Toledo Ballet
Last summer, Miss M finally got her wish to attend ballet class. After researching a few of the local studios, we decided on enrolling her at ย Toledo Ballet. They are an established school in the area and give back to the community. They also put on The Nutcracker every year. A must see if you are in the area! ย At her first class, she happened to be the only student. I knew this would be a great chance to document her excitement.
Before & After
I admit sometimes when Iโm shooting in public, I donโt always take the time to make sure my settings are correct. This before and after is a great example of that. I really should of taken the time to get it right in camera because I made so much more work for myself by not doing that! Both my white balance and exposure are off. I had to do a lot in post processing to correct those mistakes. After opening in ACR, I adjusted my exposure and set my white balance to auto. The color looked much better but still needed a little tweaking. In photoshop, I checked my cmky colors on a bright midtone. I created a color balance layer and adjusted the yellow/blue slider and magenta/green slider. Then I cropped using the rule of thirds and expanded the edge of the right side of the frame. I also used the patch and clone tool to edit out the speaker. To finish the image, I added just a touch of ย peachy haze.
Settings
f 3.5;ss 1/650; iso 2000
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