Hi! Last weekend I took pictures of this little girl in her Halloween costume with their family horse. I could edit out the yellow rope out of the original picture but it still seemed like it was missing something. I tried to add some sun rays but just not to thrilled about it. Would anyone have any other suggestions I could do with this picture to make it stand out more? Thanks everyone!! :)

original

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touched up, took out rope

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added rays

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I'm not sure this one ever had a hand on it. It was passed on to me from my husband's grandmother. I love it, I use it almost every time when I'm taking pictures of young kids. :)

Thank you so much for the advice, it will defenaltey give me a few things to try when experimenting. :)

Oh wow! This looks AMAZING!

thanks :)

Yes, that turned out so good! :) I'm going to look into getting the smoke brush plug in, thank you!! :)

Do you know of a way to do the bubbling, smokey, effects through a photo editing software?

thanks :)

Hi, Normally I like to take outdoor family shots but with the changing weather and people requesting studio shots I'm trying to figure out how to make them look the best.

One thing I hate about studio shots is the eyes. A lot of times in pictures you get the dull eyes with the bright circle from the flash. However when you do outside shots you get the pretty sparkling eyes, especially in kids.

So, I'm trying to combine the two, get the sparkling eyes in studio shots. A lot of times I do these outside but with the weather getting cooler it's not always possibly so I'm expementing with reflectors and using rooms with big windows. What I'm getting is sensitivity to movement, and uneven light. :\ I posted a few and was hoping you can let me know what you guys see. Critism is greatly appreciated and well as pointers as with it we learn. :)

thanks, I'll try darkening them. I love kids eyes in natural light and this was an attempt to do studio shots in a room with lots of natural light instead of using studio lights. But the light is uneven still, still practicing. :)

well since steam is transparent the background will be different. Even if I take the steam and do a transparency on the image selection until you can't see the background of the stove, it'll be so faint you can't see it.

Hi! I absolutely love taking Halloween pictures. It's so much fun to play with the kids and get them to play the part as their character that they are dressed as. :) Here is a little girl that was dressed as a witch. She was so cute and very photogenic. She had fun acting like she was flying on her broom, making potions, and casting spells. :) I was hoping with the one with the cauldron to make it look like it's a bubbling potion but I haven't had much luck with it. So far everything I've tried looks like a green blur or scribbles. I was wanting to know would anyone have any suggestions I could try? Thanks!!!

expermenting using natural light instead of studio lights


expermenting using natural light instead of studio lights


the witch and her mirror mirror on the wall

What beaitful pictures!!! I love the soft lighting in all the pictures but my personal fav is #1. So precious!

he's a boy :) He's going to be Raggedy Andy for Halloween and a friend of mine's little girl is going as Raggedy Anne.

:)