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No Photo Is Better Left Untouched!

No Photo Is Better Left Untouched!

Most photographs, even professional ones, can benefit from some retouching.  Some need to be put through a thorough workflow to correct white balance, exposure issues or some may just need little tweaks here and there.  Lightroom and Photoshop offer a myriad of ways to correct problems and allow photographers to be creative with their photos.  I enjoy working with MCP Actions for Photoshop – I recently picked up Jodi’s Fusion and Eye Doctor Actions and played around with them a bit.

I decided to try something subtle on this picture of my son Ryan from his first trip to Disney World at the age of 18 months:

The tweaks enhanced his eyes and the catch lights, while smoothing his skin and making it more creamy.

I’ll be playing around with these actions to see what other recipes I can come up with to enhance my photos!

Everyday Digital Scrapbooking: How to Create a Simple Gift that is Sure to Impress: Digital Tutorial

Everyday Digital Scrapbooking: How to Create a Simple Gift that is Sure to Impress: Digital Tutorial Scrapbook calling cards are such a cool gift to make! They are a definite necessity in this day and age and can be tailored to the recipient’s personality. How many times has someone asked you for your contact info… Continue Reading

Scrapping Disney

So I got my creative juices flowing today and decided to scrap some more of our Disney 2006 vacation (especially since Disney ’07 is right around the corner!). Scrapping Disney takes alot of energy because it is such an enormous project. I, of course, took a ton of pictures and they have to be edited… Continue Reading

Spring Is In The Air!

Today, it felt like Spring was in the air and boy did that feel good! I am definately one of those people who are affected by the weather. Late winter kills me – all I want to do is hibernate. Today I felt alive and I actually wanted to leave the house LOL. Went to… Continue Reading

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