Before and After

Who doesn’t enjoy a “Before and After”? I love seeing the impact post-processing can have on an image. I’ll enjoy occasionally sharing these on my blog.

Here is the final, edited image. This was my 365 snap for today. Eliza rode a scooter for the first time ever and thankfully I had my camera handy 🙂

This image was shot at IS0 400 | f/2.2 | 1/3200sec.

Here are the adjustments I made to the original image.
In Lightroom:
– Adjusted exposure and white balance
– Recovered some blown highlights
In Photoshop:
– Cloned out the fountain behind her head (I found it distracting)
– Adjusted her skin tone (reduced redness, brightened)
– Added a tiny bit of contrast
– Increased vibrance
– Straightened and cropped, added a slight vignette, my time stamp and saved

Here is the before and after comparison:

I just love the post-processing side of digital photography workflow. I find it so interesting and fun to experiment with different creative touches to my images.