Carly had her last baby at the end of October. A girl. I've been excited about this baby since I found out she was pregnant. She's sweet, and I love my friend. I begged Carly to let me take pictures of the little one. She, being the good friend she is, let me practice.
So here's what we learned:
I need to get better at editing, but for that I need photoshop... picasa is just not cutting it anymore
I really need to figure out my camera focus system better and pay attention to what it's focusing on!
I need to remember that too low of an aperture will blur the second eye
What appears to be pretty and focused on my camera screen doesn't always translate into that on my computer screen
Things I'm wondering:
Why aren't things sharp!?
How do you edit to make the baby's skin flawless?
Who wants to buy me a macbook pro and photoshop?
2 comments:
Cute baby! I can't answer questions 1 and 3, but I'll give #2a shot. Keep in mind I use Photoshop though...I'm not sure what you can do in Picasa. I would get rid of the flakes of dry skin by cloning (basically copying and pasting) the skin directly around it. I would then select portions of the skin, feather, and smart blur/blur to my liking. I use Pioneer Woman's free PS actions a lot, so I'd probably run a couple of those too, not to smooth the skin necessarily, but to make the photo pop.
Try using Picnik.. It is a fantastic Editing site. I like it better than Photoshop.
Floweraffair~
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