We did senior Portraits up at Las Sendas in northeast Mesa this morning. You wouldn't expect it in Arizona, but it was freezing cold up there. I think it was mostly the wind, which also played havoc with my umbrella and lighting. Thanks, for the good catches, Nick.

We were going for a slightly different look on these senior portraits - a sort of homage to Dave Hill.

Info: f7 @ 1/200
Sun behind subject @ 11:30
Vivitar 285, 1/4 power into umbrella camera left @ 5:00
Vivitar 283, 1/8 power camera right @ 2:30

Processing: I darkened the edges slightly and desaturated them. I also created a duplicate layer, which I cranked up the contrast to 100% on. I then dragged that layer's opacity down to about 20% to get the slightly desaturated yet contrasty look. I know it's not perfect, and I'm never satisfied with anything that I do, so I certainly look forward to trying to perfect this technique as just another interesting look for senior portraits.