I was recently looking through some photo’s off-loaded from my digital camera when a friends birthday party showed up. I thought this picture was a good pose but there was plenty wrong with the picture’s qualities.
The subject is blown out, too red, red eye’s, colour washed out, distracting background.
I started by cropping the shot to center on the birthday boy, and blurring the background a touch.
Whitened up the teeth, neutralized the blacks in his hair and shirt as well as darkening them with curves.
Used curves, selective colour and some darkening brush to bring back the detail in his face.

Lastly i applied lots of sharpening to the foreground, and more around the face and eyes to really create a focal point.

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I built this website from the bottom up, all the pictures were supplied by the cottage owners. Some of the shots required a little tidying up as the cottage was not yet finished.

It was to have a feeling of class and comfort, and still maintain all the information for prospective renters.
I was fortunate enough to spend a weekend there, and it is more than words or pictures can describe.

www.pinewoods.ca

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