Before and After Photoshop CS3

Hey Everyone! This cutie is Isaac…he’s the son of my good friends Sam and Tiffany. While they were visiting us last week we decided to take a few photos of this little man and play around with the “post processing” that goes into a lot of photography. So, what did I do? We took this image with a one-light “Strobist” setup. For the editing, I started off by using the Healing Brush tool in Photoshop CS3 to get rid of the evidence that this toddler is male…I mean, the bruises on his forehead! Next I enhanced the eyes to lighten the iris, darken the pupil and bring out the “catch light.” I used an MCP action to soften his skin and give him that “new baby skin” look. After that I used a TRA action to bring out some more color. All of that produced the “first edit” that you see below. The other two edits are just additional actions from TRA. Sam and Tiffany were really happy with the results and I sent them home with a disc of the originals and edited photos we did. Enjoy the photos, guys!!

Anonymous - April 6, 2009 - 3:42 pm

i like.. i cant tell which one is the original.. unless i read the captions,, hope u can take portrait of my family..=p

keep it up..
i love looking at your page..

-carv

Al - April 5, 2009 - 10:15 pm

good stuff man, I’d love to see some other settings for your pp work (wider shots) Great example work though.