New Software

This past week I purchased some new software for my computer which would help me edit photos more effectively and also gave me some really cool options to edit portraits. I love how some of these came out. The first is the original and the following ones show different effects I can do on pictures. The options are limitless!!
Leave me a comment and tell me what you think!

Jill

I had a great time with Jill walking around downtown Monroe. I started out the morning with a session with her and then finished the day with a session with Lauren whom you will see later on (her wedding is not until Sept). I have known Jill for many years and also know several of her family members. It was great catching up with her during her session. She is a beautiful bride!!

Storybooks

I have been trying to decide for awhile if I wanted to begin offering storybooks to clients. I have been playing around with some pages from my wedding and I wanted to get some feedback. If you were a bride is this something you would want offered? How are the layouts I have created so far? These pages would be bound in a leather book which thick pages similar to a board book. The picture would flow across the fold in the book in an almost seamless fashioin. Leave me a comment and tell me what you think.

How about this?

Ashley (the bride in this picture) requested a few editing changes made to this picture. What do you think?

Strange or Cool Editing?

So I edited this photo a little... Can you tell what it is? Is it strange or cool?

Kasey

My cousin Kasey is growing up quickly. Until she came along I was the only girl cousin on my mom's side of the family. She has always been like the little sister I never had. I can't believe she is almost a teenager! She came to visit the other week and we decided to play around a little and take some pictures.

Before and After

Here is another of Hilary. She is already such a beautiful young lady but
I took out some of the shine from her face and smothed her skin out just slightly. I also increased the appearance of blush and eyeshadow on her makeup. I then took out stray hairs from the top of her head and cleaned up the background to make it sharp. What do you think?

REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO MAKE IT BIGGER.

Before and After

I have been spending a lot of time this summer learning new techniques with Photoshop. I decided to post a few before and after pictures to see what everyone thinks. Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think about these pics. NOTICE: YOU NEED TO CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM. IT IS HARD TO SEE DIFFERENCES UNLESS YOU DO THIS.

This is a before and after of Luke and Shelby


This is a before and after of Hilary. Notice how much brighter the sky is!


I can also do retouches of old pictures. Here is a before and after example of a picture taken of my great-grandmother's family. I think she is the one in the front row with a little bow in her hair.