It's been a while since our last posting as not much shooting this winter. Last weekend while we delivered a couple wedding albums, we stopped at Garden In the Woods near Framingham and the gristmill in Sudbury. We've posted a couple here but you can see more at http://cmecu.zenfolio.com/p675605054

An interesting quote from a famous photographer addressing photoshop (version 0.0):

"Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships." ~Ansel Adams

I got up early to get this shot at Roger Williams Park after our first real snow last night.

Coolwater Studios has an offical QR code block.

This is it:

If you have a smart phone or tablet, you can scan this with your camera and, using QR software, it will take  you to our home page.

Some more oil paint rendering to a photo of pergatory chasm.

Is anybody out there? How about saying hi if you are.

Here is another image from our trip to Pergatory Chasam. I love how the roots hold on to the rock like a giants hand. This image has been artistically rendered which you can see if you look closely.

As always, we welcome your feedback and comments and always like to hear the experiences of others in their photographic journies.

Got up early and went down to Roger Williams park and shot as the sun came up. I wasn't disappointed. The sunrise was beautiful and the pond was iced over which added to the unusual reflections and environment.

Did you know that swans sleep in the water even when it freezes over? Talk about cold feet!

Today we went out for a ride to shake off the cabin fever. One of the places we like to go is Wickford RI which is on the bay and is a thriving artist community. This is Steve's favorite shot of the day.

The clouds were just clearing up so it gave them good texture and there was zero wind so the water was like glass. ...the perfect photography situation.

To all our followers,

Have a Great Holiday Season.

From Alissa and Steve

At Coolwater Studios

A recent glamour session we shot with a before and after comparison of what we can do.

We would like to do more work in this area so if you know anyone who would be interested, please pass our information along. We'll post more examples shortly.

Some of the things done: darkened hair, smoothed skin, narrowed face, changed eye color, tanned skin.

It's been a few days since our last blog. Getting ready for the holidays and attending holiday events seems to consume our time more than usual.

Speaking of holiday events... We recently attended a school holiday pagent and Alissa took a picture of this young lady who was playing Mother Mary. Steve loved the shot and couldn't resist helping it out in Photoshop. (Publish permission granted by parents)

Things that were done: Replaced background and candle, worked on facial features and skin, added glow to her dress, changed the color of the head cover. 

Here is the link to our gallery that has the full size image.

http://cmecu.zenfolio.com/p611674623

An image from our photo safari to Plymouth Plantation.

Steve has been to Plymouth several times but never saw the path leading to this beautiful place. It was a wonderful gem to find and a lot of place along the path to take pictures.  

A stone bridge in Roger Williams Park this Fall. I did some artistic rendering on it. You can see it if you zoom in on it. Depending on the level of rendering, it can bring out details better to making it look like an oil painting.

One of our shots from Roger Williams Zoo this fall. Take a look at those lashes.

Another shot from Plymouth Plantation. Hope you like it.

Another shot from Plymouth Plantation

We visited Plymouth Plantation this last weekend and got some interesting shots.

La Salette Shrine

Went to La Salette shrine last night to capture some Christmas lights. La Salette is known for it's Christmas lighting however we found it a bit over the top. Not a lot of unique shots so we made the best of it by experementing with shutter drag with zoom effect.

Washboard Man

Trumpeter

Decided to try artistic rendering of some of the New Orleans pictures. Let us know what you think.
Other ones will follow.

Micro Rose from mom

This is the rose Alissa's mom gave her the other day. Just for you Barb....