Just because I haven’t been picking up my camera as much over the icky weather doesn’t mean I don’t still have plenty I could do!
Here’s a photo I took almost 2 years ago, when Max was 5 months old. SOOC:
It’s pretty dark, although his eyes are actually in focus (!!!). He’s got some scratches on his face, and the writing on the bottle bothers me…
So… I did this:
I lightened up the whole photo using curves.
Then I made the eyes pop (thank you Clickin Moms for a tutorial about that… I heart you!).
I played about with a few OTSS actions till I decided on this one, Vanilla Coffee from the Fall in Love set.
I cloned out the Tommee Tippee logo as it was distracting me…
and last but not least I cropped and sharpened for web.
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The whole process took about 15 minutes.
For me that’s pretty good, considering I don’t have a clue what I’m doing most days!
I had loads of fun choosing a photo back from my archives… I don’t do it often enough!
When was the last time you had a look in yours? I challenge you to find an old photo you didn’t do much with and see what you can come up with in photoshop, it’s a great way to get out of a slump. 
Hope you all had a good weekend!
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Lovely conversion, love the little bit of chocolate color in it.
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Thanks so much! I love the chocolate colouring too… much like I love real chocolate!
Beautiful – what a cutie. And great job!
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Thanks Andrea!
Those eyes are to DIE for. What a doll.
Thanks Fabiana – I love his eyes too – they’re even more gorgeous in person!
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March 4, 2010 at 12:42 pm
First thank you for commenting on my blog. It made me feel better about my day yesterday!
I am booking marketing this for when I have time. I have an awesome camera and photoshop and don’t know how to use it {its only been like 4 yrs}! I think its about time. Thanks for sharing.
Any time Tina. I know how hard it can be on your own all day long with 2 boisterous little guys running riot! If you really want to get more out of your camera, I *really* recommend Clickin Moms (the badge for it is over on the right there). It’s a private forum (very cheap though) so you can share your images without having to worry about them being used by someone else, and *such* a great place for learning. I’ve come on leaps and bounds since I joined in June last year!
If you google MCP Actions Blog you’ll find anther great resource. Also there’s Digital Photography School which is an awesome blog with anything and everything about photography in there!
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March 5, 2010 at 7:44 pm
His eyes are so captivating. I love what you did with this pic!
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Aww thanks sweety! xx
Your baby is SO adorable : ) I have to go and see how he looks now since that is 2 years old! : )
I have the hardest time with photoshop! It looks like you are a magician.
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Thanks so much! There is *so* much you can do with photoshop… I’m just starting to get there with it.
Wow. That inspires me to want to learn photoshop! (Of course, you DID start off with an adorable shot.
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Hehe that I did… mind you it took a *lot* of photos of him there to get one decent one! The beauty of digital photography…
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