It's a Classic

Before:

After:

The First Photo shown is a charming shot, the colors are good, the composition is interesting, the people beautiful. :) BUT the background is not particularly attractive, it's a little crooked, the shot was too wide, and takes in a lot of distracting objects, such as purses, bags, and a plug. So here's what I did to remedy the situation:

1. First I used the straightening tool in Photoshop, then cropped the photo.

Again, this is a nice photo BUT I thought I could get more out of it. So I...

2.Turned it Black and White

Very professional looking...BUT I still found the purses and plug distracting.

3. Taking the paintbrush in Photoshop I selected the color "Black" and less than 50% opacity. I went first over the purses and plug then, liking the effect chose to go all the way around the photo.

 So that's it. Three easy steps to turn a "nice" photo into a classic.

*Thanks Vaughn Family for allowing me to share these photos!

*Be Sure to Check out my Digital Scrapbooking Blog to see the page I made with these photos!

Stepping Back in Time

I LOVE old photos.

Remember this photo from last week? I have already turned it black and white and have added a soft focus, now I'm going to add a more vintage feel to it.

Open the photo in photoshop and in the layers panel select "create new adjustment layer" this should open a drop-down window where you can select "hue/saturation". Now another window will pop up, in the bottom right panel there is a little check-box labeled "colorize", check the box then slide the "saturation" bar to the intensity of your choice. In the photo below I chose 35.

Now Compare:

It's like sepia, only you decide!