My Lightroom still hasn't arrived but I've been playing with Photoshop and going for some of that "Sixties" look that is all the rage right now. My little brother, Caleb, is always a willing model and I took these a few weeks back but only now am playing with them:
He's a great model and his "look" seems to lend it's self to this style of editing. What do you think??
Month: July 2008
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Playing with "the Sixties" look
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Our Love Story, on Hutch5
One of my dear Xanga friends has a wonderful weekly feature going on showcasing inspiring love stories! My hubby and I are the featured couple this week. Run over and check it out!
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Finally... I'm getting:
I'm soooo excited I could just bust!! Whahoo! Even cooler editing to come... Stay tuned! -
Please Pray for Todd's Board Exam Today! *Edit*
I don't usually do this. But watching my man put in hour after hour of studying over the past few weeks I know he deserves to do well but with 6 (and often 7 to 10!) kiddlies running in and out of the house and all around him, quality studying is hard to come by!!! So if you think of it, pray for him today as he takes this exam that all the work that he put into studying the past few years of information would come back to him and that he would have a clear un-hindered mind able to focus and move quickly through the questions. This test is like a 8 hour exam so also pray for his stamina and endurance. He's already exhausted from studying and tired of looking at a screen. Please pray for renewed focus and enthusiasm for the subject. THANKS SO MUCH!!
**Updated at 9:20pm**
Thanks so much for all the prayers and out-pouring of support! Looks like it went well. We won't know until his scores are posted but he wanted me to tell you he really appreciates the prayers and encouragement! -
Before and After
I've gotten several questions about how I edit. So I thought I'd add a few before and after shot to give you an idea of what I'm doing with the more extensive editing tricks that have been seen here lately. (btw, for those of you who've been asking: I have the Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 version and find it works really well for me. The price tag on it is under a hundred bucks and has all the most essential whistles and bells featured in CS3 (which I have used quite a bit) and it's pretty user friendly and straight forward. You can get a full version trial from Adobe at their website if you want to try it out. There is, however, quite a learning curve so don't expect to master all these techniques straight out of the box or before the trial runs out. I've spent hours getting this down and now it only takes me a matter of minutes to create an image like the one below.)So this is the picture from a few days ago of my Tyler (before I edited it):
I had set my camera on Manual and the mode: Vivid, Aperture Priority: f/4. This made the colors really pop (...maybe a little too much) and the background blurry. But to me the photo was kinda blah. Couldn't put my finger on it but it needed something. As I explained in my reply to a commenter, I picked up a tip from ialsolovechocolate
and found some free images on Flickr of old walls and distressed rock
and then layered one of them with the photo above after I messed with
the colors and made the photo blurry with the Gaussian Blur tool. I
then lowered the distressed image's opacity to about 50%. I then used
the Rectangular Marquee Tool with Feather set at 250px and cut out the
middle of the that layer and made a new layer with it. I then dropped
the opacity some more on just the middle so my picture was a little
more visible. I did a few other minor tweaks but I think you get the
idea. And here, again is the finished product:
Hope that helps you get a feel for how I do it. I'll post some more before and afters over the next little while too.~TTFN
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Collage of George
One last collection of Baby George photos... He's just sooo precious!
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