I did a family shoot with the Siegel family about a year ago. I got a call from the mother, Parise, and she wanted a shot of her kids each holding something important to them – it turned out to be a Sea Star (I was very happy about this considering I taught marine biology for 8 years). FYI, we call them Sea Stars now, Starfish is being phased out since it is not really a fish. Oh, and Sea Jellies is now phasing out the term jellyfish for the same reason.). Here is the kicker. She was thinking she wanted everything to be in Black and White and the Sea Star in color. (I immediately thought of all of those black and white photos of the little girls holding the roses that were in color – not really my style). I told her that wasn’t my style and I recommended we could get the shot without having to colorize. Well, we got some great shots, and while I was working with them in post, I thought it would be fun to give it a shot “colorizing” one. It isn’t your typical colorization, and I couldn’t believe how great it looked. I was amazed. I don’t know if I will be doing much colorization in the future, but these will remain as some of my favorites.
(If you live in the Vancouver area, be sure to check out Siegels Bagels here in Vancouver. Parise owns the company. If you want a great bagel, I highly recommend a visit to one of their stores located in Kitsilano and on Granville Island – the bagels are good enough to remind me of the bagels back home in New York – and that is not an easy feat to accomplish).
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