635225f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-635225f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"right\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"bottom\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"left\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\"}}},\"layout\":{\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column gutenify-section-635225f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"63391fb0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-63391fb0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"letterSpacing\":\"3px\"},\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"0\",\"right\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"0\",\"left\":\"0\"}}},\"textColor\":\"primary\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-63391fb0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45 has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;letter-spacing:3px\">Personal Work</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"6346db50-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-6346db50-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"flexWrap\":\"nowrap\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-6346db50-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":3746,\"width\":\"25px\",\"height\":\"25px\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"633f6140-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"align\":\"center\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-633f6140-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-633f6140-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" style=\"width:25px;height:25px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"6341ab30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-6341ab30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontStyle\":\"normal\",\"fontWeight\":\"400\"}}} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-6341ab30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">High-key Portraiture of Sheldon</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3746,\"width\":\"25px\",\"height\":\"25px\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"63441c30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"align\":\"center\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-63441c30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-63441c30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" style=\"width:25px;height:25px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:social-links {\"openInNewTab\":true,\"blockClientId\":\"634d1ce0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"is-style-logos-only gutenify-section-634d1ce0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"blockGap\":{\"top\":\"0\",\"left\":\"0\"},\"padding\":{\"top\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\",\"right\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\",\"bottom\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\",\"left\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\"}}},\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"right\",\"flexWrap\":\"nowrap\"}} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-style-logos-only gutenify-section-634d1ce0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><!-- wp:social-link {\"url\":\"https://www.facebook.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"service\":\"facebook\",\"label\":\"https://www.facebook.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"blockClientId\":\"63492540-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} /-->\n\n<!-- wp:social-link {\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"service\":\"instagram\",\"blockClientId\":\"12eb1f30-0577-11ee-bbbc-c5aec0edf850\"} /--></ul>\n<!-- /wp:social-links -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An experienced photographer once said, \"If you want beautiful pictures of women, photograph beautiful women.\" There\'s a lot of truth to this. I see a lot of novice (and not-so-novice) photography on Facebook. Most of it is of pretty young women, outside in various venues and at different times of day (fields, stone buildings, cars, street scenes at night, and so forth). Some of it is good. If the woman is particularly good-looking, you are less likely to notice the photography, a lot of which is, frankly, mediocre and boring.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If the photographer keeps at it, and has the desire and ability to learn, he or she will eventually produce something arresting, or worth looking at twice. It takes time and experience, and a certain restless creativity, to do more than produce the same kind of image over and over. Ideally you photograph a beautiful woman in a way that isn\'t the same as everything everyone else is doing, and isn\'t the same as the way you have photographed her in the past. If you fall into a habit, it becomes your style.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14924,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14924\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14923,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9867-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14923\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">When you find the digital capture of beauty intoxicating, as I do, and each shot costs you nothing, it\'s hard to resist just firing away, producing a lot of images that look very similar. To do something different, however, you can alter what you can control in many ways: framing and composition; the camera\'s vertical angle; lens (depth of field, etc.; special-effects lenses); proximity to the subject (foreshortening, etc.); <em>lighting </em>(a <em>big</em> area for exploration)<em>; </em>wardrobe and accessories; and scene or background.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14926,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0003-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14926\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14927,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0005-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14927\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14925,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0006-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14925\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">And then, of course, there is post-processing, which has always been a part of the creative photographic process. (For example, the famous black-and-white landscape photographer, Ansel Adams, used to take the sky from one image and put it into another image.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another factor in the creative process, which can\'t be minimized, is the rapport between the photographer and the subject. Men (and women, they tell me) naturally admire a beautiful woman; women like to be admired for their appearance. Women models or subjects of portraiture are often very anxious, however, about how they look. It is the job of the photographer to put them at ease. From what I see on Facebook, some novice photographers fail to do this, or the model simply cannot relax and enjoy the experience of looking good for the camera. (If you want to know if the subject is really smiling in an image, cover the mouth and look at the eyes. Many people have a kind of automatic smile for the camera, which is fine for one image, but is tedious for a string of them.) I used to find that, with some models, the expression of the model improved or relaxed after about a half an hour to an hour of shooting. In my earlier years, I sometimes got my best images, in terms of body language and expression, when it seemed the model was starting to get bored! If you are doing portraiture, which implies not just \"another pretty face,\" but some connection between the photographer and the subject, and some revelation of the personality of the subject, you must have a <em>rapport.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14929,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0083-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14929\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14930,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9870-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14930\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14931,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9948-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14931\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have not even touched on <em>mood</em> -- which is a product of a number of factors, like lighting and exposure (high-key, low-key), posing, expression, wardrobe and accessories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sheldon and I have been shooting together for a few years now, and doing so has forced me to try new things. The same intoxication with capturing beauty is there, but I realize as I shoot that I have captured this beauty many times before. She is my muse, and the challenge of shooting her again is the recurring creative question, \"So what can I do that is <em>new</em>?\" </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you listen to children playing make-believe, you hear the weirdest things! \"How did that come into her mind?\" you ask yourself. A photo shoot is often like that: an idea occurs to you on the fly, and you have no idea where it came from. It is like child\'s play -- <em>and it is sheer fun!</em> The model, if she is at all spontaneous, can bring her own creative ideas, and the capturing of the image can be a marvelous delight.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14933,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0026-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14933\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14966,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A4668-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14966\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14934,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9997-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14934\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are some of the images we captured in late July, after Edith and I got back from Switzerland and  Paris. Most of these are high-key, that is bright images with a white background and lots of light. A few I ajusted so that they were low-key, and a few I treated in Lightroom and Photoshop/Nik Color Efex Pro 4. There were many, many good ones, so choosing these was a challenge and often seemed arbitrary. But this was a good problem to have.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"100px\",\"right\":\"30px\",\"bottom\":\"100px\",\"left\":\"30px\"},\"blockGap\":\"0px\"}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background\",\"layout\":{\"inherit\":true,\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15 has-background-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:30px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"a83a7680-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"align\":\"full\",\"className\":\"aligncenter 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(14982, 1, '2025-08-26 20:31:22', '2025-08-26 20:31:22', '<!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"7aa3bca0-0170-11ee-8f49-859bce9d0631\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-7aa3bca0-0170-11ee-8f49-859bce9d0631\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-7aa3bca0-0170-11ee-8f49-859bce9d0631\"><!-- wp:columns {\"blockClientId\":\"635496f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-635496f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns gutenify-section-635496f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><!