Seasonal portraits

[Sweetsomedays]

After banging my head against my lap top over one technique I set it all aside and started over the HOW I took my photos.
Between these two pics I think I spent 4 or 5 hrs editing and re-editing...but I feel like PS is my best friend now.
If your gonna smash my pride, smash gently...I like these two

 

[heip]

No smashing. Nicely done!!

 

[NJMAN]

Oh, they are just awful. KIDDING!

Great colors. My favorite is #2, awesome high key and beautiful blue eyes. Well done!

NJ

 

[kundalini]

The reward was worth the effort. Thanks for sharing.

 

[The Phototron]

Crop the left side of number 2 a little.

 

[skieur]

The second one is over-exposed and whether high key or not, the skin suffers from being off colour and way too pale. With postprocessing I found it easy to bring the skin back to a more natural colour and that is necessary to improve the second image.

skieur

 

[JimmyJaceyMom]

I love them both!!!!!!! GREAT JOB!

 

[Sweetsomedays]

The origional image is not that bright. Bright yes..not that blown. The PP was done to make it pale and bright. But thank you for the crit

 

[souljourney]

I absolutley love #2 just the way it is...beautiful shot and PP! I really like the colors in #1 and it's a nice shot but I feel like the little guy could be just a smidge sharper. Wonderful job all around and you should be proud of what you learned in those 4-5 hours on PS! Now if I could only get 4-5 hours at a time to teach myself! :mrgreen:

 

[DPW2007]

Great shots - number one is my favourite - but number two isn't too far behind, perhaps a little over-exposed and a little de-saturated in comparison to the first one.

David