I {Heart} Faces-FIF|Redmond, WA Photographer

Posted on January 15, 2011

I decided to try my hand at “Fix It Friday” for I Heart Faces, so here are my “fixes.” This is a lovely photo to begin with, so it’s easy to make it shine. What a fabulous face, I {heart} her freckles SO much! I hope she loves them too and always remembers how beautiful she is as she grows up!

Originial-SOOC shot from IHF

Edit #1: I used LR3 to edit. I have a B&W preset I made for myself a while ago that I applied first. Then, brushed the eyes with (again) an “eye enhance” brush I made up, I then decided to use it on her entire face, since I wanted to make sure you could still see those fabulous freckles-it does a little bit of clarity, and a tiny bit of lightening too. Sharpened for web, cropped square and that’s it!

Edit #2: Again, I used my own preset I call, “soft & warm fade,” then brushed her eyes and a little underneath her eyes (since it brought out a touch of darkness there), her lips and added a very tiny vignette.

Voila!! Then again, when you have a stellar photo to work with from the beginning, it’s not too hard to make it look great.