-- wp:column {\"blockClientId\":\"635225f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-635225f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"right\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"bottom\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"left\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\"}}},\"layout\":{\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column gutenify-section-635225f0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"63391fb0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-63391fb0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"letterSpacing\":\"3px\"},\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"0\",\"right\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"0\",\"left\":\"0\"}}},\"textColor\":\"primary\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-63391fb0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45 has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;letter-spacing:3px\">Personal Work</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"6346db50-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-6346db50-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"flexWrap\":\"nowrap\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-6346db50-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":3746,\"width\":\"25px\",\"height\":\"25px\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"633f6140-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"align\":\"center\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-633f6140-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-633f6140-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" style=\"width:25px;height:25px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"6341ab30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-6341ab30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontStyle\":\"normal\",\"fontWeight\":\"400\"}}} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center animated animated-fadeInUp gutenify-section-6341ab30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">High-key Portraiture of Sheldon</h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3746,\"width\":\"25px\",\"height\":\"25px\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"63441c30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"align\":\"center\",\"className\":\"animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-63441c30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized animated animated-fadeInUp no-margin gutenify-section-63441c30-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" style=\"width:25px;height:25px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:social-links {\"openInNewTab\":true,\"blockClientId\":\"634d1ce0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"className\":\"is-style-logos-only gutenify-section-634d1ce0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"blockGap\":{\"top\":\"0\",\"left\":\"0\"},\"padding\":{\"top\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\",\"right\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\",\"bottom\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\",\"left\":\"var:preset|spacing|20\"}}},\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"right\",\"flexWrap\":\"nowrap\"}} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-style-logos-only gutenify-section-634d1ce0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><!-- wp:social-link {\"url\":\"https://www.facebook.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"service\":\"facebook\",\"label\":\"https://www.facebook.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"blockClientId\":\"63492540-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} /-->\n\n<!-- wp:social-link {\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"service\":\"instagram\",\"blockClientId\":\"12eb1f30-0577-11ee-bbbc-c5aec0edf850\"} /--></ul>\n<!-- /wp:social-links -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An experienced photographer once said, \"If you want beautiful pictures of women, photograph beautiful women.\" There\'s a lot of truth to this. I see a lot of novice (and not-so-novice) photography on Facebook. Most of it is of pretty young women, outside in various venues and at different times of day (fields, stone buildings, cars, street scenes at night, and so forth). Some of it is good. If the woman is particularly good-looking, you are less likely to notice the photography, a lot of which is, frankly, mediocre and boring.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If the photographer keeps at it, and has the desire and ability to learn, he or she will eventually produce something arresting, or worth looking at twice. It takes time and experience, and a certain restless creativity, to do more than produce the same kind of image over and over. Ideally you photograph a beautiful woman in a way that isn\'t the same as everything everyone else is doing, and isn\'t the same as the way you have photographed her in the past. If you fall into a habit, it becomes your style.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14924,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14924\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14923,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9867-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14923\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">When you find the digital capture of beauty intoxicating, as I do, and each shot costs you nothing, it\'s hard to resist just firing away, producing a lot of images that look very similar. To do something different, however, you can alter what you can control in many ways: framing and composition; the camera\'s vertical angle; lens (depth of field, etc.; special-effects lenses); proximity to the subject (foreshortening, etc.); <em>lighting </em>(a <em>big</em> area for exploration)<em>; </em>wardrobe and accessories; and scene or background.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14926,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0003-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14926\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14927,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0005-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14927\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14925,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0006-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14925\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">And then, of course, there is post-processing, which has always been a part of the creative photographic process. (For example, the famous black-and-white landscape photographer, Ansel Adams, used to take the sky from one image and put it into another image.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another factor in the creative process, which can\'t be minimized, is the rapport between the photographer and the subject. Men (and women, they tell me) naturally admire a beautiful woman; women like to be admired for their appearance. Women models or subjects of portraiture are often very anxious, however, about how they look. It is the job of the photographer to put them at ease. From what I see on Facebook, some novice photographers fail to do this, or the model simply cannot relax and enjoy the experience of looking good for the camera. (If you want to know if the subject is really smiling in an image, cover the mouth and look at the eyes. Many people have a kind of automatic smile for the camera, which is fine for one image, but is tedious for a string of them.) I used to find that, with some models, the expression of the model improved or relaxed after about a half an hour to an hour of shooting. In my earlier years, I sometimes got my best images, in terms of body language and expression, when it seemed the model was starting to get bored! If you are doing portraiture, which implies not just \"another pretty face,\" but some connection between the photographer and the subject, and some revelation of the personality of the subject, you must have a <em>rapport.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14929,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0083-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14929\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14930,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9870-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14930\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14931,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9948-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14931\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have not even touched on <em>mood</em> -- which is a product of a number of factors, like lighting and exposure (high-key, low-key), posing, expression, wardrobe and accessories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sheldon and I have been shooting together for a few years now, and doing so has forced me to try new things. The same intoxication with capturing beauty is there, but I realize as I shoot that I have captured this beauty many times before. She is my muse, and the challenge of shooting her again is the recurring creative question, \"So what can I do that is <em>new</em>?\" </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you listen to children playing make-believe, you hear the weirdest things! \"How did that come into her mind?\" you ask yourself. A photo shoot is often like that: an idea occurs to you on the fly, and you have no idea where it came from. It is like child\'s play -- <em>and it is sheer fun!</em> The model, if she is at all spontaneous, can bring her own creative ideas, and the capturing of the image can be a marvelous delight.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14933,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0026-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14933\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14966,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A4668-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14966\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14934,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9997-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14934\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are some of the images we captured in late July, after Edith and I got back from Switzerland and  Paris. Most of these are high-key, that is bright images with a white background and lots of light. A few I adjusted so that they were low-key, and a few I treated in Lightroom and Photoshop/Nik Color Efex Pro 4. There were many, many good ones, so choosing these was a challenge and often seemed arbitrary. But this was a good problem to have.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"100px\",\"right\":\"30px\",\"bottom\":\"100px\",\"left\":\"30px\"},\"blockGap\":\"0px\"}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background\",\"layout\":{\"inherit\":true,\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15 has-background-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:30px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"a83a7680-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"align\":\"full\",\"className\":\"aligncenter 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(14984, 1, '2025-08-26 23:35:06', '2025-08-26 23:35:06', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am in a particularly creative time now, for some reason. Before we went away on vacation to Switzerland, I had a wedding. After we got back from Switzerland and Paris, I shot my model Sheldon Parnick for the umpteenth time, and as usual had a blast doing so. After that, I shot a couple from church, Chris Tarinos and Norah Marsh, and rendered some nice black and white toned images. I put some of these up on Facebook and Instagram in the last couple of days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I also finished a stained glass piece that I have been working on for months, on and off. A couple of years ago (?) my wife and I took a cruise to Alaska. One of the excursions was to Glacier Bay. As usual, I took many, many photos. Several were of the mountains and glacier shown in this stained glass panel. The first image shows the panel illuminated from in front, while the second has daylight behind it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14914,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0251-Edit-829x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14914\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14913,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0256-Edit-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14913\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am now working on another stained glass piece (fused layered glass in this instance), which I hope to have finished within a couple of weeks (read: 2 months) :-)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy! If you are interested in purchasing this piece, let me know.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Stained Glass Panel - Glacier Bay 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '14912-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-08-26 23:35:06', '2025-08-26 23:35:06', '', 14912, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=14984', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(14985, 1, '2025-08-27 01:22:01', '2025-08-27 01:22:01', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After we got back from Switzerland and Paris, I had something like 4,000 images to look over and post-process lightly. I had worked on many in the evenings while we were away. I wanted to get a collection of galleries of my mountain photos from Switzerland on line, and finally did that. If you missed them before, you can <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/galleries-switzerland/\">see them here</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My photos from Paris are next on the agenda, but they\'re in competition for my attention with another stained glass project. This art piece will involve either gluing pieces of glass on top of one another, or fusing the glass layers in a kiln. Before I decide which I will do, I will have to create two simpler, experimental projects to see which is the better technique. Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. I used black plastic sheeting to restrict the light coming from the window to a narrow, vertical panel, aiming for high-contrast exposures, black &amp; white, but soft, moody images, as the shadows were recovered in post-processing. I was not disappointed. I used a couple of different lenses, one of which generated a fair amount of high-key diffusion or haze as well as selective focus. For some shots I also had them move during a long exposure (4 seconds? six seconds), and caught them in two positions, which added a pleasing blur as well. On top of that, after rendering the images in black and white, I toned some of them, and in at least one case painted color on the image. I am particularly pleased with the image titled \"Tea Leaves.\" Here\'s a sample from the session.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14992,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0160-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14992\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14996,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0162-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14996\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14994,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0168-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14994\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14997,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0176-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14997\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15001,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0181-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15001\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15005,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0183-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15005\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14993,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0199-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14998,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0209-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14998\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15007,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0214-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15007\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15000,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0230-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\"Tea Leaves\"</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15003,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0233-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15003\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15008,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15008\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I really enjoy photographing women, shooting couples is fun, too. 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src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0214-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15007\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15000,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0230-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15003,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0233-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15003\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14995,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0239-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14995\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15008,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15008\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I really enjoy photographing women, shooting couples is fun, too. This is especially the case if you can capture something of the dynamic between them. I\'ll have to do more of this.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Switzerland photos, a new gallery of images, with thoughts on photographing the beauty of women, and more', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '14985-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-08-27 01:20:40', '2025-08-27 01:20:40', '', 14985, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15010', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. I used black plastic sheeting to restrict the light coming from the window to a narrow, vertical panel, aiming for high-contrast, black &amp; white, but soft, moody images. I was not disappointed. I used a couple of different lenses, one of which generated a fair amount of high-key diffusion or haze as well as selective focus. For some shots I also had them move during a long exposure (4 seconds? six seconds), and caught them in two positions, which added a pleasing blur as well. On top of that, after rendering the images in black and white, I toned some of them, and in at least one case painted color on the image. 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This is especially the case if you can capture something of the dynamic between them. I\'ll have to do more of this.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Switzerland photos, a new gallery of images, with thoughts on capturing the beauty of women, and more', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '14985-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-08-27 01:21:12', '2025-08-27 01:21:12', '', 14985, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15011', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. 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src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0199-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15002,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0200-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15002\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14998,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0209-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14998\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15007,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0214-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15007\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15000,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0230-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15003,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0233-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15003\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14995,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0239-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14995\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15008,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15008\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I really enjoy photographing women, shooting couples is fun, too. This is especially the case if you can capture something of the dynamic between them. I\'ll have to do more of this.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Switzerland photos, a new gallery of images (with thoughts on capturing the beauty of women), and more', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '14985-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-08-27 01:21:32', '2025-08-27 01:21:32', '', 14985, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15012', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(15015, 1, '2025-09-01 17:09:48', '2025-09-01 17:09:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After we got back from Switzerland and Paris, I had something like 4,000 images to look over and post-process lightly. I had worked on many in the evenings while we were away. I wanted to get a collection of galleries of my mountain photos from Switzerland on line, and finally did that. You can <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/galleries-switzerland/\">see them here</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My photos from Paris are next on the agenda, but they\'re in competition for my attention with another stained glass project, that will involve either gluing pieces of glass on top of one another, or fusing the glass layers in a kiln. Before I decide which I will do, I will have to create two simpler, experimental projects to see which is the better technique. Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. I used black plastic sheeting to restrict the light coming from the window to a narrow, vertical panel, aiming for high-contrast, black &amp; white, but soft, moody images. I was not disappointed. I used a couple of different lenses, one of which generated a fair amount of high-key diffusion or haze as well as selective focus. For some shots I also had them move during a long exposure (4 seconds? six seconds), and caught them in two positions, which added a pleasing blur as well. On top of that, after rendering the images in black and white, I toned some of them, and in at least one case painted color on the image. Here\'s a sample.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14992,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0160-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14992\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14996,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0162-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14996\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14994,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0168-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14994\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14997,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0176-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14997\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15001,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0181-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15001\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15005,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0183-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15005\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14993,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0199-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15002,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0200-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15002\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14998,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0209-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14998\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15007,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0214-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15007\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15000,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0230-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15003,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0233-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15003\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14995,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0239-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14995\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15008,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15008\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I really enjoy photographing women, shooting couples is fun, too. 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(15016, 1, '2025-09-01 17:10:28', '2025-09-01 17:10:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After we got back from Switzerland and Paris, I had something like 4,000 images to look over and post-process lightly. I had worked on many in the evenings while we were away. I wanted to get a collection of galleries of my mountain photos from Switzerland on line, and finally did that. You can <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/galleries-switzerland/\">see them here</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My photos from Paris are next on the agenda, but they\'re in competition for my attention with another stained glass project, that will involve either gluing pieces of glass on top of one another, or fusing the glass layers in a kiln. Before I decide which I will do, I will have to create two simpler, experimental projects to see which is the better technique. Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. I used black plastic sheeting to restrict the light coming from the window to a narrow, vertical panel, aiming for high-contrast, black &amp; white, but soft, moody images. I was not disappointed. I used a couple of different lenses, one of which generated a fair amount of high-key diffusion or haze as well as selective focus. For some shots I also had them move during a long exposure (4 seconds? six seconds), and caught them in two positions, which added a pleasing blur as well. On top of that, after rendering the images in black and white, I toned some of them, and in at least one case painted color on the image. 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This is especially the case if you can capture something of the dynamic between them. I\'ll have to do more of this.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Switzerland photos, a new gallery of images (with thoughts on capturing the beauty of women), and more', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '14985-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-09-01 17:10:28', '2025-09-01 17:10:28', '', 14985, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15016', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(15018, 1, '2025-09-01 17:34:01', '2025-09-01 17:34:01', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After we got back from Switzerland and Paris, I had something like 4,000 images to look over and post-process lightly. I had worked on many in the evenings while we were away. I wanted to get a collection of galleries of my mountain photos from Switzerland on line, and finally did that. If you missed them before, you can <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/galleries-switzerland/\">see them here</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My photos from Paris are next on the agenda, but they\'re in competition for my attention with another stained glass project. This art piece will involve either gluing pieces of glass on top of one another, or fusing the glass layers in a kiln. Before I decide which I will do, I will have to create two simpler, experimental projects to see which is the better technique. Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. I used black plastic sheeting to restrict the light coming from the window to a narrow, vertical panel, aiming for high-contrast, black &amp; white, but soft, moody images. I was not disappointed. I used a couple of different lenses, one of which generated a fair amount of high-key diffusion or haze as well as selective focus. For some shots I also had them move during a long exposure (4 seconds? six seconds), and caught them in two positions, which added a pleasing blur as well. On top of that, after rendering the images in black and white, I toned some of them, and in at least one case painted color on the image. Here\'s a sample.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14992,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0160-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14992\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14996,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0162-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14996\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14994,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0168-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14994\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14997,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0176-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14997\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15001,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0181-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15001\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15005,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0183-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15005\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14993,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0199-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14998,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0209-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14998\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15007,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0214-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15007\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15000,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0230-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\"Tea Leaves\"</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15003,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0233-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15003\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15008,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15008\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I really enjoy photographing women, shooting couples is fun, too. 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I see a lot of novice (and not-so-novice) photography on Facebook. Most of it is of pretty young women, outside in various venues and at different times of day (fields, stone buildings, cars, street scenes at night, and so forth). Some of it is good. If the woman is particularly good-looking, you are less likely to notice the photography, a lot of which is, frankly, <em>boring</em>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If the photographer keeps at it, and has the desire and ability to learn, he or she will eventually produce something arresting, or worth looking at twice. It takes time and experience, and a certain restless creativity, to do more than produce the same kind of image over and over. Ideally you photograph a beautiful woman in a way that isn\'t the same as everything everyone else is doing, and isn\'t the same as the way you have photographed her in the past. If you fall into a habit, it becomes your style.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14924,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14924\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14923,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9867-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14923\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">When you find the digital capture of beauty intoxicating, as I do, and each shot costs you nothing, it\'s hard to resist just firing away, producing a lot of images that look very similar. To do something different, however, you can alter what you can control in many ways: framing and composition; the camera\'s vertical angle; lens (depth of field, etc.; special-effects lenses); proximity to the subject (foreshortening, etc.); <em>lighting </em>(a <em>big</em> area for exploration)<em>; </em>wardrobe and accessories; and scene or background.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14926,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0003-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14926\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14927,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0005-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14927\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14925,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0006-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14925\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">And then, of course, there is post-processing, which has always been a part of the creative photographic process. (For example, the famous black-and-white landscape photographer, Ansel Adams, used to take the sky from one image and put it into another image.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another factor in the creative process, which can\'t be minimized, is the rapport between the photographer and the subject. Men (and women, they tell me) naturally admire a beautiful woman; women like to be admired for their appearance. Women models or subjects of portraiture are often very anxious, however, about how they look. It is the job of the photographer to put them at ease. From what I see on Facebook, some novice photographers fail to do this, or the model simply cannot relax and enjoy the experience of looking good for the camera. (If you want to know if the subject is really smiling in an image, cover the mouth and look at the eyes. Many people have a kind of automatic smile for the camera, which is fine for one image, but is tedious for a string of them.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I used to find that, with some models, the expression of the model improved or relaxed after about a half an hour to an hour of shooting. In my earlier years, I sometimes got my best images, in terms of body language and expression, when it seemed the model was starting to get bored! If you are doing portraiture, which implies not just \"another pretty face,\" but some connection between the photographer and the subject, and some revelation of the personality of the subject, you must have a <em>rapport.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14929,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0083-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14929\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14930,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9870-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14930\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14931,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9948-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14931\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have not even touched on <em>mood</em> -- which is a product of a number of factors, like lighting and exposure (high-key, low-key), posing, expression, wardrobe and accessories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sheldon and I have been shooting together for a few years now, and doing so has forced me to try new things. The same intoxication with capturing beauty is there, but I realize as I shoot that I have captured this beauty many times before. She is my muse, and the challenge of shooting her again is the recurring creative question, \"So what can I do that is <em>new</em>?\" \"How can I make a <em>better </em>image?\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you listen to children playing make-believe, you hear the weirdest things! \"How did that come into her mind?\" you ask yourself. A photo shoot is often like that: an idea occurs to you on the fly, and you have no idea where it came from. It is like child\'s play -- <em>and it is sheer fun!</em> The model, if she is at all spontaneous, can bring her own creative ideas, and the capturing of the image can be a marvelous delight.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14933,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0026-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14933\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14966,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A4668-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14966\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14934,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9997-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14934\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are some of the images we captured in late July, after Edith and I got back from Switzerland and  Paris. Most of these are high-key, that is bright images with a white background and lots of light. A few I adjusted so that they were low-key, and a few I treated in Lightroom and Photoshop/Nik Color Efex Pro 4. There were many, many good ones, so choosing these was a challenge and often seemed arbitrary. But this was a good problem to have.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"100px\",\"right\":\"30px\",\"bottom\":\"100px\",\"left\":\"30px\"},\"blockGap\":\"0px\"}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background\",\"layout\":{\"inherit\":true,\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15 has-background-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:30px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"a83a7680-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"align\":\"full\",\"className\":\"aligncenter 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(15021, 1, '2025-09-01 18:02:35', '2025-09-01 18:02:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After we got back from Switzerland and Paris, I had something like 4,000 images to look over and post-process lightly. I had worked on many in the evenings while we were away. I wanted to get a collection of galleries of my mountain photos from Switzerland on line, and finally did that. If you missed them before, you can <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/galleries-switzerland/\">see them here</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My photos from Paris are next on the agenda, but they\'re in competition for my attention with another stained glass project. This art piece will involve either gluing pieces of glass on top of one another, or fusing the glass layers in a kiln. Before I decide which I will do, I will have to create two simpler, experimental projects to see which is the better technique. Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. I used black plastic sheeting to restrict the light coming from the window to a narrow, vertical panel, aiming for high-contrast, black &amp; white, but soft, moody images. I was not disappointed. I used a couple of different lenses, one of which generated a fair amount of high-key diffusion or haze as well as selective focus. For some shots I also had them move during a long exposure (4 seconds? six seconds), and caught them in two positions, which added a pleasing blur as well. On top of that, after rendering the images in black and white, I toned some of them, and in at least one case painted color on the image. I am particularly pleased with the image titled \"Tea Leaves.\" Here\'s a sample from the session.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14992,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0160-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14992\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14996,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0162-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14996\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14994,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0168-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14994\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14997,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0176-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14997\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15001,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0181-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15001\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15005,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0183-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15005\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14993,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0199-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14998,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0209-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14998\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15007,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0214-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15007\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15000,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0230-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\"Tea Leaves\"</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15003,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0233-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15003\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15008,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15008\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I really enjoy photographing women, shooting couples is fun, too. This is especially the case if you can capture something of the dynamic between them. I\'ll have to do more of this.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Switzerland photos, a new gallery of images (with thoughts on capturing the beauty of women), and more', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '14985-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-09-01 18:02:35', '2025-09-01 18:02:35', '', 14985, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15021', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(15023, 1, '2025-09-01 18:05:16', '2025-09-01 18:05:16', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After we got back from Switzerland and Paris, I had something like 4,000 images to look over and post-process lightly. I had worked on many in the evenings while we were away. I wanted to get a collection of galleries of my mountain photos from Switzerland on line, and finally did that. If you missed them before, you can <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/galleries-switzerland/\">see them here</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My photos from Paris are next on the agenda, but they\'re in competition for my attention with another stained glass project. This art piece will involve either gluing pieces of glass on top of one another, or fusing the glass layers in a kiln. Before I decide which I will do, I will have to create two simpler, experimental projects to see which is the better technique. Stay tuned for both my photography and my glass work!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the end of July I had Sheldon Parnick come to the study again for a range of different kinds of portrait/beauty photos. I had seen a great video about using black reflectors on either side of the model to create shadows, or at least to darken the sides of the face, and create greater depth for half-body shots. So we experimented with different clothing, different expressions, different props, and different moods. In preparing a small gallery of those images, I also thought about photographing beautiful women, which many photographers do, and why it is good to shoot the same model repeatedly in order to grow as a photographer. I am endlessly creative with a camera. Check out this half-blog-post, half-gallery <a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/high-key-portraiture-with-sheldon/\">here</a>. If you are a photographer, you may be particularly interested in my thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14990,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14989,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0011-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14991,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9856-Edit-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14991\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of this, I shot Norah Marsh and Chris Tarinos after church on Sunday in the parish education center. I used black plastic sheeting to restrict the light coming from the window to a narrow, vertical panel, aiming for high-contrast exposures, black &amp; white, but soft, moody images, as the shadows were recovered in post-processing. I was not disappointed. I used a couple of different lenses, one of which generated a fair amount of high-key diffusion or haze as well as selective focus. For some shots I also had them move during a long exposure (4 seconds? six seconds), and caught them in two positions, which added a pleasing blur as well. On top of that, after rendering the images in black and white, I toned some of them, and in at least one case painted color on the image. I am particularly pleased with the image titled \"Tea Leaves.\" Here\'s a sample from the session.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14992,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0160-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14992\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14996,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0162-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14996\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14994,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0168-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14994\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14997,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0176-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14997\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15001,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0181-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15001\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15005,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0183-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15005\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14993,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0199-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14998,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0209-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14998\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15007,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0214-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15007\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15000,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0230-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15000\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\"Tea Leaves\"</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15003,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0233-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15003\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15008,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0241-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15008\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I really enjoy photographing women, shooting couples is fun, too. 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style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><!-- wp:social-link {\"url\":\"https://www.facebook.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"service\":\"facebook\",\"label\":\"https://www.facebook.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"blockClientId\":\"63492540-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} /-->\n\n<!-- wp:social-link {\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/christopherhumphreyphotography/\",\"service\":\"instagram\",\"blockClientId\":\"12eb1f30-0577-11ee-bbbc-c5aec0edf850\"} /--></ul>\n<!-- /wp:social-links -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An experienced photographer once said, \"If you want beautiful pictures of women, photograph beautiful women.\" There\'s a lot of truth to this. I see a lot of novice (and not-so-novice) photography on Facebook. Most of it is of pretty young women, outside in various venues and at different times of day (fields, stone buildings, cars, street scenes at night, and so forth). Some of it is good. If the woman is particularly good-looking, you are less likely to notice the photography, a lot of which is, frankly, <em>boring</em>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If the photographer keeps at it, and has the desire and ability to learn, he or she will eventually produce something arresting, or worth looking at twice. It takes time and experience, and a certain restless creativity, to do more than produce the same kind of image over and over. Ideally you photograph a beautiful woman in a way that isn\'t the same as everything everyone else is doing, and isn\'t the same as the way you have photographed her in the past. If you fall into a habit, it becomes your style.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14924,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9806-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14924\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14923,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9867-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14923\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">When you find the digital capture of beauty intoxicating, as I do, and each shot costs you nothing, it\'s hard to resist just firing away, producing a lot of images that look very similar. To do something different, however, you can alter what you can control in many ways: framing and composition; the camera\'s vertical angle; lens (depth of field, etc.; special-effects lenses); proximity to the subject (foreshortening, etc.); <em>lighting </em>(a <em>big</em> area for exploration)<em>; </em>wardrobe and accessories; and scene or background.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14926,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0003-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14926\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14927,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0005-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14927\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14925,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0006-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14925\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"className\":\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bd8ed400-021f-11ee-8720-73dd280ffb42 has-medium-font-size\">And then, of course, there is post-processing, which has always been a part of the creative photographic process. (For example, the famous black-and-white landscape photographer, Ansel Adams, used to take the sky from one image and put it into another image.