i heart faces friday fix it 7.3.09

Here's my friday fix it for i heart faces :)

stop by and check it out :)

This little girl is just adorable!!!

above is the original...

COLOR VERSION

these were my first changes:
- fixed levels
- bumped up saturation
- used the burn tool on the mulch grounding
- added lens correction: vignette (Filter>Distort>Lens Correction - Vignette)
- made a mask and erased the vignette off of her skin
- created an overlay layer and "painted" in her eyes to make them pop a brighter blue
- played with photo's contrast (Image>Adjustments>Brightness&Contrast)

DESATURATED VERSION

All I did was:
- took Color version
- opened saturation tool (Image>Adjustments>Hue&Saturation) took down to about 50% saturation
- added a much darker and closed in vignette

SEPIA VERSION
All I did was:
- took COLOR version
- went to Image>Adjustments>Black&White and added a redish tanish tint (tint checkbox and slider at bottom of menu)
- added a much darker and closed in vignette
- added a little noise - Filter>Noise>Add Noise

Amanda: Senior Session

Here is my first senior of 2010...

I think we had a great time... I got to meet both her cat and a very "photogenic" bird :)

Enjoy!

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Morgan: Senior Session

Morgan had a great idea of me meeting her at her house. It gave a much more personal feel to HER senior pictures... I got to meet her dog 'Molly' and see that she played tennis... great ideas... seniors, keep that in mind :)

Have fun at Baylor next year Morgan!!! :)

I [heart] Faces: Friday Fix-It

Thought I'd have a little fun and participate in Friday Fix-it over on I [heart] faces

This is a beautiful picture and I had a lot of fun messing around with it

Here is the original:


Here are 3 versions all done in Photoshop CS3 :)

color: I boosted the color, boosted the contrast, softened the skin and also brightened the skin...

vintage/antique: took color and desaturated a little

B&W: converted color to B&W and boosted the contrast

Enjoy :)

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