OK, Photoshop lovers! This post is for you. (And if you're not a Photoshop lover, at least you get a pic of my boy.) I have been reading Jessica Sprague's blog for a while now, and I have to share her post from today. It's a little Photoshop trick for adding some extra punch to your photos. Here's what I mean.
My before picture, taken this morning, straight out of camera (SOOC):
Not too bad.
But, wait. Here's her trick at work.
Notice the punchier colors? The better skin tone? I love it.
If you want to learn more about this trick, visit her blog and check it out. She has a better example of before-and-after pics on her blog. It's a wonderful trick. I've been dying to know how photographers get that extra punch. Now I know. How cool of Jessica to share her tricks for free. I think that's awesome. (Thanks, Jessica!) And this is so simple!
And here's one more version, just because I love using layer masks.
Even with the little flakes of leftover milk around his mouth (evidence of his favorite breakfast, donuts, this morning), I still think he's one of the most beautiful children I've ever seen (along with his lovely sister, of course!). Don't you? :-) (Yeah, that sounds a little, um, braggish and conceited, I guess, but a mom can be proud, can't she?)
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Edited: OK, now that I've posted it, the top two don't look too different from each other. In fact, the second's a little more blown-out. I need a better example. Back in a minute.
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Edited again: OK, try this example. My daughter, straight from the camera (natural light, underexposed, on my old camera, so it's grainy)
It's a bit underexposed, so I edited curves first. Here's what I got.
And with Jessica's Photo ShaZAM trick:
Love it. And there's nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby (or big girl).
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