BRIANA OWEN PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Home
  • Newborn
  • Cake Smash
  • Family
  • Maternity
  • About
  • Contact Me
  • Reviews
  • Blog

Editing Behind the Scenes

12/28/2012

0 Comments

 
I post before and afters occasionally, but I really wanted to go in depth and show every step I do to take my images to art! For this shot, the sun was nearly gone, and we were racing against the clock to get in a few more shots of Kelsey over the bluff. It's definitely not a "technically" perfect image, but it's a fun, candid shot. Ok, here we go!

Here's with what we're starting with.
Picture
Then I pull it up in Adobe Camera Raw.
Picture
Then I adjust the blue-yellow slider towards the yellow side to warm it up.
Picture
So now I wanted to have a little fun with the bouquet and change the color to match the tones of the image and to match the season a little better. I selected my paint brush, changed the color to orange, and set the opacity to 20%ish. I created a background duplicate, painted onto the bouquet, set the opacity of the layer to 58% or so and that was it! Easy!
Picture
And then I run an action from Oh So Posh (http://ohsoposhphotography.com/artstore/). It was freebie called "Little Miss Muffet" and I use it on 99.999% of all my images! Best freebie ever! (Oh, and action only run to 11%. It's a STRONG action!)
Picture
I wanted a softer, slightly hazy edit for this shot so I ran "Country Vintage" from Pure Actions for Photographers (http://purephotoshopactions.com/) from their Pure Vintage Set. I ran this at 31% for more subtle edit.
Picture
To finish nearly all my edits, I sharpen the eyes and smooth out the skin just a tad! Ran Pure's "Soft and Sparkly Baby." Sparkly on the eyes at 70%ish and soft on the cheeks and forehead at 50%. I used the healing tool to banish just a couple of tiny blemishes. Finally ran "It's All About the Bling" from Pure for just a little all-over sharpening. (Only ran at like 5%! Don't over-sharpen your pictures. I once heard if the hair looks crunchy to the touch, it's too sharp!)
Picture
And that's it! Easy! Here's what it looks like finished!
Picture
Thanks so much for reading. I hope this helpful to someone! Oh, and guess what?! It's Friday! Happy Weekend!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    May 2019
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    December 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    January 2016
    May 2015
    March 2015
    December 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    September 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Newborn
  • Cake Smash
  • Family
  • Maternity
  • About
  • Contact Me
  • Reviews
  • Blog