Fix it Friday

I love fix it friday's at http://www.iheartfaces.com/. Want to learn to correctly edit photos? Then head on over and join in the fun! I turned this.....

into this!

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Fix-It Friday #70 • Photo Editing Fun!

It has been months since I did a fix it Friday! I am so excited to participate this week. Look at this little cutie!!! She has the most gorgeous brown eyes!

Okay so this is my fix.
1- Fixed Highlights
2- Reduced noise
3- Softened Skin
4- Removed eye circles
5- Ran London action using Florabellas Luxe Actions and adjusted opacity
5- Did PW Lovely and Etheral action and adjusted opacity
6- Removed color cast on skin using Nik Color Efex
7- Boosted the eyes using PW Action
8- Resharpened image

9- Copped image to the left and added a quote and a border

Here is the Before

And here is my edit

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

.Fix-It Friday #64 • Photo Editing Fun!

It's fix it Friday at http://www.iheartfaces.com/ . Every week you get the opportunity to fix a photo. Here is my version.

ORIGINAL                                                             MY VERSION

and because everyone likes a splash of color in B&W or the classic B&W here are a few more

Happy Friday!

Another Honor....

I love http://www.iheartfaces.com/  Fix it Friday! it is so amazing to see one photograph in a hundred different ways. People are so creative and it is so inspiring to see what people come up with.

This fix it is extremely special to me because Julie Rivera is one of my favorite photographers. Not only is she one of my favorites, she is also the sweetest most kind photographers I have ever met. If I ever need photography inspiration I go to her blog and just look around at all her amazing photos. If I ever have a question or needed some tips I would ask Julie and she was always open to giving me advice. I am honored to fix her photo. I hope she loves her edit. Your daughter is beautiful Julie and thank you so much for everything you have done for me.

Here is my edit

Here is the original

Fix it Friday

I thought the original was fantastic but I did black and white cause I love the contrast with the background.

My Fix

ORIGINAL

Fix it Friday

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Simple Black and White

The coloring I got the photo to to convert to black and white

Here is the orignal

I Heart Faces - Fix-It Friday #53

My Before and After Edit for http://www.iheartfaces.com/ - Fix it Friday

What I did
- Noise Reduction using PS2
- lightened using PW action
- Dynamic Skin Softener with Nik Color Efex - Removed skin softener around eyebrows, lips, and eyes
- There was a small mark above her lip. Not sure if it was a mole or a piece of dirt, so I chose to remove it.
- Enhanced eyes with PW action
- Sharpened image using MCP action
- Fresh and Colorful action (Reduced opacity to my liking)
- Color Boost
- Stretched only the right side of the image to add writing
- Added a personalized quote which would be great for Mother's Day

AFTER

BEFORE

HAPPY EARLY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Fix-It Friday #47 - Hands-On Photo Editing Fun!

Fix it Friday at http://www.iheartfaces.com/. This is short and sweet and a super quick edit. Got my hands full with a bunch of other kids today! :D

Here is the Before

Here is the After... It is my version of a Fisher Price Advertisement! :D

Fix-It Friday #46 - Hands-On Photo Editing Fun!

BTW - Most of you know me as Roper Family but this is my new photography blog!

Happy Friday! Actually it is still Thursday for me and I happened to log onto my blog and see they already had the link for fix it friday! My husband is waiting on me to get to bed so we can watch 2012! I keep telling him just 5 more minutes.... almost done... LOL!

So this week at iheartfaces we get the honor of editing this cute little thing.... what didn't I edit on this photo! I love this photo especially the background. The boys expression was perfect but to me the colors just were not popping out! So here is my fix.

1) Sharpened and cropped image in PS2
2) Cross Process in Nik Software L08 But only on his face (this gives it that creamy look on his skin)
3) I then edited his eyes to make them pop using PS2. Did a little color and dodge burning.
4.) I did a Darken Lighten Center using nik Software to bring out the brilliant colors on the foilage
5) Did an Indian Summer filter with Nik Software to pop the foilage colors on soft light
6) Did a foilage filter on the greenery in the grass
7) Added a texture ONLY to the foilage.
8) Removed the baby scratches (pimples) Although I loved him just the way he was... I figured since it was an edit I should probably remove those
9) Used a Gold Reflector filter with Nik software go give him a little color in his face.
10) Added a midnight filter in Sepia using Nik Software and then used soft light in photoshop.... this helped to bring back some of the darker colors and natural shades in this photo.

Okay so I don't normally edit like crazy on photos... but wasn't this a great photo to edit. I feel like I got lost in this photo with that beautiful background... I guess it is reminding me that spring is around the corner.... i just can't wait!

Fix-It Friday #12 – Hands-On Photo Editing

My first fix it friday! How exciting! To see more great fix it fridays posts click here

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This reminds me of one of the thousands of pictures I have of my boys at the park. This picture reminds me so much of the typical care-free boy... playing, smiling, and being just a "boy!"

So I wanted to bring that into my photo.

What did I do

Step 1- I took out the hot spot in his faces

Step 2- I adjusted the coloring in the photo using Nik Software Filter- Graduated Neutral Density

Step 4- I softened his skin using Nik Software Filter Dynamic Skin Softener and I enhanced the foilage in the background

Step 5- I added a "touch" of Glamour Glow to the photo

Step 6- I crossprocessed the photo using Nik Software Filter L07

Step 7- I used a textured background in a new layer and used a Pin Light (opacity 43%) into the photo for an old textured look

Step 8- I cropped the photo

Step 9- I added the typing "All Boy" into the photo

Step 10- I added a white and blue border

How fun was that! I learned new stuff about out to edit shadowing on photos and can't wait to use them on some of my old and future photos!

Here is the original

Here is the one I edited