Weekend Recipe

WOW.  I am SO behind on blogging.....


Awhile back, I decided to introduce some of my "Recipes" of editing a photo. And it's about time I got around to it  ;)

I will take you from the first step and go over everything I did to achieve the final product.  I will also include all the information of where I got the actions, etc.

Ok, here goes.  I use this "Recipe" quite often and it's definitely one of my favorites!  I call it:

A Pinch of Honey

What you will need:

• editing program (I have Photoshop CS4)
• Florabella Luxe II action set
• Florabella Color & Haze action set

I always start by cropping my photos to 5x7.  I then ran 'Light & Dark' and using my brush painted over her face to brighten it up.  I also reduced some of the redness from her skin.  I then ran Portraiture on a separate layer and turned the opacity low (I think about 30%).

I desaturated the yellows (about -20) because the action will add more yellow.  Next, I created a Selective Color layer adjustment.  I selected Green and set as follows:  Cyan (-40), Magenta (45), Yellow (35), Black (45).  Flatten image.

I then ran 'Jane' from Florabella's Luxe II collection and set the opacity between 30-50% (it varies from photo to photo).  Next, I ran 'Milk & Honey' from Florabella's Color & Haze collection.  Ungroup the folder and make the following adjustments:  Honey Tint (35% opacity), Milk Haze (15% opacity), Honey Haze (10% opacity), turn off Brighten Up and Lighten layers.

Then I ran 'Pastel Tints & Hazes' from Florabella's Color & Haze collection.  Turn on Lavender Tint and Tiffany Blue Tint.  Set Tiffany Blue Tint to 15% opacity.

The very last step, I just added a slight vignette at about 10-15% opacity.

And that's it!  Feel free to leave any questions in the blog comments below  :)