{"id":1031,"date":"2018-05-13T23:41:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2018-05-31T22:30:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T12:30:15","slug":"anna-and-the-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/anna-and-the-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna and the Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took several hundred photos, and the majority weren&#8217;t as good as I&#8217;d hoped.  Kudos to Anna, she put up with the itch grass and the bugs and the 4&#215;4 voyeurs who drove by real slow.  <\/p>\n<p>But the sun didn&#8217;t play along and I think we will probably need a few more shoots before we really hit our stride.<\/p>\n<p>The ones we did get though&#8230;  Yow.  I&#8217;m pretty happy.  =D<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-2-1024x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-2-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-2-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-2-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-3-1024x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-3-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-3-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-3-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-4-1024x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-4-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-4-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-4-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-5-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-5-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-5-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-5-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went for a widescreen sort of composition because it really works with the beauty of the background.  These small images just don&#8217;t do the scene justice.  So <a href=\"\/images\/Anna-Sunset-HiRes.jpg\">here&#8217;s a high-res version<\/a> just for you awesome patreons.  ^_^<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a before-and-after of one of these, showing what I started with and where I ended up after editing.  I&#8217;m really happy with the way I brought out the colour and magic of both model and location.<\/p>\n<p>This is the full scene:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-Sunset-FullUnedit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-Sunset-FullUnedit-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-Sunset-FullUnedit-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-Sunset-FullUnedit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-Sunset-FullUnedit-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-Sunset-FullUnedit.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s how the final version changed:<\/p>\n<div id=\"twenty20-1\" class=\"twenty20\" style=\"width: 100% !important; clear: both;\"><div class=\"twentytwenty-container twenty20-1 \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-2.jpg\" alt=\"Before image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-Sunset-Cropnedit.jpg\" alt=\"After image\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a fun shoot.  Working with Anna is tremendously rewarding, but because she&#8217;s uncomfortable in front of the camera it&#8217;s a lot of effort for both of us to get shots where she looks relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>And the weather didn&#8217;t really play along with us.  The cloud cover reduced our golden hour light to about three minutes.<\/p>\n<p>But we persisted, and got some neat drone shots.  Finally, three months after buying a Mavic Air, I used it for the reason I bought it.  <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the spot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NFG_0716.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NFG_0716-1024x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NFG_0716-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NFG_0716-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NFG_0716-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NFG_0716.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the sun hits the grass just right the whole place assumes a magical illumination.  It&#8217;s unfortunate we didn&#8217;t get much of it.<\/p>\n<p>But when it worked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-1-1024x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-1-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-1-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-1-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Anna-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,21,11,2,38],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos","tag-anna","tag-nature","tag-outdoor","tag-patreon","tag-sunset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048,"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions\/1048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nfgphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}