Fix it Friday is here!

This picture of two little girls is adorable! There is nothing like a good friend to share things with when you are a child........

here is the original.......

I wanted to give it a little bit of a dreamy feel so I sharpened it a little, then I used the "adjust color for skin tone" feature, adjusted the levels, saturation and contrast a little and last but not least I dodged around the edges a little.

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I heart faces Fix It Friday is BAAACK!

I missed not having a photo to fix last Friday! This weeks photo is fabulous! So very fixable and a great finished product! Enjoy my entry and then head on over to Iheartfaces to see some more great entries and maybe learn a thing or two while you are there. :)

Here is my "fix"
I started out burning the edges a little
Then I outlined just the girl with the magnetic lasso
I used unsharp mask on her and adjusted levels and bumped up the contrast a littleThen i selected the inverse of her to make adjustments to the background behind her
I added some gaussian blur and lightened the saturation a little
then I deselected and added a warming filter over the whole thing
went back and burned the edges a little more and voila.......here it is. :)

I heart faces theme of the week? PETS!

I love this shot I got of our Sophie girl. I am not a dog person at all but this pup has captured my heart. She may look like a dog but in all honesty she thinks she is a cat. She is a faithful friend to our four boys and she desperately wants to pal around with our cats. A little shy at first once she gets to know you she loves your forever. She has become a family member for sure! Enjoy this picture of Sophie Jane!

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My Baby Turns 2!

 

Did it really happen?  Did 2 years really pass already?  It’s been 2 years since I snuggled him for the first time, his warm newborn skin against my bare chest.  His sweet little cry when he needed something from me.   Now he is a big boy (most of the time).  He wants to keep up with his brothers and he wants to be independent.  We celebrated this milestone with family and friends in our backyard……

His favorite thing in the world is to play with a ball.  So….

He got lots..

and lots of them.

He had delicious cupcakes for his birthday.  He enjoyed every bite of BOTH cupcakes he ate!  One cupcake for each year. Hehe!  He wasn’t to sure of what to think about being the center of attention while we sang him happy birthday.  He was pretty sure it was cool but looked serious just in case. ;)

   

 

He did a great job blowing out his candle.  I think all the practice he got blowing out our candle while the power was out helper. ;)

He has a wonderful and special day. :D

Fix it Friday! Woohoo!

I really love the sunlight in this photo! So nice and warm feeling! Here is the original.....

Here is my take

First I cropped and rotated the picture.

Then I selected just him with the magnetic lasso

Next I used unsharp mask and adjusted the levels

Then I selected the inverse and applied a guassian blur to the background

Next I adjusted the brightness and the contrast of the whole photo

after that I increased the saturation everywhere but his face

and last but not least I picked the feature on PSE8 that adjusts the color to his skin tone.

that is pretty much what I did. Still extremely new to photoshop and have lots to learn! haha!

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All About Babies (i heart faces)

I love this weeks theme! What can make you happier than looking at a sweet baby smiling or sleeping peacefully. The picture I chose is a baby I have been photographing since she was a newborn and now she is 7 months already! We worked so hard for this shot but it turned out to be priceless! I got the camera ready, dad threw the hat on her head and brother stood behind me trying to get her attention. The next moment right after this the hat was off again! lol! She is so cute! So here she is.....

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Fix it Friday time!!

I am loving Fix it Friday! So fun to see everyones creativity with the same photo! You should go on over to www.iheartfaces.com to see lots more great entries!

Here is the original.....

Here is my version....