![]() Unlike a different portrait of Acacia keen-eyed readers may have noticed in one of my previous articles, this one’s not an already-perfectly-black-and-white Ilford HP5 Plus negative. It was a lovely evening, and lovely company to be in. Whether you like the given portrait or find it exceedingly average, the experience is beyond all that. This is the part to savor, not the visual proof, the byproduct of simple human interaction. ![]() The best part of this process we call taking portraits is everything that happens before the click and after the camera is cozy in its bag again. This portrait was taken as we met for the second time when I took her on a promised trip to a nearby forest. I find her beautiful, most of all because, after being betrayed by her loved one, stabbed, shot, imprisoned and tortured, there is little bitterness to be found in her words. Along with that, she is an immensely lovely old woman with a brilliantly sharp mind and memory. She is a 94-year-old ex-partisan and exile survivor from my hometown, known better here by her codename, Acacia. The lady’s name is Ona (or Anna, if you will). The curious and geeky among you may wonder about the context behind this unusually-composed photograph, and I will gladly satisfy said curiosity and geekiness. My words are always my own, so take that for what it’s worth. Having said that, the article has not been dictated by the company in the slightest, not even the task itself. This is refreshing.Īn important disclaimer: As has been stated on numerous occasions (so many times, in fact, that you may have learned this paragraph by heart) the license for this copy of ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate has been provided by ACD Systems. Mainly the Develop mode, or however much of it we might need for a black and white portrait of an immensely charming lady. In fact, we’ll only be touching on a small part of the Photo Studio package. So, this time, no ratings, no color labels, keywords, or metadata. Now that we’ve poked around ACD System’s most capable software – having worked out a decent Photo Studio Ultimate workflow, as well as ways to make migration as easy as it can be – I think it may be time to actually use it.Īfter all, photography is the whole point, right? And, as much as we may sometimes dislike this fact, post-processing is very much part of it.
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