My new favorite effect

When I say my new favorite, I don't mean this is new...it's just my favorite effect for now. It's called the soft focus effect. It's relatively simple, although I don't think I'll be doing it to every image in a wedding just yet ;) It basically involves duplicating the image layer and blurring it, then either making it an overlay or changing the opacity to 50% (below are examples of each technique.) Nice huh?

Here I am...

Well it's Tuesday morning, 11 am and I am still in my PJs. It's official, April Wise is now technically self-employed and working full-time from home.

So what do I do with this abundance of "free" time you might ask? So far, in the past week and a half, I have worked two weddings and managed to keep myself quite busy with catch up work. It's amazing how much admin work goes into a photography business...sheesh, I just want to make pretty pictures!

Anyways, this blog has been a project I've been trying to get off the ground for several months. So rejoice with me..."it's alive."