Serenata Photography

It's a fact - Hestefotograf.com is moving abroad. Me and my boyfriend have been thinking about it for a while, and now the decision has been made - We're moving to Portugal! The one way ticket is dated 29th of August and we'll be staying in Lisboa for a year. I can't wait :D Miguel Da Fonseca (World Champion in Working Equitation) and his horse Zaxixe. We had a wonderful photo session at the beach during the sunset. So - what am I going to do in Portugal?! That's the best par

As promised, I'm giving you a before-and-after feature of Shanti the pony :) The process is a bit different from the one with Sol (see my previous blog). It's very often hard to find beautiful backgrounds like these where the horse can stand free, without a halter/bridle or a lead rope. So she's wearing a bridle, but let's meet half way and remove the lead rope :) We also have to do something about the low contrast and the dull colors: This is what the original photo looks li

Yesterday I asked you on Facebook and Instagram to choose (from 5) which photo you wanted me to explain the retouching process of. And the photo with the most votes was the golden hour shot of P.R.E stallion Sol :) It's funny actually, because this is out of the 5 featured photos - the least edited! Allthough, it's not completely natural.. I will take you through the steps explaining to you what I've done, and as I bonus I will do the same with the second most voted photo - t