Fix-It-Friday #72

Since joining I Heart Faces, I've been given several good tips and points of inspiration. I'm still a beginner, and not 100% confident in my skills, but I'll never get better if I don't apply myself. And what better way to start than to practice editing?

This image is NOT MINE. It is an unedited image by Julie Rivera of Julie Rivera Photography that is currently featured for I Heart Faces' Fix-It-Friday. The adorable shot really makes the editing much more effortless than anything that comes out of my point-and-shoot!

SOOC Image:


Let's face it, that little girl is too cute for words, and the look of adoration on her daddy's face is both sweet and sad, given the circumstances. It's a great moment captured, and I'm pleased to have the opportunity to play with it!

Basic Edit:


For this edit, I adjusted the basic levels and used TRA's Boutwell Magic Glasses, Warm It Up, Kris, and Coffeeshop Actions' Redness Relief to tone down the red in the father's face after the aforementioned actions.

Sepia Edit:


For this one, I continued from the basic edit with TRA's Boring Old B&W and Cinnamon Toast.

Creative Liberties Edit:


For my final edit, I used TRA's Super Fun Happy No Glow. I noticed that some of my earlier Photoshop edits were pretty....glowy/hazy/overdone, so I made sure to adjust the action levels to yield a less severe result.

This was fun, and took almost no time at all! Thanks, Julie, for volunteering your image for this week's Fix-It-Friday! It's strange that the first week I start to participate in the I Heart Faces activites, it's one of your photos I get to work with! Check out her work: Julie Rivera Photography.

That's all for this post! I'll write a "real" post soon! :)