MSBUNN.COM [your photographer.]

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Dude, I only posted about MySpace, like, once! But, it’s the biggest word on here???

Actually, I think it just pulls from the first page. Lame! Dude ←← I use this word most!

This is fun to do; just visit www.wordle.net to create your own set of commonly used words on your website.

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{Click on image to view website.}

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OMG, I cannot believe I’m admitting this …

Yes, it’s true … I’m back on MySpace. Eeks!!! Oh, the horror! You see, I joined MySpace back in 2003 after leaving Asian Avenue (haha!) and that was when it was still a pretty new community website. Then everyone and their mothers hopped on board. I found so many old friends that I had not seen in years. It was fun. But, after awhile it became like any other community website, boring. And, it took up so much of my time. Nowadays, I rarely have time for my own family let alone time to surf the web. So, I (formerly “/missbunn”) left MySpace in summer of 2007.

When I’m online, I’m actually reading other photographers’ blogs — yes, I do read what they write! So, when I discovered that one of the many [and very successful] photographers I follow has a MySpace page I checked it out. Then I found all these other photographers that I admire on MySpace, too. Whoa! Where have I been all this time?! And, why would they bother with MySpace? They don’t have time. Ah, I get it: NETWORKING. *ding, ding, ding*

So, I’m back … I’m not sure for how long, but we’ll see! No, my page is not “pimped out” yet, but I’m sure I’ll get to doing something with it before the year is over. Remember, I stalk my own blog more than anyone I know! haha!!!

I also have FaceBook, too. Got FaceBook? HOLLA!!!

|MsB| MySpace-head

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{Click on image to view my page.}

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I automatically retouch each and every image per set before delivering the final products to my clients. I never release negatives; I did that once when I first started out and it just bit me so I don’t do that anymore. I still do wonder why some photographers charge extra — on top of their sitting fee — to retouch portraits and such when, IMO, I would want to hire a professional photographer because I want blemish-free professional pictures. That’s why it’s important to me, as a customer and a photographer, to retouch all my images without overly doing it; and, editing time is already included into my sitting fee. No extra charge.

I think it’s misunderstood exactly how much time I put into each image. The unedited image below has blemishes that includes dark circles and bags under her eyes, also her eyes are very dull; she’s got an uneven complexion, and the overall image needs more color contrasting and sharpening. This one photo alone took me almost 30 minutes to edit; I edited 28 images total for this set. No, it’s not because I’m slow in Photoshop, it’s because I try editing without making it too obvious what has been done to the subject. Sure, blur out the subject’s uneven complexion, but that just flattens the face. (What happened to her cheekbones and why is her nose so flat?!) Conclusively, I want it to still look like the person, not a store mannequin.

Guest Photographer: Derrick Bautista
|MsB| Portland Portrait Photographer

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BEFORE & AFTER

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I don’t know how to do this (below) because, at the end of the day,
I’m just a photographer, not a Photoshop guru aka miracle worker.