Friday, April 22, 2011

Portrait: Michael Reno Harrell

Yes, I am still alive. Busy, but very much alive.

Enjoyed the music and stories of North Carolina's Michael Reno Harrell last night at European Street (San Marco) in Jacksonville last night. Great songwriter. Excellent photography subject. Interesting dude...



Al of these were shot with my Nikon D700 using the SIgma 150mm f/2.8 lens, available light only at ISO 5000... the one above was processed in Lightroom adding a slight bottom to top brightness gradient. The one immediately below was converted to B&W in Lightroom, then processed using Topaz Adjust with the Portrait Smooth pre-set.


The las one below was converted to monochrome in Lightroom. The contrasty effect of MRH's silver hair and the dark background (actually a street-facing window) was striking...


Until next time -- maybe six weeks, maybe less...