Busman's Holiday

I was up until 3 AM finishing edits for a photoshoot. I'm procrastinating starting the edits on another.

And how do I procrastinate?

Why, by opening Lightroom and playing with other people's photos, of course!

I thought I'd participate in Fix-it Friday over at I ♥ Faces.  On Fix-it Fridays, a photo is provided for everyone to play with. 

Here's the SOOC, provided by Becca:

 

Isn't she adorable?  What a sweet little girl, and all that pink is just delicious!

Ok, so the first thing I noticed was the colour cast.  I used my eyedropper tool and the white of her eyes to fix up the colour balance.  Then I noticed the noise.  This was a very noisy photo, so I upped my masking and slid my noise reduction sliders waaaaaaaay to the right to make it soft and creamy.  Finally, I adjusted the luminance sliders to my liking and cropped it just a little bit more. I used my healing brush on just a couple of wee spots and brightened up the eyes a bit.   Here's my end result:

Amusingly enough, I noticed when I viewed the entry for this week that my end result is quite similar to that of Susan Keller's.  We took different paths but ended up at similar stops. 

I also thought I'd see how it looked in B&W, because I just LOVE a good B&W.  Here you go!

I should add that I did these with our Princess on my lap.  For a 7 year old, she has definite opinions on my editing, and would quickly tell me if I did something "wrong".  Maybe I'll have to hire out my next job to her! 

Thanks for stopping by and playing along!

Comments

[Stephanie]

THe one in color turned out very nice!

[Daiquiri]

I love 'em both - this is a great one to go BW on. All that texture in the background really makes her perfectly smooth cheeks come to the front.

[Mom]

I was checking out your blog site and am sooo impressed with your editing skills on the photos. They all are great but I think I like the original one best because it is softer and "creamer" looking. I guess it all comes down to personal preference as usual. Either way it's nice to see how much editing you are capable ofdoing on photos now. Keep up the great work. Love ya Mom