Summertime Fun!

Kelsey ane I went to the park and took some pictures.  I took a lot and edited a lot, but here are some of my favorites!

Before.  I don't so much like the church in the background here.

I think this one is pretty bad.  But I posted it so I can remember not to go overboard with the color enhancement.  It looked fine at first, but when I came back to it later, it almost blinded me. 

before

after.  cropped.  auto lighten.  auto brightness and contrast then made it more bright to make it appear to be more of a sunny day.  it was actually a really cloudy day.

before

after.  cropped out the ugly cement box on the right side.  manual adjust contrast.  auto enhance colors.

before.  love jordyn's "seriously, more pictures" look.

after.  auto lighten.  manual contrast (up) and brighten again thinking it made it look like a sunny day. auto enhance colors.

before.  i took this picture thinking I could make it look old with this wall in the background. One thing I don't like is the pipe on the right side.  I feel like it is just in a spot that attracts the eye, but I could not crop it and still keep in enough of the old wall background to be satisfied.

first made black and white.  auto enhance colors and lighten (don't remember if this really made a difference cause it was already b/w). select jordyn, and inverse. lighten background (again. might not have made a difference cause i then did a spotlight.) lighting effects, omni flashlight and really tone down the intensity.

I think that by selecting Jordyn and lightening everything else, it kind of makes her look like a cut and paste kind of a deal.  So on the next one, I did pretty much the exact same thing as this one, only I lightened the whole thing, including her, and I think it turned out better.  Also, took the picture from a different angle to get rid of that pipe. 

before

after

before.  love her little smile in this one. 

cropped out the weird green box on the right.  tried to get her more into the center.  auto lighten.  auto enhance color.  manually brighten.

before.  this is her new "cheese" face.  I have been wanting to try some new angles and this from above angle is what I have had stuck in my head.  I think it really makes the picture about her, and not the scenery.

after.  auto lighten.  auto color.  manually brighten.

I have been playing a lot with photoshop the past little while.  I think I have really explored color and light and I am starting to get into routines.  I think I really need to work on getting brave.  Taking unconventional shots.  Not just setting Jordyn on the grass and snapping something.  I am glad I took this from above shot and that it worked out ok.  I need to get braver and more artistic with the editing in terms of color and brightness.  I need to take more pictures that focus on the face, and not the scenery.  Hopefully I can start to break out of my shell and do these things.  I am going to take some new pictures of my newborn nephew and some of my brother's family this summer and I hope that I can be brave and creative, thinking outside of just sitting and posing.