"Just Between Brothers"

I love taking candid shots of people without them knowing.  If you're lucky you can capture a moment or an emotion that might have been lost had the shot been posed.  I took this shot of these two boys at scout camp.  Their parents are friends of our family.  I noticed the older brother instructing his little brother on the finer points of rock climbing.  This was the picture that came out of my camera.

This is an OK picture... but this is what I saw in my mind.

Much better!  An intimate moment between two brothers.  That's why I love Lightroom and Photoshop, they allow me to recreate what I saw in my mind... something a camera cannot always capture.  Converting the photo to B&W in Lightroom seemed to really enhance and soften the natural lighting.  It also enhanced the weathered look of the climbing wall behind them.  I cropped out the distractions and added some vignetting (darkening of the edges) to really focus on the subjects.  I really like this picture and it probably took only about five minutes in the digital darkroom.

Keep shooting!

Ryan