Underground Action Jun 26th | filed in: Pic of the Week

Mat got a lot of face time on the blog last week during our trip to New York.
My wonderful clients need some well deserved blog lovin' too!

Check out Pam & Josh on the subway during our "urban romance" session!

I was SO out of my comfort zone with this.
We weren't on the beach in full sun.
We weren't even on ground level -- we were in the subway for crying out loud!
You can't get me farther away from my norm than that!

But, I'm loving the results, and guessing from the squeely email I got back from Pam,
I'd say she loves them, too!

This is a black & white I shot while we were waiting for the right train:

I used a standard black & white conversion, but I did a lot of dodging on Pam & Josh,
and a lot of burning around everything else.
Mat earned his "assistant pay" during this shoot, too, because he was holding my bag
and Pam's purse right behind me the whole time, and he never complained!
I think he was freakin' thrilled not to BE IN the picture for once!

Then we caught our train, and Mat continued bag-holding duties:

That black & white was created with the Totally Rad Old Skool action.
That action can become easily overused, so I try to not use it a lot,
but I think it really works well on that picture.

This shot was taken while waiting for another train to go by:

I used the Totally Rad "Dereclite" action to give it a retro 60's snapshot vibe.
I think it's the kind of shot the kids & grandkids will see years from now and smile.

Pam told me that Josh was NOT looking forward to me telling him to be romantic in public.
Either he was full of crap or he was a really good sport for Pam, because he sure was great!!

That image got some Kubota "X-process combo" action applied to enhance that gritty urban feel.

I've got more images to show you from my recent post-NYC BEACH sessions,
plus a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT for photographers (especially SoCal photographers!),
so stay tuned! I'll try to get to those posts Thursday night or Friday.
You're not going to want to miss it!

~Carey