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<p class="gutenify-section-3f613e40-a041-11ee-878f-8d53b6533439">In December of 2023 I shot the fair Sheldon Parnick, who is herself a photographer. It was a boudoir-style shoot, with flowers, and I aimed for a soft, high-key look. I used three lenses that would give me something other than sharp, evenly exposed images: the "nifty-fifty" 50mm lens, which handles color well; the Lensbaby Spark, with selective focus; and the Lensbaby "Velvet 56," which in larger apertures produces a nice kind of bright haze (without a loss of sharpness). In post-processing, I realized that the images would look good in black and white, and then toned (sepia), so I took the best of the images and did exactly that. I experimented in Photoshop and found that bringing back some color in her face and skin made for an even more appealing image, along with about ten percent of the original color elsewhere in the image. The subject is beautiful, the mood is gentle and reflective. I hope you like them. If you are interested in images of yourself in a similar style, please contact me, and we can discuss the possibilities. </p>
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