Before & After

I love seeing what Photoshop can do to an image.  Before I save an edited image, I love to look at the original again to see how the image has been manipulated.  Here are a few Before & Afters from a few of my most recent sessions.

Thankfully, Photoshop can also save under-exposed images! :)

Before & After/Personal Photos Edited

For those of you who don't know yet, I offer a service where I will edit your personal photos for you so you can be proud of the photos you hang on your wall, whether or not they are done professionally.  

My sister-in-law got married over a year ago, and the disk she bought from her photographer did not include any edited photos (which she was rather bummed about).  She has asked me if I would edit a few of her photos for her so she can print them and hang them around her house.  

Here is just one of the photo's I edited.  It goes to show that even just a little bit of editing can greatly improve the appearance of a photo.  

I repeat - I did NOT take this photo (although it is gorgeous and I wish I could claim it), but I did enhance it.

What can you expect?

I've often been asked what can be expected when a client receives their disk.  

I've had people worry that because I might do a blog post where every picture of theirs is black and white, that maybe that is all they will get.

This is incorrect.

When I create a blog post featuring your pictures, I choose my favorite edits of my favorite photos.

I've decided to put together a little post demonstrating what you can expect of your images when you receive a disk.  With each image I edit, I not only give you an edited color photo, but I also do a "Honey" edit, as well as a B&W.  Some images may have additional edits, but that is only if I feel it suits the photo.

Here are a few Before & Afters (if you will) that show the edits your photos will come in.

So, not to fret.  If you don't adore a particular edit I post on my blog - chances are in your favor that you'll have a few others to choose from! 

Hope this has been enlightening to any of you who have had questions about your disk.

Happy Blogging! 

Before & After's - The Value of Editing

One of my very favorite things are Before & Afters.  I love shows like Extreme Makeover Home Edition, What Not To Wear, Biggest Loser, and a whole range of plastic surgery shows... simply because I love seeing the way something can be changed and manipulated.  That's why I've decided to do a Before & After post of photo editing.  

My dear friend Andrea with Andrea Jo Photography recently took some Anniversary pictures for my husband and I (Yay for 2 years!).  She was kind enough to give me the original photos for me to play around with as well.  I've decided to take a few of them and add my own personal touch to them to show you how photo editing can change and enhance a photo.  

Here are a few examples that show you why I love photoshop! 

All actions I use are made by my sister Heather of Heather Ward Photography.

You can buy her actions HERE!