Before and After

So, I am trying the mouse over effect for the first time. Some edits are so subtle that it seems more obvious when viewed this way. This is my cousins oldest son. He's 3 years old and hates the camera. I was lucky to get this shot! To view the before image just put your mouse on the image and it should change. To go back to the edited image just move the mouse off the image.

Before and After

So, the other day I shared this photo along with a few others from this impromptu photo shoot with my niece. I mentioned that they were photoshopped up the wazzu. I wanted to show you just how much. On my niece Allyson, I did my usual bag of tricks. I fixed the levels, contrast, saturation, slight fix to her skin, popped the eyes and lastly, added a smidge of warmth. Oh yeah, and I corrected her clothing. She was wearing shorts under that tutu skirt. As you can see in the before some of the shorts peaked through. I used the clone tool to remove the undesired clothing.

The big change happened to the background. As in...I removed it completely. This was a tedious job that I did to 6 pictures. Sheesh, it was a lot of work for 1 photo let alone for 6! I started by adding a new layer in a solid red. I chose red because it was so bold and easy to see. Then I dropped the opacity down to about 25 so I could clearly see Allyson and the bike. Then, using a mask I removed the red from her and the bike. Then I pulled the opacity back up 100%, brought the picture size up to 100% so I could really see the details and slowly went around the picture making any corrections to the red layer. I tried to get the red as close to her body as I could. Then I simply changed the red to a white. I had to go around and check for any weird spots but for the most part it looked good.

I chose this instead of trying to grab her and the bike and place them on a white background because I never feel like the magic wand tool or the quick selection tool grab the object perfectly. It's hard to explain but I've never liked that way of moving an object. Either way, the job got done! Have a look...

After

 Before

After...again!

Before and After

 

Before

After

My edit(using cs5):

Pioneer Woman's action slight lighten,

flatten,

PW's action fresh and colorful,

flatten,

Coffeeshop's action ice pop,

I turned off the second ice layer,

flatten,

finish off with my action for resizing and adding my watermark,

flatten, save, upload to blog,

now you comment!

Before and After

I'm a little behind today. First my computer froze, then shut down on it's own and would not reboot up. Then a huge and lovely thunderstorm hit our area. I love thunderstorms. The louder the better. My puppers...not so much! We lost power for about 3 hours. In my boredom I went outside between downpours to find neat picture opportunities in our yard. I got lots of really cool pics. I can't wait to edit them. But first I had to wait for hubs to come home from work and fix my computer. I picked 1 to quickly edit and still join this meme. It's only 8:00 PM on the West coast!

I took over 200 pictures today in my yard(some of that was practicing different settings) and at least 1/3 of them turned out like this picture. My camera is fairly new(got it last xmas) and it has NEVER done this before. I didn't even know it was happening till I uploaded to the computer. So now I'm skerd I have a broken camera. I was able to save a few of these choppy pics by cropping like I did with this one. I'm still bummed though.

(SOOC)

(EDITED)

I use a Canon Rebel xsi and CS5!
I cropped the picture,
used PW action Fresh and Colorful,
adjusted the levels,
flatten,
Used PW action Define and Sharpen,
flatten and save!

Before and After

I am linking up with Pixel Perfect again to share a before and after photo. This photo was taken this past weekend while hanging out with friends for the day. I grabbed my niece, who I rarely see, and took her outside for some random shots. I have edited several versions of this photo. I chose this one because it was far different from any of the edits I have done before. I used the Coffeeshop action Vintage Blush. It was a learning experience  to finally figure out how to paint out parts of layers you had put on. The "blush" washes out the whole picture in a pink tone. I had to erase the blush from Alyson's body. I think I did it at a 50 or 60% opacity as I liked some of the pink tone.

Anyhoodles...

I am far from being an expert, but rather, a beginner in the art of photoshopping! Comments, advise or simply lavishing mad love on me is more than welcome!!!

I shoot with a Canon Rebel xsi and photoshop with cs5.

Before and After

I came across a blog hop that had my name written all over it. It's called before and after hosted by Pixel Perfect. You show 2 pictures. 1 straight out of camera(SOOC) and 1 that has been edited. Here's my go at it.

My friend and I, with her kids in tow, went out to the mountains a few weeks ago to explore a camping area we both knew growing up. This campground has a little creek that runs through it. We let the kids play in the water for a bit. It was tentative at first as they were unsure of getting into a pool they could not see through. Although, I'm not sure why...they go to the beach all the time. I grew up swimming in water holes like this. Actually, THIS water hole!!!

Before(SOOC)

After

I use a Canon Rebel xsi and Photoshop cs5. (I love the actions from Pioneer Woman...and they are free!)