About Naomi Figueroa Photography

Traveling. Farmer‘s markets. Changing of seasons. Latin America. Cooking. The color blue (definitely not pink). Maine. Fresh fruits and veggies. Photography. Big dogs (if you‘re going to be a dog, be a DOG). Writing. The smell of pine trees. Jesus. Teenagers. Speaking Spanish (or trying, at least). Learning. Fair trade coffee. Dancing salsa with my husband. Nature. Family.

Just a few snippets of my life, but it all comes out in my photography because it is part of who I am. The why of everything I do is to bring glory to God. He is the ultimate Creative and the reason that we have this wonderful gift of being able to create, whether our medium is art or language or technology or music.

I‘m so glad you stopped by my blogsite. I hope you‘ll enjoy exploring a bit. Leave some love in the comments, or send me a note on the contact page! :D

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Senior Portraits | Jacqui

Monday, November 1st, 2010

“Jacqui, you know this just means I’m going to have to be stealth when I try to take your pictures,” I would say. “I consider this a challenge.” And Jacqui would just laugh knowingly, but I’m sure she always kept a keen eye out for me and my camera gear at church functions.  See, I’ve known Jacqui and her family for a few years now at church, and for the life of me, I don’t think I’ve been able to snag one picture of this beautiful girl where she wasn’t turning her head or telling me not to take her picture. So, when Jacqui’s mom asked me about doing her senior pictures, I was more excited than normal for a photo shoot.

Jacqui is an amazingly talented singer, and she has a very sweet, easy-going spirit. I hope you can see why I absolutely adored this session!

I don’t know…I think she may have a mischievous side! :)

Jacqui, thank you for humoring me for a couple of hours! And, I think, you may have even enjoyed it. But your secret is safe with me….;)

Over the River and…

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Climbing the trail, sticks breaking under my feet. Jumping into the pool of icy water. Sliding down the rocks. Jumping off the cliff into a deep pool of water. Standing beneath the falling water. Drying out on the warm boulders under the mild summer sun of Maine.

I’ll take waterfalls tucked away in the mountains and surrounded by woods over a beach any day. ;)

Photo Challenge: Shooting Manually 2

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

So…these aren’t the most amazing, intriguing, stunning shots I’ve ever taken. BUT, they meet the requirements of my challenge to myself to take shots in manual mode in an effort to learn about light. What I’ve learned so far is that the images don’t look as bright once I get them onto my computer. I find myself bumping the exposure up on almost all of them, maybe about a half a stop. A little tidbit to keep in my back pocket.

I promise, dear internet readers, to have some photos of actual PEOPLE up very soon! I do consider photos of animals to be portraits, too…but there’s something a little more satisfying about calling photos “portraits” when they are actually of human beings.

The exposure was f/5.6 and 1/50, ISO 200. Shot around 4:00 PM in the winter (sunset time 5:00). The sun was beginning to dip below the tree line. In the edit, I bumped the exposure up a little over half a stop, warmed the white balance up slightly, and bumped the contrast and clarity up.

The exposure was f/3.2 and 1/250, ISO 200. Same time as above. I couldn’t help myself on this edit! It was just calling out for more contrast in B&W! I didn’t change it to grayscale, but I took the vibrance all the way down, then I played with the highlights, darks, and shadows. I also bumped up the exposure, contrast, and clarity.

Exposure was f/8 and 1/80, ISO 200. And this one is straight out of camera, aside from a small boost in clarity! Love it!

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