Jessica Shepard Photography

Portland Oregon Wedding Photographer

About Me

I just love what I do. I first discovered photography almost 20 years ago, with a film SLR and my high school dark room. I went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in art and photography. During college, I swore to a friend I would always shoot film. Four years ago, I switched to Nikon digital gear.

For the past five years I have been photographing professionally, going full-time in early 2008. I photograph weddings, babies, families, and pregnancy. When I am not photographing for a client, I am often capturing my toddler, or taking landscapes as we explore the northwest.

I have an amazing energetic little girl, a darling hubby, and two cats. We live in the suburbs, just outside Portland. I'm a bit of a geek and can often be found behind my computer. I love nature, especially the beach, but also have an inner Jersey girl in me that comes out in odd ways.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Child Photography and Photoshop

Posted in Families, Photography, Photoshop, Portraits

I am almost done editing Jenni’s family portraits. I posted this photo earlier with just basic post-processing. It’s my favorite photograph of her older son so I thought I’d play around with it a little more, especially since I just got my new copy of Photoshop CS4.

I love processing children’s portraits because they are completely open to creativity. In this photo I used one of my black and white actions first but it wasn’t quite right. I decided it needed warmth so I added a warm honey action on top. I had never before used this on a black and white image, and it’s first results were bizarre. With a little tweaking, I got this just slightly tinted image.