Sunday, January 2, 2011

Red Lips - Pop Rocks

Today's trial is selective color. I figured out how to identify a specific area and enhance a specific color in that area. The candy he's eating here doesn't make his lips red, in fact they are just regular color in the picture I took. So, I played with a couple colors and added my watermark. This is going to take forever to learn!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

New Year - Photoshop

I made it through my 365 photoblog in 2010! I admit, I didn't hit every single day but I did most and I kept at it and finished the year. I will continue taking photos, I want to continue learning new things so I am challenging myself to not just take photos but learn about my new program as well. We're starting simple here. My first "photoshopped" photograph. I'm a "take a good photo" person, as opposed to the, "don't worry, just photoshop it" person so this is a challenge. I want to learn how to help me enhance my photos rather than override them. First step, create a watermark, check, next, use some tools. I started with simply changing the saturation and vibrance, short and sweet. But here it is, I thought the great lines and colors would look great in a black and white shading, so I gave it a try and here it is.