SUMMERANA MAGAZINE | JULY 2019 | THE "BLACK & WHITE" ISSUE
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<strong>SUMMERANA</strong><br />
<strong>MAGAZINE</strong> FOR <strong>THE</strong> CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
<strong>JULY</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
<strong>THE</strong> “<strong>BLACK</strong> & WHITE” <strong>ISSUE</strong><br />
BATTLING<br />
<strong>THE</strong> BURNOUT<br />
FLIGHT LINE MILITARY<br />
HOMECOMING SESSION<br />
STORY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> POSITIVE EFFECTS<br />
OF HANGING PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
IN YOUR HOME<br />
“FACING <strong>THE</strong> IMPOSTER”<br />
<strong>THE</strong> STRUGGLE WITH<br />
IMPOSTER SYNDROME<br />
AS AN ARTIST<br />
B&W PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
TIPS FOR BEGINNERS
<strong>SUMMERANA</strong><br />
<strong>MAGAZINE</strong><br />
CONTENTS<br />
<strong>THE</strong> “<strong>BLACK</strong> & WHITE” <strong>ISSUE</strong><br />
5<br />
ABOUT <strong>THE</strong> COVER ARTIST<br />
ALISHIA POTTER<br />
26<br />
WHAT PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOULD<br />
WEAR DURING A PHOTOSHOOT<br />
8<br />
<strong>THE</strong> POSITIVE EFFECTS OF HANGING<br />
PHOTOGRAPHS IN YOUR HOME<br />
BY CHELSEA HILL<br />
28<br />
FLIGHT LINE MILITARY HOMECOMING<br />
BY VALERIE KAY ABRAHAM<br />
12<br />
HOW TO CREATE AMAZING<br />
<strong>BLACK</strong> & WHITE PHOTOS<br />
IN PHOTOSHOP<br />
17<br />
BATTLING <strong>THE</strong> BURNOUT<br />
BY MIA GRIGGS<br />
22<br />
STYLING INSPIRATION<br />
FOR YOUR NEXT SESSION<br />
38<br />
FEATURED MEMBER OF <strong>THE</strong> MONTH<br />
41<br />
“FACING <strong>THE</strong> IMPOSTER”<br />
<strong>THE</strong> STRUGGLE WITH IMPOSTER SYNDROME<br />
AS AN ARTIST BY NICOLE JEANNE WOOD<br />
24<br />
B&W PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS AND<br />
TRICKS FOR BEGINNERS<br />
BY MONIKA CIOBAN<br />
The Potter’s Hand Photography
<strong>SUMMERANA</strong><br />
<strong>MAGAZINE</strong><br />
FLIGHT LINE MILITARY HOMECOMING<br />
BY VALERIE KAY ABRAHAM<br />
This flight line homecoming for the<br />
Kenny family is one of my absolute favorite<br />
sessions of my entire career. The<br />
images were even featured on the local<br />
news.<br />
As a prior military spouse, I've been<br />
shooting homecomings as long as I've<br />
been a photographer. All of them are<br />
overwhelming with beautiful emotion<br />
and loving connection that really isn't felt<br />
anywhere else.<br />
This was the first time on an Air Force<br />
base. I had no idea what to expect at all,<br />
I just followed the client as she went into<br />
a big hangar. I thought to myself, "a big<br />
dark inside space is typical, this must be<br />
it." She continued walking and then went<br />
out of the hangar doors to the other side.<br />
As I followed out the door, I was overwhelmed<br />
with such awe! It was a huge<br />
flight line, military planes everywhere,<br />
with our beautiful Colorado mountains in<br />
the short distance. We had snow the previous<br />
day with full sun on this day.<br />
So in all the images, you see a beautiful<br />
fog evaporating, making the horizon line<br />
of the ground almost seamless with the<br />
sky. I was completely blown away with<br />
all of the beauty around me, just breathing<br />
in each moment the best I could to try<br />
to experience it all.<br />
If you haven't been to a military homecoming<br />
before, It's mostly just waiting<br />
and waiting with the loved ones full of<br />
nervous energy. I like to make sure I have<br />
my confidence up to keep the conversation<br />
going to try to distract them. I like<br />
playing with the kiddos so they are com<br />
fortable, snapping photos of them as they<br />
wait, rounding out a whole story told<br />
through their gallery.<br />
For this one, we got to watch the plane<br />
land, which was incredible! As they start<br />
to deplane the airmen, the anticipation<br />
and emotion are at an all-time high. It<br />
was for me, even though I've done several<br />
homecomings.<br />
I like to joke that it's great I'm able to<br />
hide behind a camera in case of my own<br />
happy tears. I just wait, having no idea<br />
which one is their airman. I am waiting to<br />
go follow them at a second's notice, setting<br />
my focus point to the center of my<br />
viewfinder for ease. When they go, I<br />
follow as fast as I can, seriously snapping,<br />
focusing, snapping, focusing, etc, etc.<br />
There isn't a second that I want to miss.<br />
After the initial embrace, I stand back<br />
snapping photos as they reunite with<br />
other family members. I typically take<br />
some video clips as well to put together a<br />
film for them. Once all is calm, we take<br />
a few family portraits and that's it!<br />
Military homecomings are an incredible<br />
Military homecomings are an incredible<br />
type of session to be able to do. They are<br />
demanding of your time, they can be any<br />
time of the day or night, but after it all, it<br />
is so worth it to be able to capture these<br />
moments for our amazing military families.<br />
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<strong>SUMMERANA</strong><br />
<strong>MAGAZINE</strong><br />
SAME SESSION<br />
Masquer8 Photography<br />
Edited Using Summerana’s Everyday Essentials<br />
Workflow Actions and Black & White Actions<br />
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<strong>SUMMERANA</strong><br />
<strong>MAGAZINE</strong><br />
DIFFERENT LOOK<br />
Masquer8 Photography<br />
Edited Using Summerana’s Painted Desert Digital<br />
Background, the Everyday Workflow Actions<br />
Collection and the Black & White Action<br />
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