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another factor in the creative process, which can\'t be minimized, is the rapport between the photographer and the subject. Men (and women, they tell me) naturally admire a beautiful woman; women like to be admired for their appearance. Women models or subjects of portraiture are often very anxious, however, about how they look. It is the job of the photographer to put them at ease. From what I see on Facebook, some novice photographers fail to do this, or the model simply cannot relax and enjoy the experience of looking good for the camera. (If you want to know if the subject is really smiling in an image, cover the mouth and look at the eyes. Many people have a kind of automatic smile for the camera, which is fine for one image, but is tedious for a string of them.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I used to find that, with some models, the expression of the model improved or relaxed after about a half an hour to an hour of shooting. In my earlier years, I sometimes got my best images, in terms of body language and expression, when it seemed the model was starting to get bored! If you are doing portraiture, which implies not just \"another pretty face,\" but some connection between the photographer and the subject, and some revelation of the personality of the subject, you must have a <em>rapport.</em> (The famous exception, of course, is Yousuf Karsh\'s <a href=\"https://karsh.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Yousuf-Karsh-Winston-Churchill-1941-1557x1960.jpg\">photo of Winston Churchill,</a> looking every bit \"the British bulldog.\" Karsh walked up to Churchill and seized the cigar out of Churchill\'s mouth, went back to the camera and caught an iconic image. So much for rapport -- but it was great!)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14929,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0083-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14929\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14930,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9870-Edit-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14930\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14931,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9948-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14931\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have not even touched on <em>mood</em> -- which is a product of a number of factors, like lighting and exposure (high-key, low-key), posing, expression, wardrobe and accessories.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sheldon and I have been shooting together for a few years now, and doing so has forced me to try new things. The same intoxication with capturing beauty is there, but I realize as I shoot that I have captured this beauty many times before. She is my muse, and the challenge of shooting her again is the recurring creative question, \"So what can I do that is <em>new</em>?\" \"How can I make a <em>better </em>image?\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you listen to children playing make-believe, you hear the weirdest things! \"How did that come into her mind?\" you ask yourself. A photo shoot is often like that: an idea occurs to you on the fly, and you have no idea where it came from. It is like child\'s play -- <em>and it is sheer fun!</em> The model, if she is at all spontaneous, can bring her own creative ideas, and the capturing of the image can be a marvelous delight.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":14933,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A0026-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14933\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14966,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A4668-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14966\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":14934,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/O3A9997-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14934\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are some of the images we captured in late July, after Edith and I got back from Switzerland and  Paris. Most of these are high-key, that is bright images with a white background and lots of light. A few I adjusted so that they were low-key, and a few I treated in Lightroom and Photoshop/Nik Color Efex Pro 4. There were many, many good ones, so choosing these was a challenge and often seemed arbitrary. But this was a good problem to have.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"100px\",\"right\":\"30px\",\"bottom\":\"100px\",\"left\":\"30px\"},\"blockGap\":\"0px\"}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background\",\"layout\":{\"inherit\":true,\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15 has-background-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:30px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"a83a7680-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"align\":\"full\",\"className\":\"aligncenter 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(15027, 1, '2025-09-10 01:45:47', '2025-09-10 01:45:47', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some time ago I posted on Facebook this in response to a piece about women dressing modestly, and what clothing or the lack of it says about a woman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From our recent holiday in Paris (and memories of the Gallic culture of Montreal), I would say that style is much more significant than skin. Women’s clothing is so different in France from that in America, where utility and morality are chief concerns. It is not just that it is cut differently, but that there is so much variety. Without the freakish desire to stand out that you see with some young women in the States, with the torn jeans or stockings and face hardware, etc., there is such individuality and &nbsp;intentional good taste. The combination of dress, or top and skirt, and scarf or hat or shoes or jewelry is often eye-catching and pleasing. There is little dull uniformity — the limitations and sameness of the Appleseed catalog, etc. I suspect that there are no really big clothing suppliers that can dominate French style. And the French, it seems, do not feel the need to look like their neighbor. So smaller clothing-makers can make a living, and compete, not by finding out what everybody else is doing, but by being clever and daring. This emphasis on style fits with Parisian culture generally — there is sharp design, subtle ornamentation, an artistic embellishment where you don’t expect it, where it’s not “needed.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here\'s an example of really creative style. It\'s the symbol for the post office. It looks like two things: a bird in flight, but also a letter being dropped into a mailbox. Brilliant styling.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":15030,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15030\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15029,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15029\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\'m working my way through photos from Paris, and haven\'t found any examples of stylishly dressed women (or men), but when I do I\'ll put them here.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the first image, shot with the Lensbaby Spark lens, a dapper fellow in a summer suit and hat comes up from the metro. In the second, these young ladies are dressed casually but smartly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"imageCrop\":false,\"linkTo\":\"none\",\"lightbox\":true} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default has-lightbox\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":15424,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A9196-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15424\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15425,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8845-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15425\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art (like worship) is “useless,” and so it is even more important as a human work than many things that we think really matter. Utility and morality are far from the only thing. (Too much skin is <em>gauche</em> -- \"Lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless\" -- the French would say.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Style is not a “statement,” but a song.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'French Style', 'Style is not a “statement,” but a song.', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'french-style', '', '', '2025-09-16 00:27:15', '2025-09-16 00:27:15', '', 0, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15027', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(15031, 1, '2025-09-10 01:45:47', '2025-09-10 01:45:47', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some time ago I posted on Facebook this in response to a piece about women dressing modestly, and what clothing or the lack of it says about a woman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From our recent holiday in Paris (and memories of the Gallic culture of Montreal), I would say that style is much more significant than skin. Women’s clothing is so different in France from that in America, where utility and morality are chief concerns. It is not just that it is cut differently, but that there is so much variety. Without the freakish desire to stand out that you see with some young women in the States, with the torn jeans or stockings and face hardware, etc., there is such individuality and  intentional good taste. The combination of dress, or top and skirt, and scarf or hat or shoes or jewelry is often eye-catching and pleasing. There is little dull uniformity — the limitations and sameness of the Appleseed catalog, etc. I suspect that there are no really big clothing suppliers that can dominate French style. And the French, it seems, do not feel the need to look like their neighbor. So smaller clothing-makers can make a living, and compete, not by finding out what everybody else is doing, but by being clever and daring. This emphasis on style fits with Parisian culture generally — there is sharp design, subtle ornamentation, an artistic embellishment where you don’t expect it, where it’s not “needed.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here\'s an example of really creative style. It\'s the symbol for the post office. It looks like two things: a bird in flight, but also a letter being dropped into a mailbox. Brilliant style.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":15030,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15030\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15029,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15029\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\'m working my way through photos from Paris, and haven\'t found any examples of stylishly dressed women (or men), but when I do I\'ll put them here.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art (like worship) is “useless,” and so it is even more important as a human work than many things that we think really matter. Utility and morality are not the only thing. (Too much skin is <em>gauche</em>, the French would say.) Style is not a “statement,” but a song.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'French Style', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '15027-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-09-10 01:45:47', '2025-09-10 01:45:47', '', 15027, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15031', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(15032, 1, '2025-09-10 01:46:09', '2025-09-10 01:46:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some time ago I posted on Facebook this in response to a piece about women dressing modestly, and what clothing or the lack of it says about a woman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From our recent holiday in Paris (and memories of the Gallic culture of Montreal), I would say that style is much more significant than skin. Women’s clothing is so different in France from that in America, where utility and morality are chief concerns. It is not just that it is cut differently, but that there is so much variety. Without the freakish desire to stand out that you see with some young women in the States, with the torn jeans or stockings and face hardware, etc., there is such individuality and  intentional good taste. The combination of dress, or top and skirt, and scarf or hat or shoes or jewelry is often eye-catching and pleasing. There is little dull uniformity — the limitations and sameness of the Appleseed catalog, etc. I suspect that there are no really big clothing suppliers that can dominate French style. And the French, it seems, do not feel the need to look like their neighbor. So smaller clothing-makers can make a living, and compete, not by finding out what everybody else is doing, but by being clever and daring. This emphasis on style fits with Parisian culture generally — there is sharp design, subtle ornamentation, an artistic embellishment where you don’t expect it, where it’s not “needed.