Editing Saves a "Poor" Photo

 

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I just got back from my 25th Anniversary trip to Cancun.

Hubby and I had a total blast soaking up tropical paradise.

 

My hubby will always be the cutest and sweetest man in the world!

 

 

We returned to a winter storm with five inches of snow,

so my beautiful tan is hidden under five layers of clothing.

 

This will be a short blog post as I slowly return to reality.

 

When I was shooting the ice skating photos in this blog post,

Susie's little sister Gigi was outside playing.

 

She looked so cute in her zebra hat and coat, so I quickly snapped

a few photos.  This photo looks dark and blah with no thought to

composition or the bad background.

 

I pretty much dismissed it.

 

 

Yesterday, I was in the process of purging bad photos when I came

across it again and decided to try editing.

 

WOWEEEE!!!

 

She looks downright COUTURE!

 

 

I LOVE how it turned out....and to think I almost deleted the crummy original!

 

She was standing by the skating rink in the backyard, so I cloned out the edge of the rink.

 

I was so excited, I tried editing another "crummy" Gigi shot:

 

BEFORE

 

 

AFTER

 

I am in love with these two photos and wish I had taken more of Gigi.

 

In both these shots I brightened the photos, sharpened the eyes, smoothed skin,

and played with curves.

 

 I also  added the white bokeh.

 

I want to share these because you may have some "bad" photos

you were thinking of deleting....that may be rough diamonds!

 

Challenge yourself to enhance a photo you thought was

poor quality and make it sparkle.

 

Check back because I did an amazing beach portrait shoot of two

GORGEOUS gals while in Cancun.

I'll share some tips on shooting in harsh beach light.