I completely missed last week’s Touch-Up Tuesday, but I promised that I would share a “head-swapping” experience from my family portrait session with Sarah at Loving My Life. Trying to get a decent family picture where everyone is looking at the camera is not easy. However, you can fake it if you know how to seamlessly swap heads.  I opted for having both parents looking at the camera (they’re even smiling)…I thought that Dustyn attempting to give his brother a kiss (I promise, he was kissing not biting) added character. However, Sarah is smiling in the shot on...

Earlier this year, I stumbled upon a tutorial on I Heart Faces called: “In the Fairy Garden.” At the time, I was so excited to use it that I wrote my own variation of the tutorial for Photoshop Elements – HERE. I used those same steps to create the photo I submitted to Pioneer Woman (you know, the one that made Group 1…even though it didn’t make it onto the finals), and then I used it again on my Macro Monday this week…teasing you that I would give you a tutorial today. Well, wait no  more…I wrote a tutorial over at Paper Heart Camera today!...

This month’s ACoLab prompt was “full circle.” I wasn’t sure what I’d photograph until I came across a little inspiration: Cheryle Kupsh Photography (this is her post on “planet photography” that inspired me…you should really check out her work, she’s incredible). In her post, she links up with Dirk’s Tutorial on “Creating Your Own Planets“. For more ACoLab entries, go to:In celebration of Ramblings and Photos hitting over 600 followers, I thought I would recreate Dirk’s tutorial and show you how to create this...

Kim sent me an email last with with an editing request. I was thrilled to hear from Kim as her son has been featured in my Before and After postings before (click here), and he really is such a handsome boy. Although the editing for this photo was relatively simple, I thought this would be a good opportunity to reintroduce a workflow action that I used to use before Squeaky Clean.With this edit, I started in Adobe Camera Raw, but really didn’t need do much of an adjustment. I cropped the photo to a 5×7 ratio and then made a curves adjustment to create a little more contrast (as you...