We’ve made it to Day 10! A 31 days series poses challenges, whether it’s a matter of adequate material or the time to post it. My Lightroom catalog contains over 53K images, so I don’t think we’ll run out of content any time soon. As a matter of fact, I’ve had so much fun with this series that I think I’ll continue posting occasional before and after shots post-October.
Your positive feedback means a lot to me!
This is the daughter of one of my dearest friends. I love the shot, but the stick in her hands makes it look like she has antlers, doesn’t it? Obviously the stick has to go!
The Edits:
- Remove the branch in Photoshop. I probably used either the patch tool, spot healing brush tool, or healing brush tool. (I can always go back and see my edits in Lightroom, but not in Photoshop. This is from May of ’09, before content aware fill.)
- Apply a preset called Creative – Aged Photo. I think this was a default Lightroom preset at the time; it reduces color saturation.
- Adjust exposure (brightness).
- Add a medium vignette (darken the edges).
The combination of the simple white cotton dress and the reduced color saturation give this a vintage feel that appeals to me. What do you think?
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You can imagine my great joy at this one! My BABY! Adore this shot, as i do many many of your over the years! Love my personal photographer! 😉
She appears again on Day 25—I’m working ahead for the weekend when Christian and I will be in PA for the Allume conference! 🙂
Makes me want to buy Photoshop.
Southern Gal, I mostly use Lightroom, which is much cheaper! (There’s an ad for it at the bottom of the post.)
I have Lightroom 3, but I think some of the edits are easier in Photoshop plus I don’t have the ability to make collages and those neat things in Lr3. Or do I?
(You can call me Renee. 😉
Renee, I usually make collages in Photoshop, too. Your best bet in Lightroom would be to take them into the print module and create a layout there, and then save it as a jpg instead of actually printing it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this vintage-y portrait!
Thank you, Linda!
I love this one! I have photoshop elements.. I need to see how I can do this!
I’ve never used Elements, but from talking to a friend who uses it, it sounds like it has lots of editing capabilities.