I tried editing this picture at least 10 different ways before settling on what you see below. Cyrus was heading to bed so I decided to get a photo of him in his dinosaur-themed room on his loft bed wearing his dinosaur pajamas. I really struggled with the lighting, partly because his walls are predominantly orange and his ceiling light is dim and yellow (not until I'm typing this now did it occur to me to use a speed light >.< doh!). One of my other pet-peeves for my photography is splotchy/uneven light on my subject's face, and that was the case with each of my pictures of him! That and there was just too much color and busyness and yellow in the original, and the black and white and the sepia just weren't doing it for me. I know this picture doesn't "pop" (though I do like the contrast of his pjs against the rest) but I just liked the softer, more muted colors and tones, that and I felt it created a mood more suitable to bedtime.
Nikon D5100 - ISO 640, s/s 1/20, f/2.5
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