Jim Pearson Photography

This weeks portrait is of veteran Tony Gains of Henderson, Ky who was standing at parade rest waiting at the funeral of Spc. David Taylor of Dixon in Henderson. He was just one of several hundred that lined the street waiting for the funeral procession. Taylor was killed supporting ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on March 29.

Camera: NIkon D700
Lens: Nikon 18mm f/2.8
Exposure: Matrix Metering, 1/800 @f/14
File Type: Raw
ISO: 800

Post Processing
Post processing was done with Photoshop CS5 using adjustment levels and some slight cropping.

Filters Applied
Topaz Adjust, Photo Pop

Well, I’ve decided that I’m changing my year long portrait series to a weekly portrait upload instead of daily. My schedule and has been keeping me too busy and I feel that I’m not getting anything out of the portraits that I rush to shoot on a daily basis so my goal is to now publish one a week. Now, with that being said, it doesn’t mean if I come up with more than one that I like during the week that I might not throw another one or two into the mix.

The other reason is I want to take time to talk about some of the other pictures that I shoot as well as do more posts about the different apps and processes I use to achieve some of the results I get with my pictures. So, stay tuned… and keep clicking!

Camera: iPhone 4S Camera
Lens: no data
Exposure: no data
File Type: jpg

Post Processing
Post processing was done with the iPhone app Shakeitphoto.

Filters Applied
None

Today’s portrait is of my great-great nephew Xavier. He was sitting my sister’s lap just having a good time doing what kids his age do. Was fascinated by my iPhone already.

Camera: iPhone 4S Camera
Lens: no data
Exposure: no data
File Type: jpg

Post Processing
All post processing was done with the iPhone app called Shakeitphoto.

Filters Applied
None

Sherman is the fourth cat in my home. He’s the skiddish one that runs and hides when someone drops by for a visit and then comes out after a few minutes to see who it is. He also hides around corners and behind stuff to pounce on the other cats, which usually causes a screaming fit. Of course the other cats then sneak up on him and do the same thing. Just like kids…

Also, can’t say when he lost one of his K9 teeth as I’ve never noticed it till he let out this big yawn tonight.

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.4
Exposure: Matrix Metering, 1/320, f/2.2with an ISO of 4,000, File Type: Nikon RAW

Post Processing
Photo was processed in Photoshop CS5 where I cropped the photo and toned down the shadows slightly.

Filters Applied
Topaz Adjust, Photo Pop