Kristi W. sent me this photo and said, “Hello! I am a big fan of your blog and couldn’t resist sending a photo to see how you’d edit it for Reader Photo Friday. I know it’s too dark, so I’m very curious as to how you would fix it.”
It was quite dark and because I couldn’t open the raw file, I just edited the JPG and it came out great!
{Recipe}
I ran MCP’s ‘under exposure fixer’ from The Quickie Collection. You could also use an adjustment layer.
I burned the background with MCP’s free ‘Touch of Light/Touch of Darkness’ action. Also available in The Quickie Collection. Also available for PSE.
The also from The Quickie Collection, I ran the color fixer and toned down the yellows (his skin was looking very yellow)
I used Totally Rad’s Pro Retouch skin retouching brush on his skin
MCP’s Eye Doctor to sharpen and juice up those baby blues
Then lastly, from MCP’s Quickie Collection, I ran ‘color flair’
THANKS, KRISTI! EVERYONE KEEP THOSE SHOTS COMIN. SEND YOUR PHOTOS TO EH@ELIZABETHHALFORD.COM
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