It’s getting late for me, but I wanted to edit the second photo that Care submitted for help. I followed essentially the same steps as my last edit with minor tweaking. She’s such a beautiful little girl, that she didn’t need much. Hope you like what I’ve done. Oh, and before I say goodnight – I’m shooting a very special portrait session tomorrow afternoon. I can’t wait to share a few

Look Mom, no actions. Okay, in all seriousness, I wanted to prove that I could edit without using actions…and hopefully you’ll tell me that I still do a good job. Here’s what I’m going to do…I’ll show you my basic edit in my typical before and after format. Then, I’ll max it out with texture and style…again, no actions. My hope is that this will translate into most editing programs. Thank you Exposed Mom for allowing me to practice on your beautiful little girl. (By the way, I still have the second photo to edit – all this blogging my...

One of the ladies on the photography board took a great shot of two men. Here’s the story: one of the men in the picture below recently celebrated his 40th birthday. As a part of his birthday surprise, his wife flew in a childhood friend from Ireland that he hadn’t seen in 10 years. We thought that this photo might be even better with a little texture. I started with her black and white – looks good to me, so why mess with it other than cropping/centering the photo. Then I started adding texture layers. Because I’m currently being asked a number of texture-related...