Little Nothings...

Yesterday Jason and I were pretty bored and decided to go around Hesperia and take some photos to pass the time!

They're not anything amazingly special but here are my "little nothings" from the day!






and I absolutely LOVE this photo.
This is going to be one of my few LOVE spots in the high desert!

Whimsical Tutorial!

I've been playing around in photoshop a lot and perfected some new actions!
I have a BUNCH so I might think of sharing them all, but for now...just this only!
This effect gives your photos kind of a whimsical, dreamy, tea party look and is super fun! It's really cute on children or flowers, but I've used it on some of my wedding photos too and it adds a completely magical feel!
So! Here's how you do it!
(Please ignore the poor composition and quality of the photo I chose, It is just a cute snapshot I did with my point and shoot camera of my little sister two years ago!)

1. Open your image
2. Open Hue/Saturation under a new adjustment layer


3. Adjust your saturation to about -20


4. Add a Raspberry (530d24) color fill on Screen Blend mode with the opacity set at 100



5. Add a Dark Navy (080638) color fill on Exclusion Blend mode with the opacity set at 100
6. Add a Butter (f6e7a9) color fill on Multiply Blend mode with the opacity set at 100
7. Add a Salmon Pink (d88792) color fill on Soft Light Blend mode with the opacity set at 100
by now your photo should look pretty funky, but bear with me!


8. Open Levels under a new adjustment layer


9. Choose BLUES from the pull down menu and set your outputs levels to 52 and 224


10. Open Brightness/Contrast under a new adjustment layer
11. Set your contrast to +45
12. Open Hue/Saturation under a new adjustment layer
13. Lower your saturation to -18
14. Add a Cream (f4ecd4) color fill on Soft Light Blending mode at 100%
15. Adjust all of the color fills to taste (I put all of mine at 50% opacity but every photo is different)
and viola!...you have the hazy whimsical effect!



Now to add the contrast pop whimsical effect you just add one more step...

16. Duplicate the background layer and bring all the way to the top and set at Soft Life Blend mode adjust opacity accordingly (again I put mine at 50%)


Here are my final images!


It also looks good on black and white photos!


So try it out and let me know how it works!!
Maybe I'll post another one in the upcoming days!

Ooh la la...ASHLEY!

Okay...So before you scroll down and see all of these AMAZING photos of Ashley, I need you to take a deep breath and try not to hate her too much for being such an amazingly beautiful model! Oh! and try not to hate her even more when I tell you that this was her FIRST TIME modeling! NO WAY RIGHT?! It's true! and boy did she do better than many models out there that have been attempting this for YEARS! She just had a natural grace in front of the camera! So...without further adieu, I give you Ashley!...be jealous! [;






can you say...FABULOUSSS?!?!



This is one of my favorite shots...It just has that rugged, rebel without a cause feel!




Okay...I know what you're thinking...NO WAY is this her first time! But I swear it is!...Deep breaths, I know!



BEAUTIFULLL!




I have about a HUNDRED more I would LOVE to post, but I had to limit myself so I chose my favorite ones. So I'll sign off with my favorite one from the whole day!
...SUPERMODEL!

So Tired...

Whew! am I WIPED out!! long day, but shot a great birthday party! Going to finish up my homework now and go to bed for my second job tomorrow! ha!

Keep an eye out for sneak peaks in the upcoming days!

Temporary Website

My new website is up and running. I am still having problems with the domain name transfer but for now please follow the link below...

www.wix.com/blphotographs/brittanylaurenphotography

Archambo Wedding

well then...so much for keeping up with this blog!
okay, this time for real this time...I promise to keep up!

So!
A little more than a week ago I got to photograph a beautiful wedding with an even more BEAUTIFUL couple, like seriously...they are so adorable it will make you a little sick.(;

They had a beautiful ceremony/reception and even decorated everything themselves! They were surrounded by such loving friends and family it would make even the closests families jealous! Congratulations again you guys, you are a gorgeous couple who will live a very happy long life together!

Here are my favorite photos from the BIG day!

Sierra was just a princess the whole day!
She looked soo beautiful in her dress





and how CUTE are these??!?




the men were waiting so patiently!




They had such a touching ceremony! I don't think there was a dry eye in the building!



These are some of my favorite shots from the bridal shoot!









I know there are sunspots in their face on the first one but I still just love the fairytail feel to it!



I told the boys to look like hot models in "GQ"! haha



And Oh those silly girls!!


I love knowing that fall is right around the corner! I just love how these photos have that "fall" feel to them, atleast I think so!



I LOOVVEEEDD this cake topper!




She was the CUTEST flower girl ever! She suffers from autism, but was so beautiful, happy, and just care free that It was completely inspiring.



First Dance



Chad's parents were equally as beautiful as Sierra and Chad!
and boy could they dance!




and let's not forget the money dances!





Thank you guys again for allowing me to photograph your special day! It was an honor and I wish you well in all your future endeavors