Saturday, August 29, 2009

Fix-it Friday ~ Beauty ...

No arguments here. This is one stunning young lady.


I love the classic portrait feel of this one. I have something very similar of my daughter taken by the fabulous HaLee Curtis of HaLee Curtis Photography in Williamsburg, VA.

For this edit, I really wanted to focus the attention on this lovely young woman, so a good cropping was in order. I then adjust for skin tone, removing the slightly yellow/orange cast. Add a tiny bit of vignetting to draw the eye to her face and ...


For the black and white version, I used CoffeeShop's "Classic B&W and Bittersweet Vintage" (with the vintage turned WAY down). A touch more vignetting on the b&w version keeps the flat tones of the brick from being distracting ...


... enjoy your weekend!

3 comments:

Jana said...

The last one is absolutely fabulous. Good job!

Puna said...

Very cute. I did black and white also. I thought it was best with all the busy colors.

sarahephotography said...

Very nice edits ... best of those I've looked at so far!