Fix it Friday - I {Heart} Faces
I'm participating again in the I Heart Faces Fix it Friday (their #82, my second). It's fun to have someone else's photo to edit for a change, although their photos never seem to need much changing! :)
Here is the original (by Rachel Durik):
Both of my edits I did in Adobe Lightroom 2.
I felt it was a little too heavy on the negative space on the right. If there was a little bit on the left I think it would have felt more balanced. So, I cropped out a lot of it. Then I warmed it a bit, upped the exposure, upped the saturation just a touch, and sharpened the eyes. (Ok, so the eyes were already sharp, I just wanted to try out the adjustment brush in Lightroom!)
For the second edit I cropped close in on the girls face (love those freckles!). Then I ran a preset called "Matt's Vintage Style" (he also has one that adds grain to the image). I thought it was a bit too green for this photo so I moved the tint more to the magenta side. I upped the exposure, sharpened the eyes and added just a hint of an edge burn.
So much fun!
Ooo, by the way, I'm going to have a couple projects featured tomorrow (Saturday) morning at the DIY Showoff! Yay!
Plus, when I get to 100 followers I'm going to do a giveaway and start my own linky party (with a catch). Woohoo!