Sometimes I like to play with images and try new things out on them, new looks, new texture, etc. Today I wanted to do something special with this image, but everything I tried didn't look right. Then I decided to try the Midnight Sepia action I have and there it was, what I was looking for.
I am actually excited about how it turned out.
It kind of reminds me of a mix of Greg Olson and Liz Lemmon Swindle look, only in a photograph instead.

| Celebrate! |

I love it when people let their hair down and are willing to play around when being shot. I think it makes this shot much more fun and enjoyable... you can't help but smile when you see their excitement.

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So the next time your photographer asks you to do something, and you're not quite sure about it... try it! You might really like the outcome!

| A Play With Texture |

So I haven't experimented much with textures, but I'd like to start. I don't know if this will be something customers would be interested in, but I know that I enjoy looking at it, so I'm going to keep playing with it.

This image has two textures and a frame. The textures are a rubber glove and cracked cement from Johnny's Fine Art Textures Vol. 1 That link will take you to some of his other items for sale.

I like how the cement added texture to the cloudy sky. It didn't have texture it's self, so the cement helped. I also liked how the rubber glove added to it. I added contrast to both, and I also added a blur to the rubber glove. The frame I used is a brush, and I erased the flowers it had in the middle, but I like how it darkened the corners.

This is another try at textures. I can't remember which ones I used, I think they came with my PSCS2. In the original the parents were too dark, had harsh shadows on them, but I wanted to keep them in the image. So I was hoping the textures would help bring out the little girl, and have your eyes drawn to her, while keeping the parents as a presence in the image.