No, you’re not seeing things. These three images are all the same, but with different editing. The beach shoot with Jessica included this wooden pier off the boardwalk around Foz do Douro — a typically unbusy spot, even in the summertime. Probably because it’s also typically gusty, which for our purposes makes a natural wind machine that gives great motion for photography. A performer like Beyoncé has to carry motorized ones with her on tour, to make her look like she’s in a perpetual shampoo commercial. (And sometimes those machines try to eat her.)
Anyway, I posted three versions of this one photo because I couldn’t make up my mind which one to show. When it comes to editing, photographers favour a speedy work flow and I’m no different. But since this is my blog, I’m showing several versions to illustrate how a single image can carry several different moods based on color (or lack of it). There’s even some cross-processing in the one above, and I haven’t cross-processed any photos in years (mostly because it was a fad).
It’s just nice to experiment once in a while by showing the different versions and letting people make up their own minds which one they prefer. The answers always surprise me. If you have a preference, let me know in the comments.
August 8, 2015
Album: Portugal [Summer 2015]
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