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December Challenge: Day 14 - The Auers

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By Brian Auer • December 15th, 2007

The Auer Family

Well, this is us — the whole family. We needed a Christmas photo, and we finally found the time to get together and do this. From left to right we have Brian, Rex, Bailey, and Candice. This was taken down at the south end of Torrey Pines State Beach right during that 10 minute window of decent light at sunset. I had to drag that stupid log down from the top of the beach because I forgot the blanket we were planning to sit on. And the flag was the doing of my children — they insisted it be in the picture.

I desaturated this photo because the full color image was a bit too much with the warm evening sun bouncing off the sand cliffs — way too much brown and orange that contrasted in a bad way with our colorful sweaters. So I converted to black and white and decreased the opacity of the adjustment layer to about 80%.

I hope you like it — Merry Christmas!

To see the rest of my December Challenge photos, check the “Challenge” category here on the blog or visit my Flickr Set.

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Brian Auer is a photography enthusiast from San Diego, California. He's also the guy behind the Epic Edits Weblog. As a hobbyist photographer since 2003, his passion has been to constantly improve his photography skill set, to share his own knowledge with others, and to become an integral part of the photographic community.
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This entry was posted on Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 12:19 am and is filed under Challenges. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

7 Responses »

  1. Trevor Carpenter on December 15th, 2007 at 2:44 am:

    Nice job. Great choice for the color adjustment, and you all look great. I’m sure your family & friends back in Jersey are envious of the nice Christmas we’re going to have.

  2. Antoine Khater on December 15th, 2007 at 3:17 am:

    We like it ??? you are kidding it is priceless I do like the muted colors it works well

    By the way the weather looks pretty nice where you are
    I wish you and your family a safe and warm Christmas

  3. Charlie on December 15th, 2007 at 10:15 am:

    I like the Photoshop work - it adds a lot to the picture.
    I also think it’s better that you forgot the blanket - the driftwood is a nice touch and really ties all of you to the surroundings.

  4. Brian Auer on December 15th, 2007 at 1:49 pm:

    Yeah, I’m actually glad that I forgot the blanket — but that sucker was heavy! Dragging it back UP the beach was even more of a pain in the butt.

  5. candice on December 17th, 2007 at 8:19 pm:

    aren’t you glad i forced you to get the log?!

  6. Brian Auer on December 17th, 2007 at 9:18 pm:

    Yes dear… I am.

  7. YESENIA on January 9th, 2008 at 2:34 am:

    HA! THATS MY FLAG!! BAYLLLLLLLLY TOOK IT!! SHE CAN HAVE IT.

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