I discovered an interesting way to make eyes pop in a photo by using the high pass filter in photoshop. Instead of sharpening eyes alone, I tried using the high pass filter with a layer mask and just using the brush to paint the filter to to the eyes alone. I am sure someone else figured this out but I was actually quite pleased with the results. Its a simple technique you can use that takes about 30 seconds to do.
Yesterday I went down to Scripps Pier to take more shots of the pier at Sunset. It was an absolutely gorgeous day again here in La Jolla and as I was walking to take some shots a couple of surfers asked me to take pictures of them. Well they actually wanted shots of themselves surfing and unfortunately I only had my wider angle lenses and could never get in close enough to take good surfing pictures. But they offered to take a few photos while they were heading out to surf. I was really happy that they asked me to take pictures of them. I told them I would come back later and bring my zoom lenses to get pictures of them surfing later. It was a really nice sunset and vibe on the beaches of La Jolla as it always is.
