fix it friday, vol. 7

This week was a bit of a challenge because of harsh shadows, but still fun to play with. I think the black and white or vintage suits this photo the best. What do you think?

        

fix it friday, vol. 6

fix it friday, vol. 5

Before:

After:

what I did...

• adjusted levels, curves, and contrast
• bumped up saturation
• unsharp mask
• clone stamp/spot healing to remove sign and stick on right side
• crop
• slight solid color adjustment layer in dark blue to give vintage feel
• added texture, then cooled down temperature to contrast warmth of texture. (Texture taken free from here).
• Edge burn.

fix it friday, vol. 4

It's a fun one this week. Great picture to start with. Just made a few adjustments to make it really pop.

Before:

After:

What I did:

• levels
• brightness/contrast
• bumped up saturation slightly on entire image, then deselected face and increased more
• warmed up slightly in color balance
• increased highlights on teeth to whiten
• dodged forehead and eye area to lessen shadows
• eyes: dodged all, burned pupils, edges and eyelashes. dodged under eyes. bumped up saturation and sharpened.
• clone stamp to erase snowflake on jacket
• unsharp mask
• cropped

More editing than I would normally do, but I get a little carried away on fix it friday!





Have a great weekend...Hope the storms stay away from your neck of the woods, as Al would say.

fix it friday, vol. 3

Happy #50, fix it friday!

Before:

After:

What I did:

• Adjusted levels
• Bumped up brightness and contrast
• Bumped saturation slightly on entire image, more on lips
• Unsharp mask
• Healing brush and gaussian blur to even skin tone
• Pioneer Woman's bring on the eyes action
• Crop

fix it friday vol.2

No new Fix it Friday up today, so I'm doing a couple old ones.

Before:

After:

Before:

First edit:

And now for a little old west feel:

These are so fun!

fix it friday. better late than never

I just discovered the fix it friday challenges over at i heart faces. Such a fun idea to practice in photoshop.

This was last week's challenge, but I wanted to take a shot at it anyway.

Here's the original:

And here's my revised:

Get ready for another tomorrow!