La Ren Originals

Making magical Christmas photos can be as simple as 1-2-Overlay! Alot of times, I take photos over the course of the year that I may not do much with or just kind of sit on the hard drive. I know many of you probably have the same thing going on. Well what to do with some of these pictures just lying around on the hard drive? Well I decided that with a lil Holiday overlays magic, I could turn those images into great Holiday portraits and greetings! Sometime making the right overlay can be hard, especially the snow fall so it looks realistic!  With my easy guide, learn how to incorporate overlays into your next project and how to make realistic now! So grab your favorite picture and download my hand selected overlays HERE to begin! I picked this photo of my daughter that I had taken just for fun earlier in the year. I used a vinyl backdrop with a wood texture printed on it and one softbox with a Neewer C-250 off to the subjects right. Camera settings ISO-1

I got a lot of compliments on my magical glowing book photo and some questions on how it was made. So I thought I would put together this quick how to guide on how to capture and edit your own magical glowing book or object photo and edit it in Lightroom and Photoshop. I made this shot using my Nikon D3300 with a Sigma 17-50mm 2.8. Its actually a really fun and easy set up for any manual dslr, that almost anybody of any camera skill can do! There's no external flash or lighting setups, so the only things you will need for this is a book or object in which to illuminate, a cell phone or flashlight, and a person. Grab what you need and download my ready made golden glow and sparkle overlay HERE   Please upload and share your glow pictures with me at  www.facebook.com/larenpix  I would love to see everyone's creations!!!!  1. Should be shot in a relatively dark room. I did mine in my living room with the lights out, but had some soft illumination from our n

This year has been a whirlwind of many things for me. Between balancing kids, home and a new business, needless to say I have had my hands full. However, as the year is coming to a close I feel a great sense of accomplishment in winning a contest for this years 2016 Art Basel season.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-  Want to see how pin up art is made?!?!?!?  classic ragtop convertible car inside Ragtops car museum 

This year the Florida Burlesque Festival, which features performers from all over the world was an endearing tribute to the late Bunny Yeager who died at the age of 85 this year. Bunny was famed for photographing the legendary Betty Page out of Miami Beach, FL. At that time Bunny was a model herself and didn't care for the pictures that other photographers would take of her, so she started taking her own and fell in love with photography. She then started taking pictures of other performers to expand her skills.   Yeager worked with numerous models over the years, but said that Page was uncommonly cooperative.                    "It was like us doing a dance together," Yeager said in an interview last        year in the Sun Sentinel newspaper in Florida. "I would snap my fingers and she would do exactly what I told her to do: 'Stand on your toes. Kick your leg in the air. Jump in the air.'" In true Bunny style, the guys and girls of this year