Here is the original:
- Run through Noiseware and selected Portrait setting
- Opened image in ACR(adobe camera raw). I adjusted exposure, brightness contrast and recovery. The white balance was right on for me.
- Opened image in PSE7. Cropped square.
- Using clone tool I removed the black mouth on the hat, I found it a bit distracting.
- Ran Digital Photography for Mom's Defog Action. Selected A Little Foggy layer at 100% opacity.
- Ran Coffeeshop Perfect Portrait Action. Adjusted the levels a bit. Whitened whites with 100% opacity white brush and then adjusted the layer opacity to 40%. Used Eye Define layer, with 100% opacity white brush covered the entire eye and each eyelash. Kept layer at 100% opacity. On Bright eyes layer, I used a 10% opacity white brush on the irises until it was to my liking. I soften skin just a bit. It didn't need a whole lot after being ran through Noiseware. Set the sharpen layer at 60%. Flattened image and that is edit #1.
Edit #1
Ran Coffeeshop Golden Vintage Action. Turned off the darken layer and set the vintage layer at 59% opacity. Turned on vignette layer at 100%.
Edit #2

Ran Coffeeshop Retro Honey Action. Turned off Dark Burn Layer. Adjusted Light Burn to 28%
Edit #3
Turned off the soften layer and adjusted the levels in the lighten layer.
Edit #4
Edit #4










Great job. I really love how #2 and #4 turned out. I am just really loving the simple things these days!
ReplyDeleteVery nice editing
ReplyDeleteI love every single one of your fixes Mandi...I really couldn't pick a favorite. Really fabulous job!
ReplyDelete~Angie
co-founder of iHeartFaces
Those edits are amazing, I LOVE them all! Terrific work!
ReplyDeleteLove that 3rd one, I love Coffeeshop!
ReplyDeleteI love your "eye"!
ReplyDeleteI'm bookmarking your page. So good!
Love the second one.. all are realy fantastic!
ReplyDeleteGod bless-
Amanda
all of these are gorgeous!! im saving your page and going to try your edits from what you wrote...LOVE IT!!
ReplyDeletelove them ALL. really love edit #4 and the b&w at the end. beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHere's the link to the texture:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/chromaticaberrations/2279163002/
I love your fix-it....and it reminds me that I have A TON to learn at the same time. Yikes....there's just SOOOOOO many different things you can do with a photo. Good thing art is subjective...to a point.
ReplyDeleteYou are really good at this!!!
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