Here is my fix for the week. I didn’t do much to this one. Since this photo was underexposed it had quite a bit of noise. I ran Noiseware and it did a pretty good job of fixing it. Then I adjusted the white balance and changed the crop a bit. That’s about it!

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This week it was fun to work on a photo that is different from what I usually do.

I really didn’t think this photo needed a lot of work. I increased the curves and then increased the contrast a bit. I lightened up the cowboy’s face, too. Then I ran an action from MCP Actions called “Grammie’s Old Fashioned Vintage”. That’s about it!

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Here is my edit for this week.

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Here is what I did: (sorry no time to post my steps today)

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Isn’t this the most adorable little boy? I just loved this photo as soon as I saw it!

Here is what I came up with:

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This photo was very underexposed, but that was really the only big problem. This one was actually pretty easy to correct. I opened it in ACR and increased the brightness and exposure. I adjusted the white balance using the sliders until it looked good to my eye. I increased the clarity just a tiny bit.

Then I opened it in Photoshop CS4 and did a few curves adjustments to fine tune the white balance. I brightened the eyes a bit using MCP Actions eyedoctor. I added a soft light layer at very low opacity and that was it.

Here is my final result:

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What an adorable photo!

This was a fun one to work on. It really didn’t need that much work. I just brightened it up with curves, color corrected with curves, and used the spot healing brush and the patch tool to clean up the face. Then I sharpened it and resized it for the web.

That’s it!

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Wow, this was a hard one. I’m still not entirely happy with it. I just upgraded to Photoshop CS4 so I am still learning my way around. I am also missing some of my presets and actions. But, here you go anyway

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I decided to get a little more creative with this photo. I did my normal adjustments: increased brightness with curves, adjusted the skin tones, cloned out a few hot spots on her face. Then I played around with cropping, but I couldn’t come up with anything I liked.

I liked the brightness of this image and how the sun was shining. I decided to apply a texture to enhance that look. I think it turned out pretty fun.

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This week’s photo was technically good. It was a bit dark, but it was nice and sharp. Mostly, the skin needed work.

I first opened this photo in ACR. I actually lessened the exposure, because I didn’t want the big white spot on the right to be so bright. I figured I’d brighten the exposure with curves so that I could mask off the background area to keep it darker.

Then I went to Photoshop CS3 and brightened with curves. I masked off the background.

I did some color correction with curves and the color-by-the-numbers method.

Then I went to work on the skin. I used the spot healing brush and the patch tool quite a bit.

Last I used MCP Actions Powder your nose at a very low opacity.

This is what I came up with:

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