Cute shot Rach! I did my usual on it and then I did the other option that I usually give clients if colors work out right which I did really like with this one. Nothing too fancy but nicely spruced up. I also chose to crop it which I think I prefer. Just a thought;
 |
| Original |
 | | | | |
| My usual ;) |
|
|
 |
| My other usual! |
For "my usual edit" I do a lower end curves adjustment like this;
I do this type of curve adjustment to nearly every photo I shoot. It fixes the gray overlay of shooting in RAW. Then I warmed it using a free Pioneer woman action at 30%, ran CJ Springers skin smoothing at 40% on her cheaks, dodged their faces and burned some parts of the trees, and finally I ran glam blur which is another free action that I like... don't use it a ton but I like it sometimes. It smooths and keeps lines clear. Then I ran a high pass layer at 50% to sharpen it up. The End :) Oh except I cropped it very last thing to keep from loosing data unnecessarily. If you're going to crop, do it last thing (ignore the fact that the above image is cropped while my curves window is open :) I was just trying to show you a print screen of the curve). Also sharpen very last before cropping. For the "other usual edit" I ran an action called Lux at about 25% and dodged their faces a little more. Viole! Nothing mind blowing but it looks beautiful and simple!
I think I was struggling with just keeping it beautiful and simple. Totally never even thought to try it cropped portrait wise instead of landscaped! I did crop it landscaped and moved them to the left, but I might actually be a little to in love with "blank" space in my images right now. I did end up keeping it simple with a touch of flare in the top left corner. Thanks for playing with it! Love this group more and more all the time!
ReplyDeleteSaw your edit on FB! So cute! I like the horizontal crop you did and the flare too!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by phrases dodge faces and burn trees? Thanks
ReplyDeleteDodging is a tool in photoshop (I've actually never seen and editor without a dodge and burn tool so they should be in anything you use)for lighting and burning is darkening. You can essentially just paint on areas of light and dark to add contrast where you want it and draw attention to your subject. I'll do a little tutorial on some of the more basic PS tools in a couple weeks. I'm trying to map out some tutorials for the next couple of months since I'll be taking a break around baby time :)
ReplyDelete