Portrait Special Effects

I am having so much fun with evening shoots

and backlighting and wanted to share a technique you may

want to try with your portraits.

I really like how dreamy the photos turned out

of Kirstie and Brittany.

Backlighting makes the portraits soft and ethereal

like Brittany below:

I am also loving my hair flowers and vintage clothing

from the thrift shops.

This portrait of Kirstie turned out amazing

with the sun illuminating her long hair.

In earlier blog posts

like this I shared a technique for adding bokeh

backgrounds to portraits.

I used them over a white studio background.

But after seeing outdoor portraits of Kirstie and Brittany, I tried

adding the bokeh here to create an even dreamier atmosphere.

I thought they turned out NEAT...a new twist,

so I tried it with more photos in the bunch.

I also had a fun portrait shoot with four year old Ella.

It's daisy time and I was thrilled to photograph a little girl in

the wild daisies that grow near us.

I thought the bokeh technique would work for

Ella's portraits, too.

You can find various heart bokeh online.

or use my own free bokeh

here.

Have fun with this!

For more fun with photography check out:

Aslhey Sisk & Sarah Halstead's Tutorial Tuesday

Jaymi's Tuesday Tips and Pics

Kent Weakley's Sweet Shot Tuesday