Alyssa Bistonath Photography: Of Life After 24,

all eyes,
looking behind,
trying to make sense
of this wild ride.
as they move forward.
i’ll stand still.
picture after picture.
my eyes filled,
with the hope on faces,
as lives rush by.
we’ll know places.
where we met eyes.

It’s crazy how vivid my time in Thailand is in my memory. I can put myself right back on the bridge snapping people on the train as it flew by. I walked the bridge end to end even though I was petrified off the height and water below me. It’s strange how when we’re over seas we push ourselves to face our fears and really live life for all it’s beauty and wonder.

Tips for a more natural sky:
Often when we expose for a dark subject (in this case the train and the people inside of it) we are met with the difficulties of a blown out sky. It is important to shoot with a polarizing filter when outdoors because it provides detail that can often be recovered later. In the case of this photo the sky was barely existent, but in photoshop I created a brightness/contrast adjustment layer setting my brightness to -150 and my contrast to +100. Adjustment layers automatically creates a mask which you can use to select the areas that you want to be affected. Select the mask in your layers window, and using your paint tool paint absolute black on the areas that you do not want to be affected by your adjustment layer. To create a soft transition between your adjustment layer and your original photo make sure that your brush is set to a lower opacity and is at a minimal hardness.