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I love Jesus. I love my family. I love photography. I love books. I love thinking. Probably in that order. I have a wonderful husband, five beautiful daughters, a house, and a camera. I enjoy spending time talking to my husband, playing with my girls, redecorating my house and shooting things with my camera. In my spare time, I sleep.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Before & After: Jasmine J.



 Yesterday I took a few photos of Jasmine in our yard with an old suitcase and my teddy bear as props.  She didn't mind because she knows that mommy usually is good for a piece of candy if she'll model for me!  We didn't take too many since the lawn was wet and she refused to sit on the ground.  Plus the lighting was really bad with too many shadows & stray light.  For this particular photo I cropped it, blurred the background, adjusted the curve, upped brightness & contrast, then converted to black & white & added my personal vignette.  (I edit using Paint Shop Pro.)
 

Before:


After:


 

9 comments:

Sandi said...

Wow, I love the end result. That is so cool. You do a great job!

Ms. Diva said...

What a beautiful shot!! I love black and white shots!

Anonymous said...

Oh so sweet, love the edit!

Heather said...

So cute! The crop and black and white are perfect!

Mommy2Four said...

WOW.... that made a HUGE difference! Great edit!

Anonymous said...

Wow, doesn't even seem like the same picture!

alicia said...

Great transformation!!

Ewa said...

the photo is great, but the edit made it beutiful, love the black and white edit

Anita Johnson said...

I can't believe how great this edit is... the photo turned out beautiful! And what a cute face!