I ♥ Faces: Blue

The absolute worst place to take pictures in all of Walt Disney World is the throne room in Cinderella’s Castle. To do it right I’d need a hot-shoe flash with some type of diffuser at the very least. That room is like a cave. And unfortunately 90% of the shooting I do doesn’t require any type of extra lighting. So I can’t justify the money it would cost to purchase the needed supplies to get this shot SOOC.

Fortunately for me I like to play in Photoshop :). Here is my entry for this week’s I ♥ Faces contest. I lightened it considerably, fixed the red eye (gracious day!) and the color balance issues, ran noiseware (I think twice) and then ran a watercolor action to make it look like a painting. I’ve actually printed this one and it looks divine. I’m very happy considering the way it started out.

Just for fun, here’s a link to the SOOC if you want to see it. It’s really sad! Cinderella SOOC.

Now it’s your turn! Head on over to I ♥ Faces to see more blue photos or enter your own!

I ♥ Faces: Fix it Friday

This was a lot of fun to play with. The little boy looks tired, but he’s had a full day of play at the beach. I love the beach and I love that feeling of heavy tiredness you get at the end of the day. So here’s the original:

And here is my color edit:

After that I had a little fun :). Coffeeshop’s Golden Vintage:

Coffeeshop’s Vintage News:

And the Vintage News edit inside a vintage frame:

Oh, and just because it’s new to me and lots of fun, one fake polaroid from Rollip:

So head on over to I ♥ Faces and try your hand at this edit. It’s a lot of fun! I promise!!!

ETA Noiseware information: I did use Noiseware :). I used the Community version which is free. You can find it here: Noiseware. Scroll all the way to the bottom to download it. You have to save your edited picture, open it in Noiseware and run the strength you want (I used portrait). Then save the filtered file. I pull it back into PSE5 and layer it on top of the edited file. Then change the opacity to about 87% to bring back some of the detail. I hope that helps!
Amanda

Polaroids by Rollip

So I do have a polaroid camera with two packages of unopened film. I guess since they don’t make it anymore I’m saving it for something really special. While I’m waiting for that day to come, I can make all the fake polaroid pictures I want over at Rollip. Here’s my very first try:

and another:

and a couple more, because I couldn’t resist!

Wow, look at this one!

I want to thank Shutter Sisters for posting the link. I’ll definitely be back :).

I ♥ Faces: Completely Candid

I love my macro lens. I caught this one of my daughter while at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, GA. We were in the Day Butterfly Center where it gets very, very hot and humid. She stood in the mist and got cooled off.

Confession time: I added the flare and converted to b/w. I love the way it turned out. Now it’s your turn to find your favorite candid shot and enter it over at I ♥ Faces.

I ♥ Faces: Fix it Friday

Here we are again :). I love playing with other people’s pictures.

Look at this sweetie!

And here’s my color edit:

a warm b/w:

An action by MomaZiggy called Emerald Express:

And an action by CoffeeShop called Golden Vintage.

I did clone the background and the sunspot from her hair. I painted in the hot spots on her face and lightened her skin considerably. I also sharpened her face and blurred everything else to give the illusion it was in focus. This was a lot of fun! I’d love to see your edits. Head on over to I ♥ Faces and load them up!

Before and After

I’ve never done this before. Go find a picture from when you first got your “fancy” dslr camera and compare it to a picture from more recently. No re-editing! So while taking a break from cleaning I found one from October 2006:

And one from April of this year. I went back to April because I was looking for something that had nice back lighting:

It’s just interesting to see the difference a couple of years make. Do you want to play? Post a comment with a link to your pictures. I’d love to see your progress!

I ♥ Faces: Contemplation

Home on a Monday. Whew! Here’s my entry for the weekly I ♥ Faces contest:

My girl contemplating what she can get into, LOL! Now it’s your turn to enter or just check out all the great contemplative photos at I ♥ Faces.

I ♥ Faces: Pets

I'm not sure I'd want this one as a pet, LOL! A shark from a recent visit to the Tennessee Aquarium:



Head on over to I ♥ Faces to see more "pets!"

I ♥ Faces: Fix it Friday

Look at this sweetie:

Here are my edits. A color:

A warm b/w:

And a scrapbook page:

SB Page Credits: QP: Renata Wood (www.serenebyrw.blogspot.com); Text Path: Just 2 More Things Design (www.just2morethings.blogspot.com); Title: Jessica Sprague (http://www.jessicasprague.com/).

Now it’s your turn. Head on over to I ♥ Faces to see more edits.

I ♥ Faces: Fix it Friday

It’s Friday again! Here’s my take on this cutie original. When you’re finished here, head on over to I ♥ Faces and check out some more edits!

Color edit:

B/W:

CoffeeShop’s Golden Vintage

Coffeeshop’s Vintage Newspaper: