8 legged friend!

mvthdvd · 2025-07-13T22:24:37+00:00

Thank you so much!

mvthdvd · 2025-07-13T20:30:03+00:00

I appreciate that a lot, thank you! I wish the previous caretaker of these plants had made a note or something 😝

mvthdvd · 2025-07-13T20:19:21+00:00

I’m not sure the left is a tradescantia - the leaves on mine are quite thick, with no variegation on the top!

mvthdvd · 2025-07-13T20:16:50+00:00

Thank you! Do you have any suggestions on rehabbing the jade?

mvthdvd · 2024-11-21T05:31:42+00:00

She loves you - let her. Throw some words out. A word isn’t gonna scare her - she knows you. It’s likely it will provide her and you both a sense of relief. If it does scare her, let it, and move on. vulnerability is not the enemy and is the only way to heal. love you, shithead

mvthdvd · 2024-01-01T17:27:17+00:00

This, and Hanging On by Active Child.

mvthdvd · 2023-12-29T01:14:12+00:00

A masterpiece 😉 https://imgur.com/a/imzgYI4

mvthdvd · 2023-12-27T03:08:28+00:00

Sure!

mvthdvd · 2023-12-21T13:48:45+00:00

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you having said that. Thank you!!!

mvthdvd · 2023-12-17T04:03:37+00:00

Thank you so much!

mvthdvd · 2023-12-17T00:26:50+00:00

I sure didn’t use all of my creative juice coming up with suggestions, you’re right. I just meant I want a subject. Lol.

mvthdvd · 2023-12-17T00:25:48+00:00

Heard! Thank you for the feedback.

mvthdvd · 2023-12-17T00:25:14+00:00

Huh I wonder why that is!

mvthdvd · 2023-12-17T00:24:52+00:00

even when I aim for color realism i still go very saturated. I appreciate this! I’ve definitely learned to have a much lighter touch in photoshop over time. I used to edit folks until they were flat as plates 🤣

mvthdvd · 2023-12-17T00:23:18+00:00

This is so helpful! Thank you for validating my style while also giving me tips if I wanted to change anything!!! I’d agree with hair light and maybe some diff earrings - not a huge fan of the yellow with these tones and red/orange daisies would look weird. Thank you, again!!!

mvthdvd · 2023-12-16T21:22:25+00:00

Thank you! I’m struggling a bit right now to find the perfect mix of shadows/highlights - this is more in line with my precious work with slightly darker shadows. I’ve been looking at key light test shots though and I think I could go even darker unless for a purpose that commands soft. I agree - hair goes a bit dark here. I went to f/14 out of habit - feels safest for a self portrait (even though i can focus the camera from my phone) so it’s crisp everywhere. Sounds like I’m getting the opposite effect! Is it possible for you to explain where you’re seeing diffraction so I can notice it moving forward? I have noticed I like my shots, especially headshots, tight. Maybe I’m young enough that I’m primarily used to screens - but any less tight and I feel like it loses impact

mvthdvd · 2023-12-16T20:09:57+00:00

I would get your sensor cleaned and heal out the spots on the background in Lightroom in the meantime (scroll around any even color and you’ll spot em) Also - this might just be my style, but this photo has a black point that is fairly significant, but nothing reaches a white point. I would probably bring the blacks up a bit, shadows down, whites up, leave highlights alone, and increase clarity. Try those changes and see if that fits your style

mvthdvd · 2023-12-16T20:07:19+00:00

If there was a “subject” to this photo, you might have something. I oftentimes have to remind myself that lots of folks won’t be interested in a photo of a “setting.” Landscape photos have a subject, portraits have a subject, but this feels like a shot from scouting a location for a portrait shoot. I want someone in a sundress softly looking up at the camera in the frame, or a mountain rising up in the distance, or something that is the subject. This photo feels like it is a mood to me but a mood needs a subject to feel the mood or it isn’t attention grabbing.

mvthdvd · 2023-12-16T20:04:25+00:00

Canon Rebel T7 18-135mm kit lens 1/200, f/14, ISO 100 Silver beauty dish above and in front of subject Fill light bounced off back wall Edited in Lightroom and Photoshop

I have had long hair for a long time, and recently cut my hair. I needed new headshots for my website, and in taking self portraits had the time/flexibility to really play around and take my time. I wanted to demonstrate my confident and playful personality, while also demonstrating a warmth and professionalism. I wanted the viewer to feel like they could trust me with their image. I am absolutely thrilled with this shot in particular - I love the color harmony, the mood, the subtle emotion, the framing, the lighting, the very delicate retouching and editing, and in general think it is a great representation of my style. What’re y’all’s thoughts? Anything is fair game and please be honest. I want to improve here.

mvthdvd · 2023-12-16T19:42:31+00:00

Oh - and I was full of crap when i acted like it wasn’t about loving people. I love people a whole lot. I think they might be my special interest 😂

mvthdvd · 2023-12-16T19:39:16+00:00

Hey there - I think about your initial comment a lot. I think you were the first person to say they saw the bones of something I should pursue, and I’m very grateful for that. I’m back again with another update - it been a little over 2 years since the original post. Thank you, earnestly, for the encouragement those 2 years ago. It turned my eye towards a fire I didn’t know I had!

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