February 17, 2012 – A year of portraits – Mike Griffith

I captured this portrait of Mike Griffith as he was waiting to enter the gym at Hopkins County Central High School in Mortons Gap, Ky for senior night. His son, Landon, is a senior on the Storm’s basketball team. Mike is retired from the Hopkins County Health Department and was a basketball referee for 35 plus years.

Photo was processed using Photoshop CS5. Color balance was corrected, levels were adjusted slightly and the wall in the background was toned down some using the burn tool. Also, some fill light was applied using the RAW plugin. The Topaz Adjust “Detail Light” filter was applied to sharpen the final image.

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon 50mm F.1.4
Exposure: Matrix Metering, 1/400, f2.8 with an ISO of 4,000
File Type: Nikon RAW