Fit-It Friday

It's Fix-It Friday over on I Heart Faces! I haven't done one of these in quite some time. I enjoy the opportunity to edit and play around with someone else's photo for a change though. Thank you to Andrea Riley Photography for allowing us to edit your photo!

You too can participate over on the I Heart Faces website!

This is the original, unedited photo by Andrea Riley Photography.

My edit (and for whatever reason, it looks more "drab" or "washed out" on my blog than it does in cs3)

For editing, I used CS3 and a combination of Florabella Actions:

• Classic Bright 83%
• Warm Color Pop 85%
• Add Some Drama 80%
• Rich Autumn 60%

I then cropped the image and rotated it :)

Feel free to comment AND join in on the fun! A new Fix-It Friday is posted every...you guessed it! Friday!

Update [Warren, MI Photographer]

Ocqueoc Falls

Well, I took a much needed but not long enough vacation over the weekend (are they ever long enough?). We went to northern Michigan with a great group of friends and had such a wonderful time. I took about 800 photographs and haven't even gone through them yet! Now it's back to reality!

My vacation put me a little bit behind on editing. All sessions done within the last week or two will be completed by the end of this week (meaning Friday). I will be sure to blog some sneak previews as well.

I have two wonderful upcoming sessions this weekend. One is a family reunion at a local park which should be a lot of fun. The second is one that I am doing through Inspirations Through Art. What a fabulous organization this it! If you don't know what it is, I suggest you click the link and read some truly inspirational stories. I am honored that the family chose me to be their photographer :))

Fix-It-Friday (a day late!)

I've been so busy I forgot to post my Fix-It-Friday edits from iheartfaces

So here we go! 

First one is the original photo. It's super cute but the colors are a little too dull for my liking:

In my first edit, I popped the colors more and adjusted the clarity and cropped the image. 

In this edit, I desaturated and sharpened as well as cropped.

And my final edit for this photo, I played around with the colors and exposure to give it a more vintage feel. I again cropped the image. 

You can check out more fabulous edits as well as get tips on how to do some of the edits by clicking the ihearttfaces button below! Have fun and have a great weekend! 

Fix-It-Friday #65

Another Fix-It-Friday from iheartfaces! I just love this lil guy's bright blue eyes! He is such a cutie!

The Original


Edit #1, ran through CS3 with a defog and color pop


Edit #2, ran through Lightroom and used a b&w converter preset


Edit #3, again in Lightroom, a tighter crop, used Creative Catalyst 19 preset


Edit #4, Lightroom, even tighter crop, used a preset called Metropolis


Check out more edits and gain some great tips and you can even submit your own edits!