It's Fix-It Friday again... | Raleigh, NC Photography

I really had fun with today's fix-it from the very talented Dana Suggs. This photo is of Dana's gorgeous little girl. First, it must be said that I cannot handle the cuteness of this outfit. My own daughter let out an audible gasp when she saw it. Adorable.

Here is Dana's image SOOC...

Since I am feeling under the weather today (yes. again. poor me.), I decided to curl up and play a bit.
I'm not certain that anyone is really all that interested in every.single.step. that I took while editing this, but in case you are, I will list them below each image. Goodness help ya'.  ;)

Here are my versions of this lovely image:

1. Full body crop. With the pants. Because they are cute. Nuff said.

Compose

Lightroom 2:

crop
adjust fill light
reduced exposure
upped the blacks
warmed
brightened
upped the vibrance and clarity

Photoshop CS4:
reduced noise
unsharp mask
Totally Rad's Boutwell Magic Glasses @ 40%
Coffeeshop's Powder Room
- eye define @ 60% (on her eyes mouth and around her face and hair)
- white whites @ 15% on her eyes
- bright eyes @ 5% (irises only)
MCP's Touch of Light @ 10% (as needed all over the image)
Burned edges as well as a selective dodge and burn all over the image
Ran M4H's Strawberry Sunset @ 20%
Boosted the saturation a bit (+15, or so)

2. This is the crop I wanted. No cute pants. But this is what I saw in my head when I first looked at the image.

 

All of the above edits with a different crop.

3. The black and white. Can't decide which is my favorite after converting it.

Same edits as above, but Strawberry Sunset is run at 100%, and I reduced the red saturation by -2.

 

Phew.


Okay. Just one more. A storyboard.
Don't you think every little girl would love to have one of these in her room? So sweet.

Thanks for sticking around for this lenghty fix-it. I hope you will head over I Heart Faces and give it try yourself.

Have a cozy weekend.