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"Ponytail Princess" = Fix it Friday @ I ♥ Faces

This weeks photo comes from Katarina @ Rambunctious Joy. This sweet little girl is adorable.

The Original Image:

My first edit was to crop it and boost the colors, lighting and sharpness:

I then did a high contrast black and white:

I wanted to try a change the background a bit. I layered a texture over the image, lowered the opacity and then used a mask to remove the texture from the Ponytail Princess:

On this edit I extended the canvas on both sides of the little girl. Then I cloned the background in to create a continued background. I then boosted the colors, and ran PW's "Lovely and Ethereal":

Fix It Friday

Fix It Friday at I ♥ Faces. This week they have an adorable little baby. I was really excited to work on this one. I tried really hard not to look at the edited versions so I could use my own ideas. I managed to only see one (which I loved!). So here is my take on this photo. All edits were made with Photoshop 7.

Original Shot

Rotated 45 degrees, and cloned in the blanket to fill in the voids. First I lightened the image. Then ran an action to make the eyes sparkle. I also added a texture called "sandstone" to blur out my changes to the blanket. Then I used the history brush on the face. Then I used "rounded corners" action, just cuz I like it. :)

On this picture I did the same as above, except without the sandstone filter.

This one has the "Seventies" action that I love so well. I change the layer opacity a bit to tone it down some.

On this shot, I ran the sparkly eyes action, then I lightened the picture by about 2 more steps. Then I converted it to black and white. This one is my favorite of the edits.

Fix It Friday

Its another "Fix it Friday" at I ♥ Faces. My favorite day of the week! Someone submits a picture to I ♥ Faces and then we get to play with it!!

Original Shot (Its already a great one which makes it hard to play with!)

This version is sharpened, and the saturation and contrast levels are adjust a little bit, then cropped.

This black and white is a fun one, though I can't take much credit for it since I just ran some actions. I first ran an action from "Coffee Shop Actions" on it called "Powder Room" it gives the skin a really even tone and makes the eyes sparkle. Then I used an action from Coffee Shop called "Coffee With Cream" this really lightened up the image. My final step was to run one of my favorite black and white actions called "Ally's B&W".

This last one is super fun...I added a grungy texture over the edited image. I pasted my grungy pattern onto the image, and then chose "overlay" for that layer. Then I partially removed it with the history brush across the face. I think this one might be my favorite this week!

Fix it Friday~ I ♥ Faces

I can't get enough of Fix it Friday! It is my favorite day at I ♥ Faces!! I decided this week that I could ONLY post 2 pictures. (Since every week before I have been posting 4+!) So this week I only worked on 2 (which turned into 4! But I narrowed it back down to two!) I am using Photoshop 7 to edit my pictures.

The Original

Lightened, warmed and converted to black and white, then rotated a bit and cloned in the background to create a larger space around the face.

On this one I lightened it, and warmed it up. I then cropped it to a horizontal angle and cloned in the background to create a different look. I would take any suggestions on how to fix the cloned part...I feel like it has some obvious "rows" or lines.

Another Fix It Friday @ I ♥ Faces

Wow, I can't believe a week has gone by already! I have been busily working on 3 invitations over the past week...so the time has been flying. I am planning a giveaway for next Weds. for a custom card or invitation!

My favorite time of the week over at I ♥ Faces! Its Fix It Friday!! This sweet little one hardly needed anything. (in my opinion) But I did boost the picture and tried to make the baby's eyes stand out a bit more. I did tone down the red in a birth mark (I think it is anyway) on the arm...but I didn't want to remove it completely since that is a part of baby! I also tried to add some pink highlights to the blanket because I am under the impression that this is a little girl and wanted that to be more evident.

And of course, I have more than one....as always!

The Original

Cropped Black and White

Boost with "eye pop" action

Same as above with some fun artsy accents.

My trusty "70's" Action...that I love on so many different pictures!
(free from The Pioneer Woman)

Fix it Friday @ I ♥ Faces *edited*

I love Fix It Friday! I really like being artistic and creative with pictures...and when it is someone elses pictures, it makes it that much easier. :) This week was hard though. I forgot to not look at the contributors fixes before I did my own, and it made it a bit difficult for me. I felt like I was either copying what I saw, or just recreating it by accident. But...here is what I came up with anyway. (I always have to do a few, because I can never decide which ones I like the best!)

The Original Shot Taken by Angie

The next four are the "fixes" that I tried....the very last one, is probably the most artsy or creative one. I tried adding a film grain to the photograph just to make it a little different. *edit* Okay, I just was NOT pleased with my last picture...so it is different then the first one I posted.

I ♥ Faces Fix-It Friday #2

I ♥ Faces Fix it Friday... I love it! Here is the original picture...and my versions follow. I loved the black and white version done by Jenn Bowen. I really like high key black and whites. The last version is probably my favorite....

The Original

Black and White

Color Boost

"Seventies" Action

I ♥ Faces~Week 4~

Week four over at I ♥ Faces. This weeks theme is "The Eyes Have It". This is a picture of my adorably grumpy niece! I made another entry so you can see that she isn't always this grumpy! She loves her aunty, but she sure is a mama's girl!

I ♥ Faces~ Kids Entry ~ Joy

One day last summer my daughters were playing outside in the water and I captured this picture as she was about to swing through a stream of cold water. I love the childish look of glee on her face. So this is my kids entry for this weeks theme of "Joy"....check it out at http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

I ♥ Faces ~Adults Category~ Joy

This is my entry for the weekly fun. I think it fits the category...which is Joy. What greater joy then to meet your new son... I couldn't decide if this fit better in the kids category or the adults....but finally decided on the adults because that is where I see the most joy in the photograph. Check out the blog at http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/