Not your typical Super Bowl photography
Just because I won’t be on the sidelines of this year’s XLIV Super Bowl in Florida doesn’t mean I can’t send some love out to the New Orleans Saints. My mom’s side of the family has always lived in south Louisiana so if there’s any one team I have an allegiance to, it’s the Saints.
On that note, I thought I’d share a photograph that I took which reminds me of New Orleans every time I look at it. This was taken early in the morning in downtown Memphis about 2 months ago. The building has New Orleans inspired architecture and, I like how the shadow from the light falls across the wall and allows you to see the detail of the scroll work while looking straight at the lamp.
I used Lightroom to crop and convert the image to black and white and I made some adjustments to the tonal curve to brighten the door and pull some detail out of the shadows. I also boosted the red primary, under “Camera Calibration” in the develop module, to darken the wall. Finally, I sharpened the image and added a slight post-crop vignette. I never could have done this in a chemical dark room.
Although it will be a close game, I think the Saints have what it takes to take down the Colts. We’ll be rooting for you in this house - Go Saints!
