Trio for Triplets [Cloning for Rolling Push Challenge]

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Trio for Triplets [Cloning for Rolling Push Challenge]
Trio for Triplets [Cloning for Rolling Push Challenge]

Triple your viewing pleasure -- press L!

This is my second Rolling Push -- part of the wonderful group Get Pushed. This time around, my challenger was my new friend Doug. Check out his stream -- his recent Tennessee photos are beautiful. He pushed me to try cloning photography, so I called upon my lovely step-daughter Caitlin to be my model.

This was a tough one -- mostly because I had to rely on my Photoshop skills to compensate for my poor photographic skills. LOL. I need to buy some lights. Seriously.

Because of the overhead lights, the guitarist (who was sitting maybe three inches closer to me than the others) wound up with completely different lighting. She was pink and seemed larger than she should be. I had to scale her down and adjust her color.

Then the poor ukulele player had to be cut in half, because the only shot I had with the strumming motion blur also had laughing-out-loud blur and wiggling-about blur. So fine, I stuck the upper body from a more static shot on. Oh but then she was staring off into space, so I had to tilt her head so she was looking at the pianist.

It went on and on. LOL

Here's what I learned: take more than a couple of shots. Duh! Take a LOT of shots so you have more choices. I know this...but when I work with a model, I always feel like I'm imposing on them. Silly!

Anyway, it was a great push, and I'm going to try it again!

PS Thought I'd mention that I didn't particularly think about the stuff on top of the piano -- it wasn't staged. But in case anyone wants to know, the piano belonged to my grandmother; the candle holder on the left belonged to my great grandmother; in the photo of the dancing girls, the one on the far right is my husband's mom; the round plate thingie was a gift from my step-son and should be turned a quarter turn so the Chinese writing is vertical, but there you go; the obscured photo is my step-son and his lovely wife on their wedding day; and the photo on the far right that looks like some kind of bad lounge entertainer is actually my husband, who looks much better in real life.

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Taken on: November 9, 2011
Tags: Everybody's photos tagged with getpushed getpushed
Sets appears in:   • Get Pushed    • A selection   
Groups appears in:   • Get Pushed - Time to wake up!   
Camera: Pentax K-x, f/4.0, 0.6 sec, 32.5mm (=49mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Pentax K-x
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure Time: 0.6
Focal Length: 32.5mm (35mm equivalent: 49mm)
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Landscape
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Scene Capture Type: Landscape
Contrast: High
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: Unknown (-1)
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
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