Subject: Leeloo, Fremen Baby
It was a close call, but I finished this weeks project! A bit of a early-week cold and an upcoming move certainly occupied a lot of my time, but in the end I completed the project! For my week 3 project, I wanted to use some portrait photographs that I recently took of our friend's baby's first birthday party. I tried to use a few different techniques in these photos, both during the shoot and post-production to give them an interesting look.
All-in-all, for my first attempt at any sort of portrait shooting, I'm very pleased with the outcome. Two of the post-production techniques I used for some of the photos include: duo-toning (with a "Warm Gray" filter effect) and tri-toning (as a sepia effect). Two of the photos I left unaltered, because of how well they show off the blue of her eyes.
In regards to her amazing blue eyes, the name of this project "Leeloo, Fremen Baby" is a tweak on a "geek joke"; Fremen are the group of characters from the Dune book series (by Frank Herbert) who live on the planet Arrakis and due to their constant consumption of "Spice", all of their eye's have turned "blue-in-blue". Leeloo clearly has a lot of Spice with her Cheerios.
Enjoy!
Note: a larger version of these photos will be viewable on the www.anttree.org website within the next few days.
