I ♥ Faces ~ We ♥ Kisses

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I ♥ Faces fix it fridays

I love I ♥ Faces fix it Fridays! A lot of time goes into post processing that this gives me the opportunity to share how I approach the process by taking a random image that i heart faces posts on their site and "fixing it".

To edit this image, I opened it into Photoshop and first cropped it how I imagined it to look. After cropping, I opened up the curves and used the white doppler to select my white point and whitened the whites. I then adjusted the RED and BLUE curves. After the coloring was how I wanted it, I opened up my Kubota actions and sharpened the image and smoothed it in areas. The second image I added a flora bella texture to it and erased some off of the girls skin.

Dominic and Trina

Normally I like to show my images without a lot of extra trendy post processing affects to them, but this time I thought I would try out a few new actions/textures just to see how they looked.

JOSH

These are shots I took of Josh to be used for comp cards.

I ♥ Faces: We Are Family

This is my entry for the I ♥ Faces weekly photo contest.

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Chelsey & Brock

These two were such a pleasure to shoot. They're just beautiful. Brock was very interested in my camera so I took some of him with his. He wore his special photographer outfit just for this session. Too cute!

Best Face Photo - I ♥ Faces Contest

This is my entry for the I ♥ Faces Best Face Photo Contest. This was taken in December 2009. Please click the logo below to view some of the other entries.

I ♥ Faces "fix it Friday"

Here is my stab at the I ♥ Faces "fix it Fridays" Here is the before and after.



Here is what I did and how I would want the image to look if it were mine...

I edited this is Photoshop CS4. First I cropped it just a tad. I like the slant of the picture and the expressions on the party guest's faces, so I didn't want to take away from that. After cropping, I checked the levels and then corrected the white balance by using both the white and black dopplers. After correcting the white balance I fade it until the image coloring looks how I want it to. (I could have used the stamp tool to get the green off of his hair but I decided to leave it on) I applied one of Kubota's smoothing actions on the image and then I sharpened the image a tad.

Alex and Alyse ~ Wedding

Wedding location- The Cantigny Golf Course

Kyle & Laura's Wedding

These guys were exceptionally fun to shoot! I enjoyed their engagement and could not wait for their wedding day.