B and A Day!

One of the more dramatic Before and Afters. Not because of the subjects- they were amazing, and looked fantastic. But because the weather conditions were not on my side.

On the morning of this family session, there was a thick moody layer of fog blanketing the marina area. Well, blanketing most of Southern California, really. And, while it's great for diffusing light on your subject's face, it's terrible for getting attractive surroundings.

This image was the very first shot of the session, and I knew a little punch was all it needed. This was edited using nothing but level layers and sharpening.

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Here's a little peek at the rest of their session:

B and A Day!

Has it really been this long since I did a B and A? Wow, guess so. Happy New Year! :D

This is a shot from yesterday's impromptu photoshoot with the amazing Megan Bibbo, highlighting the hair accessories from my new line, A Vintage Vibe.

The image on the left is straight out of the camera. Pretty darn good, if you ask me. (Thanks to Megan's killer modeling skills!)

I used Florabella's Sharpen/Defog action on the whole image, then added a tiny bit of Gaussian Blur and erased it on her face, leg, and torso. Paint The Moon's All in One action retouched the skin and popped the eyes. A little warming filter, and we were done!

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B and A Day!

Haven't done a B and A in so long! Here's a recent shot of my sister, Sarah, taking a photo with her old Canon 35mm. I'm so excited she's getting into photography- she has such an amazing eye. Plus- I get one more person to talk nerdy photo stuff with! Bonus! :)

So for this one, I used a Florabella action- Gypsy from the Luxe collection. I thought it would really work nicely with the red tones in her hair.

I tweaked the layers, turning off the 'Lighten' layer, since it was so bright to begin with. Turned down the warm tone, brought down the Dull Pop layer, darkened a tad, and flattened it.

Then I sharpened the image using MCP's High Definition action. MCP has both a high def sharpening action for full-size images and an action that re-sizes images and sharpens them for the web- both free by the way. I have found that for me, I prefer to run the High Def sharpen action on the full-size image, then run the Web-resizing action, and just turn the sharpening layer off. It seems to be clearer and less grainy when I do it that way.

The results aren't super dramatic, but gives the image just enough 'Ooomph'.

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P.S.- This was taken at with my 35mm 1.8- which hasn't left my camera since I got it.

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B and A Day

From a recent boudoir session:

All manual editing: skin smoothing, airbrushing, eye pop adjustment, sharpening, lip color adjustment, add wallpaper texture and vignette.

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B & A Day

With so many styles and post-processing options, it can be tough to decide how to treat a photo.  The treatment should be appropriate for the photo's setting, composition, and subject matter.  So, as more of an informative option, I thought I'd start posting examples of some before and after treatments.  Enjoy!

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