Fix It Friday ~ Late As Usual!

  

Good Morning All!

It’s been a hectic couple of weeks here in Nashville. Who would have ever thought that I would be making a little mullah with my camera? Granted, it’s not much, but it has been enough for me to buy Photoshop CS5, so I’m a happy camper! :}  If you are a teacher or student, check out Academic Superstore, they have some unbelievable prices, and are really easy to work with!

What a great photo to work on for Fix It Friday! Thanks Angie, for letting your daughter come and play with us this week!

I was just sharing with a friend this weekend, how much I have learned from this jaunt into photo editing through Fix It Friday. It’s amazing the talent that is out there today. Don’t ever cut yourself short if you think you are not good enough. Cause guess what? “YOU ARE”!

 

Original Raw Photo

Well, back to photo editing! I imported the raw image into Lightroom 2.6 and followed my everyday workflow techniques:

1) Import into Lightroom 2.6.

2) Correct White Balance if necessary.

3) Finagle the exposure if needed.

4) Add contrast to bring out the shadows

5) Add a little clarity.

6) Fiddle with the vibrancy.

From this point, I transferred the photo to Photoshop CS5, that’s right baby, it’s living on my computer! I really could not wait. My copy is being shipped right now, so I went ahead and downloaded the 30 day trial to give it a try! It’s definitely the bomb! OK, I just realized I have had too much coffee this morning!

Focusing and getting back to editing. In CS5, I used content aware fill to remove the weight limit sign on the right, and the one of the yellow and black signs on the left. Now I realize, I should have done the same for the one on the right, but oh well! After I played with, I mean worked with CS5, I ran the following actions:

1) Nichole V Essential Color Pop Outdoors

2) Nichole V Selective Skin Smooth

3) Added a couple of texture overlays from Shadow House Creations

a. Scratch The Surface Set - #1 set to overlay @33%

b. Spider Web Board – set to soft light @ 25%

4) Added free frame from Jessica Sprague.

My edit!

And there you go friends! Do you know how much I ♥ Fix It Fridays?

I imagine you do!

Make sure you head over to I ♥ Faces to view the other edits as well! 
While there, look around, you might find something else you like!

Enjoy life, snap some shots, and have fun…
That’s what I’m gonna do!