Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Sharpening a Photo

My Photoshop Tuesday has already become a challenge only because I don't have time to learn new things with Photoshop so I just use the same things I already know how to do. I'll try to throw something little in the same ole' stuff and hope that you can notice from the SOOC.


As I was taking the pictures of Adam and Michelle I noticed how her brown dress with the cream matched my decor so well and her feet crossed dangling in mid-air, looked like a fairy princess waiting for her mission. Here is the photo SOOC



Here's the photo after I brightened the colors, straightened the dresser, cropped in slightly so it didn't look like I cut her head off by accident

(one of the photography rules is never, and they mean never, cut someone off at their neck, wrist, knees, shoulders... any joint. Doing so will look like you messed up and give the person viewing the photo a wanting to see beyond the outside frame)

my new photoshop skill was the sharpening I did on this photo, to notice look at the tables in the picture behind Michelle they look much more defined, her shoes, the detail in the dresser drawers, you can even see the fluting in the new column (they are going to look so cool when they're done). Speaking of the column.... I tried so hard to get that column straight in the photo but then the dresser wasn't, I'm not sure why that is but you probably didn't even notice until I just pointed it out. I know stop talking and show you the photo already!!!! I'm not sure why but I think this is a very cool photo, you can get the best photo by noticing the simplest things when taking pictures of the obvious.


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