![\"hawaii](\"http:\/\/www.kevinlubera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/hawaii_wedding_photographer.jpg\")
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Aloha Friday, everyone!<\/p>\n
I’m going to start an informal series of images along with the stories behind them and how they were created. I hope you all like this idea. If you do, please comment below so that I know that there’s interest.<\/p>\n
This post is a personal one, taken very recently.<\/p>\n
Loretta and I are both relatively new to Oahu, even though I was born and raised in Hawaii and lived on Oahu for 2 years some time ago. Consequently, we make it a point to do some exploring to new areas on a regular basis. She is totally infatuated with palm trees of all sorts, and here in Hawaii we have plenty.<\/p>\n
As we drove by this lineup of trees, I immediately envisioned this composition. The mid-afternoon sun combined with the clouds and the backlit trees made for a dramatic scene. I initially thought of just returning at sunset (which we did as well), but as I suspected, this time was more effective in capturing what I could see possible.<\/p>\n
Since Loretta loves these trees so much, I wanted to have her in the shot. I asked her to walk up to the trees and run to the right, where I would capture her in the largest gap. I also showed her how to run, because there’s no way for me to communicate with her at this distance, and I didn’t want to call her on her phone. In any case, it’s usually — if not always — more effective to demonstrate to your subjects instead of communicating verbally.<\/p>\n
While the original capture in color was great, I felt like the image could be stronger if the colors were less distracting. After a little split-toning and some contrast adjustments, I achieved the look that I wanted. The good thing is that Loretta likes it, too. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
If you have comments, let me know what you think by commenting below.<\/p>\n
Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy Aloha Friday, everyone! I’m going to start an informal series of images along with the stories behind them and how they were created. I hope you all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[249,40,46,250,251,252],"class_list":["post-2166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-coconut-trees","tag-hawaii","tag-oahu","tag-palm-trees","tag-split-toning","tag-story-behind-the-shot"],"yoast_head":"\n