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here\'s an example of really creative style. It\'s the symbol for the post office. It looks like two things: a bird in flight, but also a letter being dropped into a mailbox. Brilliant styling.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":15030,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15030\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15029,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15029\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\'m working my way through photos from Paris, and haven\'t found any examples of stylishly dressed women (or men), but when I do I\'ll put them here.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art (like worship) is “useless,” and so it is even more important as a human work than many things that we think really matter. Utility and morality are not the only thing. (Too much skin is <em>gauche</em>, the French would say.) Style is not a “statement,” but a song.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'French Style', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '15027-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-09-10 01:46:09', '2025-09-10 01:46:09', '', 15027, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15032', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(15035, 1, '2025-09-10 01:53:13', '2025-09-10 01:53:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some time ago I posted on Facebook this in response to a piece about women dressing modestly, and what clothing or the lack of it says about a woman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From our recent holiday in Paris (and memories of the Gallic culture of Montreal), I would say that style is much more significant than skin. Women’s clothing is so different in France from that in America, where utility and morality are chief concerns. It is not just that it is cut differently, but that there is so much variety. Without the freakish desire to stand out that you see with some young women in the States, with the torn jeans or stockings and face hardware, etc., there is such individuality and  intentional good taste. The combination of dress, or top and skirt, and scarf or hat or shoes or jewelry is often eye-catching and pleasing. There is little dull uniformity — the limitations and sameness of the Appleseed catalog, etc. I suspect that there are no really big clothing suppliers that can dominate French style. And the French, it seems, do not feel the need to look like their neighbor. So smaller clothing-makers can make a living, and compete, not by finding out what everybody else is doing, but by being clever and daring. This emphasis on style fits with Parisian culture generally — there is sharp design, subtle ornamentation, an artistic embellishment where you don’t expect it, where it’s not “needed.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here\'s an example of really creative style. It\'s the symbol for the post office. It looks like two things: a bird in flight, but also a letter being dropped into a mailbox. Brilliant styling.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":15030,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15030\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15029,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15029\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\'m working my way through photos from Paris, and haven\'t found any examples of stylishly dressed women (or men), but when I do I\'ll put them here.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art (like worship) is “useless,” and so it is even more important as a human work than many things that we think really matter. Utility and morality are not the only thing. (Too much skin is <em>gauche</em>, the French would say.) Style is not a “statement,” but a song.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'French Style', 'Style is not a “statement,” but a song.', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '15027-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-09-10 01:53:13', '2025-09-10 01:53:13', '', 15027, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15035', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(15036, 1, '2025-09-10 01:54:09', '2025-09-10 01:54:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some time ago I posted on Facebook this in response to a piece about women dressing modestly, and what clothing or the lack of it says about a woman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From our recent holiday in Paris (and memories of the Gallic culture of Montreal), I would say that style is much more significant than skin. Women’s clothing is so different in France from that in America, where utility and morality are chief concerns. It is not just that it is cut differently, but that there is so much variety. Without the freakish desire to stand out that you see with some young women in the States, with the torn jeans or stockings and face hardware, etc., there is such individuality and &nbsp;intentional good taste. The combination of dress, or top and skirt, and scarf or hat or shoes or jewelry is often eye-catching and pleasing. There is little dull uniformity — the limitations and sameness of the Appleseed catalog, etc. I suspect that there are no really big clothing suppliers that can dominate French style. And the French, it seems, do not feel the need to look like their neighbor. So smaller clothing-makers can make a living, and compete, not by finding out what everybody else is doing, but by being clever and daring. This emphasis on style fits with Parisian culture generally — there is sharp design, subtle ornamentation, an artistic embellishment where you don’t expect it, where it’s not “needed.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here\'s an example of really creative style. It\'s the symbol for the post office. It looks like two things: a bird in flight, but also a letter being dropped into a mailbox. Brilliant styling.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":15030,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15030\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":15029,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/O3A8999-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15029\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></figure>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I\'m working my way through photos from Paris, and haven\'t found any examples of stylishly dressed women (or men), but when I do I\'ll put them here.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Art (like worship) is “useless,” and so it is even more important as a human work than many things that we think really matter. Utility and morality are far from the only thing. (Too much skin is <em>gauche</em>, the French would say.) Style is not a “statement,” but a song.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'French Style', 'Style is not a “statement,” but a song.', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '15027-revision-v1', '', '', '2025-09-10 01:54:09', '2025-09-10 01:54:09', '', 15027, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=15036', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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-->\n<p>The galleries in the list below represent the week we spent in the Marais neighbohood of Paris, close to the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall), the Louvre, and the fashionable restaurants and bars. We travelled a bit further, to the Eiffel Tower, l\'Arc de Triomphe, La Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre (which sits on a hill overlooking the city), and the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris (which burned a few years ago, and is still being renovated). We walked through many narrow streets, along broad boulevards, across several bridges over the Seine. We also travelled the Seine by tourist boat, and visited a couple of museums (art galleries). It was thoroughly delightful, though our 9 days or so in the Swiss Alps beforehand were even better. 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-->\n<p>The following is a list of the galleries with a very small portion of the 2,500+ photos I took while my wife and I were in this scenic alpine region in Switzerland. 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A little squeezy, but charming when you\'re not overcome by claustrophobia. :-) The first image below is a post-processed monotone (duotone?) of the view from our window. I found the shapes pleasing, especially when I removed the color and simplified them. The second image shows Edith walking in the street in front of our building (which was on the righthand side about half-way down). I liked the vertical rectangles of the buildings, the slight curve to the street, and its depth, and I took this shot a few times as we returned at the ends of the days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We headed out into the street sometime around dusk, and I got photos of the neighborhood. I found the gay bars in a nearby street too much -- over one establishment were four large, in-your-face, posters with men in exhibitionist mode. (I would have been as put off if it were provocative pictures of female strippers, etc.) I deliberately avoided that street, and the \"Place Harvey Milk,\" in the days that followed. It\'s not \"phobia\" -- it\'s just preferring to see Parisians without sexual labels or self-promotion.<br><br>It was dusk, and I was using one of my \"funky\" lenses, probably the Velvet 56. You can tell that\'s what it is because of the globular highlights and an impression of haze. Some of the images worked, especially of the Café Benjamin, on Rue de Rivoli (the main drag near our place). Parisians like their bar-restaurants. In Quebec, where I came from when I moved to the States, these places are called colloquially \"restos.\" I don\'t know if the expression is used in France as well. The climate is such that most of them have tables out-of-doors, and they are -- not \"busy,\" because Parisians don\'t rush at mealtimes -- but <em>occupied</em>. Following shots of the Café Benjamin you can see other evening images of the streets near our place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The big building in the last images below is the City Hall, called in France and Quebec the \"Hôtel de Ville.\" There are so many buildings in Paris built in the same era, and they often take up entire blocks. This period was when France was at its highest point as a world power, and of course it required a bureaucracy, with lots of <em>bureaus.</em> This was before the age of the typewriter. Everything had to be recorded on paper with pens. The sprawling but ornamented buildings everywhere you go remind you that this was a capital city of a great colonial power.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"100px\",\"right\":\"30px\",\"bottom\":\"100px\",\"left\":\"30px\"},\"blockGap\":\"0px\"}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background\",\"layout\":{\"inherit\":true,\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15 has-background-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:30px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"a83a7680-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"align\":\"full\",\"className\":\"aligncenter 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Galleries</a></em></strong><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Our First Day in Paris - July 4</li>\n<!-- /wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/the-eiffel-tower-the-seine-the-streets/\">The Eiffel Tower, the Seine, the Streets - July 5</a></li>\n<!-- /wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/the-louvre-arc-de-triomphe-gardens-and-more/\">The Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Gardens, and More - July 6</a></li>\n<!