Fix-It Friday #20 “Little Miss”

Every Friday over at i <3 faces they “fix up” a photo. 

I'm using Photoshop CS3.

Here is the original…

Edit 1: crop, clone all the background junk out of the picture, ying yang lighten on background, ying yang darken on face a tad, brighten eyes, magic powder, soft gold, and edge burn 15%

Edit #2: Just took my 1st edit cropped it closer and converted it to black and white

Edit #3: Just took my 1st edit cropped it closer again, ran grunge rock 36%, sepia 67%

Edit #4: I started at the beginning, faded the background, cropped it, soft gold action at 20%, lighten the eyes a tad. I wanted the soft look for this picture, the other edits seem very hard & bold and I didn't like how dark her eyes were in my first 3 edits. Edit #4 is definitely my favorite.

If you'd like to play along you can go download the original, and take your own shot at editing the photo at I ♥ Faces.

Comments

[Melinda]

Just wanted to stop by and say hello! Haven't "talked" to you in a while. Hope all is well. I was looking over some of your posts and man, are your photos stunning!!

[Kim Lawhon]

Beautiful!
ps. I have been using photoshop & new to it, & am wondering is there more to it than the basic editing?

[jenny]

I need to start learning to play with photos. I love all the awesome creative things I see you do with your photos.

[Vicki]

Wow! Really well done! Got all the feet and background mess out of there - its like you saved the picture! ;-)

[wendy]

I love your edit 3. Very nice!

[Alysha]

You always do such a good job. Beautiful fix this week!!!!

[kimber]

Absolutely beautiful edits. Nice job!!!

[Lindsay]

I love what you have done with this picture. Especially love Edit #3! I would blow that one up! It's so neat to see everyone fixing my photo.

[Alicia]

Great Job on this. I love how you got all that background mess out. Still trying to figure that out through Adobe Lightroom. So confusing. :(