I Heart Faces - Fix it Friday #87

Just checking for another I Heart Faces Fix-it Friday! This image was shot by Andrea Riley (see the SOOC image below). Above is my edit. I cropped it, gave it a little levels and curves love, did a color balance layer adjustment to get some of the red out, then ran a Florabella bw action, adjusted the layers, lightened in areas that needed it and sharpened. Voila! I love these type of beautiful images, especially when it's dad and baby. Just something about big strong dads getting to hold their precious little one and really focusing on them in this way. Just melts my heart, I tell ya!

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I Heart Faces - Fix it Friday #86

Is this little girl gorgeous or what!? As you may know from my current facebook search, I am currently looking for a red head to participate in a fun photo session! When I saw this come up for Fix-it Friday on I heart faces I just had to play a little. It's the first time I have participated in this and it was fun!

Here is what I did with my edit. I first opened the photo in ACR  and increased the exposure and fill light a bit, using recovery and blacks to bring it to where it looked right to me. I then opened it in CS5  cropped it, and ran Coffee Shop's Powder Room action. I used various layers from the action, adjusting the opacity of each. Included was an eye defining and sharpening, skin softening and a skin lightening layer. I flattened the image and used the patch tool to take out the dark circles under her eyes. I then used another action to whiten the whites of her eyes and take out the red a bit. I also took some of the red out of her skin.  Finally, I used Florabella's Cosmo action and adjusted or deleted various layers.

She is just too cute..and I love the photo, too..such a sweet pose.


Here is the original that I had to work with:

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