-- /wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/christopher-humphrey-photography/client-other-galleries/cathedral-notre-dame-de-paris-the-basilica-of-sacre-coeur-de-montmartre-street-scenes/\">Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, The 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A little squeezy, but charming when you\'re not overcome by claustrophobia. :-) The first image below is a post-processed monotone (duotone?) of the view from our window. I found the shapes pleasing, especially when you remove the color and simplify them. The second image shows Edith walking in the street in front of our building (which was on the righthand side about half-way down). I liked the vertical rectangles of the buildings, the slight curve to the street, and its depth, and I took this shot a few times as we returned at the ends of the days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We headed out into the street sometime around dusk, and I got photos of the neighborhood. I found the gay bars in a nearby street too much -- over one establishment were four large, in-your-face, posters with men in exhibitionist mode. (I would have been as put off if it were provocative pictures of female strippers, etc.) I deliberately avoided that street, and the \"Place Harvey Milk,\" in the days that followed. It\'s not \"phobia\" -- it\'s just preferring to see Parisians without sexual labels or self-promotion.<br><br>It was dusk, and I was using one of my \"funky\" lenses, probably the Velvet 56. You can tell that\'s what it is because of the globular highlights and an impression of haze. Some of the images worked, especially of the Café Benjamin, on Rue de Rivoli (the main drag near our place). Parisians like their bar-restaurants. In Quebec, where I came from when I moved to the States, these places are called colloquially \"restos.\" I don\'t know if the expression is used in France as well. The climate is such that most of them have tables out-of-doors, and they are . . . not \"busy,\" because Parisians like to linger at meals, but <em>occupied</em>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The big building in the images below is the City Hall, called the </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At some point we took a bus to the bottom of the cable car line that leads to Grindelwald-First (or just <em>First,</em> pronounced \"feerst\"). As we ascended in the cable car we passed through Bort and then Schreckfeld. I snapped photos through the cable car windows (open or shut) of anything that caught my eye.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When we came back down in the cable car from First, we got off at Schreckfeld and walked down to Bort. I shot away at everything that suggested a good image. It was a good way to finish our stay. 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A little squeezy, but charming when you\'re not overcome by claustrophobia. :-) The first image below is a post-processed monotone (duotone?) of the view from our window. I found the shapes pleasing, especially when you remove the color and simplify them. The second image shows Edith walking in the street in front of our building (which was on the righthand side about half-way down). I liked the vertical rectangles of the buildings, the slight curve to the street, and its depth, and I took this shot a few times as we returned at the ends of the days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We headed out into the street sometime around dusk, and I got photos of the neighborhood. I found the gay bars in a nearby street too much -- over one establishment were four large, in-your-face, posters with men in exhibitionist mode. (I would have been as put off if it were provocative pictures of female strippers, etc.) I deliberately avoided that street, and the \"Place Harvey Milk,\" in the days that followed. It\'s not \"phobia\" -- it\'s just preferring to see Parisians without sexual labels or self-promotion.<br><br>It was dusk, and I was using one of my \"funky\" lenses, probably the Velvet 56. You can tell that\'s what it is because of the globular highlights and an impression of haze. Some of the images worked, especially of the Café Benjamin, on Rue de Rivoli (the main drag near our place). Parisians like their bar-restaurants. In Quebec, where I came from when I moved to the States, these places are called colloquially \"restos.\" I don\'t know if the expression is used in France as well. The climate is such that most of them have tables out-of-doors, and they are . . . not \"busy,\" because Parisians don\'t rush at mealtimes -- but <em>occupied</em>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The big building in the last images below is the City Hall, called in France and Quebec the Hôtel de Ville. There are so many buildings in Paris built in the same era, and they often take entire blocks. This period was when France was at its highest point as a world power, and of course it required a bureaucracy, with lots of bureaus. This was before the age of the typewriter. Everything had to be recorded on paper with pens. 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A little squeezy, but charming when you\'re not overcome by claustrophobia. :-) The first image below is a post-processed monotone (duotone?) of the view from our window. I found the shapes pleasing, especially when you remove the color and simplify them. The second image shows Edith walking in the street in front of our building (which was on the righthand side about half-way down). I liked the vertical rectangles of the buildings, the slight curve to the street, and its depth, and I took this shot a few times as we returned at the ends of the days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We headed out into the street sometime around dusk, and I got photos of the neighborhood. I found the gay bars in a nearby street too much -- over one establishment were four large, in-your-face, posters with men in exhibitionist mode. (I would have been as put off if it were provocative pictures of female strippers, etc.) I deliberately avoided that street, and the \"Place Harvey Milk,\" in the days that followed. It\'s not \"phobia\" -- it\'s just preferring to see Parisians without sexual labels or self-promotion.<br><br>It was dusk, and I was using one of my \"funky\" lenses, probably the Velvet 56. You can tell that\'s what it is because of the globular highlights and an impression of haze. Some of the images worked, especially of the Café Benjamin, on Rue de Rivoli (the main drag near our place). Parisians like their bar-restaurants. In Quebec, where I came from when I moved to the States, these places are called colloquially \"restos.\" I don\'t know if the expression is used in France as well. The climate is such that most of them have tables out-of-doors, and they are . . . not \"busy,\" because Parisians don\'t rush at mealtimes -- but <em>occupied</em>. 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A little squeezy, but charming when you\'re not overcome by claustrophobia. :-) The first image below is a post-processed monotone (duotone?) of the view from our window. I found the shapes pleasing, especially when you remove the color and simplify them. The second image shows Edith walking in the street in front of our building (which was on the righthand side about half-way down). I liked the vertical rectangles of the buildings, the slight curve to the street, and its depth, and I took this shot a few times as we returned at the ends of the days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We headed out into the street sometime around dusk, and I got photos of the neighborhood. I found the gay bars in a nearby street too much -- over one establishment were four large, in-your-face, posters with men in exhibitionist mode. 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A little squeezy, but charming when you\'re not overcome by claustrophobia. :-) The first image below is a post-processed monotone (duotone?) of the view from our window. I found the shapes pleasing, especially when I removed the color and simplified them. The second image shows Edith walking in the street in front of our building (which was on the righthand side about half-way down). I liked the vertical rectangles of the buildings, the slight curve to the street, and its depth, and I took this shot a few times as we returned at the ends of the days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We headed out into the street sometime around dusk, and I got photos of the neighborhood. I found the gay bars in a nearby street too much -- over one establishment were four large, in-your-face, posters with men in exhibitionist mode. (I would have been as put off if it were provocative pictures of female strippers, etc.) I deliberately avoided that street, and the \"Place Harvey Milk,\" in the days that followed. It\'s not \"phobia\" -- it\'s just preferring to see Parisians without sexual labels or self-promotion.<br><br>It was dusk, and I was using one of my \"funky\" lenses, probably the Velvet 56. You can tell that\'s what it is because of the globular highlights and an impression of haze. Some of the images worked, especially of the Café Benjamin, on Rue de Rivoli (the main drag near our place). Parisians like their bar-restaurants. In Quebec, where I came from when I moved to the States, these places are called colloquially \"restos.\" I don\'t know if the expression is used in France as well. The climate is such that most of them have tables out-of-doors, and they are . . . not \"busy,\" because Parisians don\'t rush at mealtimes -- but <em>occupied</em>. Following shots of the Café Benjamin you can see other evening images of the streets near our place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The big building in the last images below is the City Hall, called in France and Quebec the Hôtel de Ville. There are so many buildings in Paris built in the same era, and they often take entire blocks. This period was when France was at its highest point as a world power, and of course it required a bureaucracy, with lots of bureaus. This was before the age of the typewriter. Everything had to be recorded on paper with pens. The sprawling but ornamented buildings everywhere you go remind you that this was a capital city of a great colonial power.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"100px\",\"right\":\"30px\",\"bottom\":\"100px\",\"left\":\"30px\"},\"blockGap\":\"0px\"}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background\",\"layout\":{\"inherit\":true,\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mt-0 gutenify-section-a83dd1e0-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15 has-background-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:100px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:30px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"a83a7680-ff00-11ed-8ebd-ab31e64baf15\",\"align\":\"full\",\"className\":\"aligncenter 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A little squeezy, but charming when you\'re not overcome by claustrophobia. :-) The first image below is a post-processed monotone (duotone?) of the view from our window. I found the shapes pleasing, especially when I removed the color and simplified them. The second image shows Edith walking in the street in front of our building (which was on the righthand side about half-way down). I liked the vertical rectangles of the buildings, the slight curve to the street, and its depth, and I took this shot a few times as we returned at the ends of the days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We headed out into the street sometime around dusk, and I got photos of the neighborhood. I found the gay bars in a nearby street too much -- over one establishment were four large, in-your-face, posters with men in exhibitionist mode. (I would have been as put off if it were provocative pictures of female strippers, etc.) I deliberately avoided that street, and the \"Place Harvey Milk,\" in the days that followed. It\'s not \"phobia\" -- it\'s just preferring to see Parisians without sexual labels or self-promotion.<br><br>It was dusk, and I was using one of my \"funky\" lenses, probably the Velvet 56. You can tell that\'s what it is because of the globular highlights and an impression of haze. Some of the images worked, especially of the Café Benjamin, on Rue de Rivoli (the main drag near our place). Parisians like their bar-restaurants. In Quebec, where I came from when I moved to the States, these places are called colloquially \"restos.\" I don\'t know if the expression is used in France as well. The climate is such that most of them have tables out-of-doors, and they are -- not \"busy,\" because Parisians don\'t rush at mealtimes -- but <em>occupied</em>. Following shots of the Café Benjamin you can see other evening images of the streets near our place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The big building in the last images below is the City Hall, called in France and Quebec the \"Hôtel de Ville.\" There are so many buildings in Paris built in the same era, and they often take up entire blocks. This period was when France was at its highest point as a world power, and of course it required a bureaucracy, with lots of <em>bureaus.</em> This was before the age of the typewriter. Everything had to be recorded on paper with pens. 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