Thursday, June 3, 2010

before/after

This is my first before/after post, I decided I would join Monica's bloghop this week! I took some pictures of Logan a few weeks ago, and one thing I wanted to incorporate was her crib bedding. We picked out her bedding long before she was born, and it was something Cody and I both immediately agreed on. We looked at hundreds, and kept going back to this one! We love it and we hope it lasts a while, and she will love it too. However, I know one day this bedding will be long gone, and I wanted something to be able to show her the bedding her Daddy and I picked out for her.

                                                             This is the original - SOOC

it looks over-exposed, yellow, and the wrinkle in the background drives me nuts!
After:

I edited in Lightroom:
boosted blacks, cloned the wrinkle, adjusted white balance, fixed her skin tone,
straighted the horizon and boosted clarity

a nice, clean edit :-)

This is from the same set as this picture - a b/w conversion.

21 comments:

  1. What an adorable little one! And a lovely job on the edit :)

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  2. OMG she's gorgeous!! Great edit!

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  3. your pictures are so beautiful. i hope some day i can be 1/2 that good with editing!! and of course, Logan is cute as ever!
    jess

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  4. Such a sweetie! I should do something like this to remember our crib bedding. The crib is long gone but the bedding is still in the closet.

    Donna
    Our Blog: Double Happiness!

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  5. Nice, bright edit! And your model is a doll!!

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  6. I love that you've kept this sweet and simple. And might I mention what a beautiful little girl you have!

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  7. I love your "clean" editing style. So sharp and clear. Just gorgeous. I love her bedding too! ;)

    She is just a doll.

    I'm excited you joined in this week!

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  8. Yea! You joined in the fun! :) Love this edit and the black and white one! You are so great with skin tones.

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  9. Just as I suspected - you're a great photographer even SOOC!! ;)

    You are making me want Lightroom so bad now, though!!

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  10. She is adorable!!! Good job on edits, not too much, just enough to perfect the shot.

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  11. She is too cute! I love your edit. Her skin looks so creamy and gorgeous!

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  12. Great job. This is my first one too.

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  13. awww so cute. Love her. Love the colors too. Great job!
    I have joined in too
    plz do visit

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  14. Great edit!! Boosting the blacks was a great idea and I do like it better cool as opposed to warm.

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  15. Wow, what a pretty little girl! I think you did a super job on the edit. I love everything about it!

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  16. Beautiful original but your edit really makes this special. I love the light hand you used in editing - it doesn't look "photoshopped".

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  17. I LOVE the edit! Great job! And I'm glad you decided to join in on the fun! I hope to see you next week.

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  18. LOVE the edit. You did a great job! You should start posting editing tips...for lame-o people like me who stink at PP.

    She is so stinking adorable :)

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  19. She is too cute! And the bedding is darling too!
    Your photos and edits are so good, glad to see you doing this blog hop! I love before and afters!

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