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  • Current Special! Valentine Portrait Sessions $35 in Weatherford, TX. Click here for more info or scroll down. Thank you!

    Welcome to my Website/Blog! I'm a photographer located in Weatherford, Texas. I love taking images of nature, flowers, animals, fun places and portraits.. If you'd like information about portrait sessions, click on "Portrait Session Fees" above. Please scroll down for my latest blog posts featuring my photos, life stories and adventures. Thanks for visiting my site! ~ Sandy

Jan 26 2012

Edit Me Challenge 2012 Week 4 | Cute Baby Photo

It’s been a while since I’ve done any photo editing challenges.  So I was super excited when I read on a fellow blogger friend’s blog that she had participated in this Edit Me Challenge.  Of course I had to follow her link and see what it was all about and couldn’t pass up a chance to edit this cute little one’s photo!  Thanks Donna for leading me to this blog!  Your edit was great and I enjoyed taking a spin at it as well.

This is the original photo by Ashley Sisk , the BEFORE editing:

What a cutie!

And then with my edits in the AFTER image below:

I use actions in Photoshop to edit images.  I have several different ones but have certain ones that are my favorite, but I got a new computer tower and have not sorted through the actions just yet to put the ones I use the most at the top of my workspace.  So…I had to muddle around for this edit and it gave me the opportunity to use some actions I have not used before.   Anyway, these are the steps that I took to edit this image:

  1. Cropped image
  2. Ran a Shadow Fix action @ 100% then flattened image
  3. Ran Lights On action @ 50% to add a little light, flattened
  4. Added a 65% Pop action
  5. Added 50% Midtone Lift
  6. Added 50% Shadow Boost
  7. Added 70% Color Boost
  8. Added 50% Brighten
  9. Added 25% Clarify
  10. Flattened image again
  11. Ran Little Buttercup action @ 50%, flattened image
  12. Ran a Pro-touch action @ 75% to even out the skin tones plus 50% Eye Bump to brighten the eyes
  13. Final Flatten of image

Now that sweet little face is no longer lost in the shadows.

I enjoyed participating in the challenge and hope to do it again!  I’ve got a Valentine shoot this afternoon that I’m excited about.  Hope to share some of those images in a post tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day!

~Sandy

 

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Jan 20 2012

Family Portraits | Fabulous Fall | Lake Murray, Oklahoma

I didn’t post this photo session back in the fall because these images were for Thanksgiving cards and I didn’t want to spoil it by posting them before the cards were sent out.  And then the holidays happened and well….I’m just now sharing.  I did this session while I was visiting in Oklahoma.  It was a perfect time for family portraits!  Fabulous fall!  The colors of the trees were simply gorgeous and the temperature was cool and crisp. I love taking photos in the fall and  I love these images of Christy, Kelly and their lovable pup Jake!

It was also a slightly overcast day on the morning that I took these photos which, I’ve discovered makes fall colors deeper and richer!  Thanks Christy and Kelly (Jake too) for a really fun session and your Thanksgiving cards were fabulous!

~Sandy

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Jan 17 2012

Valentine Photo Cards | Valentine Portrait Sessions | Weatherford, TX

Did you run out of time over the holidays and didn’t send out any Christmas cards or even New Year’s card?  That’s okay!  Start a new tradition and send out photo Valentine cards!  Mpix.com has some adorable new Valentine cards you can choose for your favorite photo.  Don’t have a current photo you’d like to put on a Valentine?  Contact me.  I’m now offering a special price for Valentine Portrait Sessions in Weatherford.  Price is good now through February 6th.  Sessions times are limited.  Contact me soon if you are interested!

Valentine Portrait Sessions, $35 for a 20 minute session for 1-4 subjects ($10/subject after first 4).  You’ll get 5 hand edited images in color + black & white uploaded to Mpix.com where you can order prints, enlargements AND your photo Valentine cards.  Session does NOT include a photo DVD.  Mpix offers affordable consumer prices for quality prints, enlargements, cards and other products and is the lab that I recommend for your images.  Session fee is for my time in photographing you and editing your images.  Payment is accepted via Paypal to reserve your session date and time.  Session fees are non-refundable.

Contact me by email:  strefger@gmail.com or phone (817)597-6907 or use the contact form above.

~Sandy

Valentine Photo Cards starting at just 42 cents each @ Mpix.com (Click on Photo)

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Dec 28 2011

Merry and Bright | Christmas Tree Photos

Wow!  Christmas came and left in a blur!  I hope each of you had a very enjoyable holiday with friends and family and have now found some time to just relax.  One of my favorite things to photograph during Christmas is decorated trees.  I like to get in close and capture  the sparkle and beauty of each tree.  Here are a few of my favorites from this year.

2011 will soon come to an end as we ring in the new year 2012.  May you have a Happy New Year, stay safe and remember to photograph the memories of your life.

~Sandy

Weatherford, Texas Portrait Photography

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Dec 13 2011

Family Portraits | Feel the Love | On Location Photography

Not only did I get to go on a road trip to Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta in October but I also got to do an amazing family portrait session with Geremy and Nikki and their adorable little daughter while I was there.    Zona is so precious.  Always happy and bubbly.  She was a joy to photograph as were her handsome parents.  These are some of my favorite family images from their session.  You can just feel the love.  No wonder Zona is so happy!  I just adore the photo of Mom & Dad kissing while Miss Zona claps in glee.  And the cute foot image with Zona looking up.  Wonderful!  And I love Nikki’s shoes!

Thanks Geremy and Nikki for allowing me to photograph you and your sweet family.  I’ll have more photos to share of Miss Zona in another post so be sure to check back for that!

By the way, if you don’t live in my area and you’re wanting on location portraits done by me AND I happen to be heading to your neck of the woods on one of my road trips, I’d be thrilled to set up a session for you and the bonus?  No trip charge!!  Feel free to ask me if I’ll be traveling near you in the future.  You never know and it doesn’t hurt to ask!

~Sandy

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