This is Elizabeth. She came to me for RUSH pictures. i asked her if she would be willing to let me play around with her hair for the blog. She said she would (YIPPPEEEE!!!) the first shot, the one with her in the lavender/white shirt, was what she was wearing when she got here. i asked her, before i got a close look, “what color are your eyes?” “they used to be brown, but they’ve gotten lighter…” i look & told her she has TIGER EYES. She had never heard of that before. I told her the color is rare AND DAMN, i was so excited to have her.
when i am shooting someone for my blog, i always ask for them to try & chose a solid shirt/dress. To bring out the orange/yellow of Elizabeth’s eyes the color she needed was/is blue (luckily, my daughter was the same size). when the photograph is viewed (see above, 1st image), a printed shirt tends to direct our eyes toward the shirt & it is as though the face is somehow…lost. Elizabeth wears her hair parted on one side. the images of her in blue were taken for this blog post. I parted her hair on the opposite side, which softened her face, it also changed the focal point of her face…instead of her forehead & smile, the eyes became the focal point. the eyes, in photography, are the most important feature to capture…amazingly, the blue also appears to bring out the golden highlights in her hair as well.
i’ve been doing portraits of people since i was in high school. when i was 25, i went to cosmetology school, i thought it would help with portraits. i think it helped my photography a great deal. I don’t ask everyone if i can play with their hair (some people would think i was nuts)…only the young ones. i also ask if i can edit their make up or put in a natural arch in their brows, if they haven’t ever done that before. She said yes to everything. Lucky me
This is Elizabeth, the girl with the tiger eyes. ~amy
These photos are awesome – what a beautiful young lady. You really have a talent for bringing out the best in people, Amy.
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Thank you, Reggie. I think my enthusiasm rubs off & we have fun. an adult version of dress up. ~amy
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Great job Amy. I bet that she was pleased.
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Thank you, Gretchen! She said she was, when she picked up the rest of the images yesterday. I was lucky to have her, those eyes are incredible! ~amy
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You’re right about the change in color bringing out the red tones in her hair and making her eyes stand out. Very pretty!
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Elizabeth was so beautiful, but i’ve never seen such an obvious change in eyes & hair as i did with her. Thank you, Jan! ~amy
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The color wheel applies to photography as well. There are so many ways we can look just by changing what we wear. To bring out any eye color, just wear the opposite color shirt–solid shirt. She was an amazing woman & i’m very grateful for her letting me have my way. :)~amy
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Isn’t it amazing? The color wheel is VERY helpful to me with portrait photography. I am not your average photographer because i went to cosmetology school & i’m an artist…so people can be my canvas & i am so grateful for anyone letting me play with them. Thanks for the comment! ~amy
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Thanks for explaining what you did. It made an amazing difference on an already pretty young woman.
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Thank you for thanking me! I’ve never shown the ‘before’ first, at least on the blog. But the difference was immediate. Dark blue made her light brown eyes turn gold. My favorite thing to do is to make someone feel stunningly beautiful, simply by changing hair or having them wear the opposite color to their eyes. ~amy
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wow, lovely girl and your photographs are awesome!
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Thank you so much! She was so much fun to play with, she became pretty comfortable at being photographed, that is the hardest for most! ~amy
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well, you did a great job getting her comfy with the process. AND the photos 🙂
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She’s got the eye of a tiger … Reminds me of katy perry’s song
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She asked me what having tiger eyes meant, i told her that i mean those eyes are called tiger eyes. Pretty lucky girl. They are rare! ~amy
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