My sister-in-law had asked me a few weeks earlier for a black and white shot of me holding my baby belly. She wanted this for shower invites. I waited until the evening before we were heading out of town. At about 10:00 PM I put a dark blanket over the door and turned on all the lights. I also placed a reading light in front of me shining on my stomach.
I had my new 50mm lens on the camera and had my husband snap several shots. I decided to go with the one below:
I took the photo and went into Lightroom 3 Beta and tried to convert it into black and white. I didn't like the preset settings but then again I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I spent a hour or two playing around with the settings to come up with the photo below:
When I view the photo in Lightroom it is bright. But when I view it in this blog or anywhere else it looks dark and dull. I cropped it to get rid of the lighter wall on the right. It will have to do for now.
I went back into Lightroom tonight to try and play around with it some more and it just looks worse.
Note to self: Check out Lightroom tutorials and next time take the ponytail holder off your hand.
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