Before & Afters

Here are a few before and afters – all done in Lightroom.  By the way, isn’t Brecken the  cutest with those chubby cheeks?

Camera: Canon 5D
Lens: 85mm 1.8
ISO: 320
Aperture: f/2.5
Shutter: 1/400

This first image is straight out of camera (SOOC), no editing done:

This one has sharpening, and my own boosting preset, which added a bit of fill light, increased the blacks, and adds a bit of sharpening.  Sometimes minor adjustments can make a big difference. All of the next edits will build on this one.

For this edit I increased the sharpening a bit more, bumped the exposure, fill light and blacks, and adjusted the hue of the highlights and shadows to produce the bluish-green overlay.

This is one of my favorite black and whites – high brightness, high contrast, strong vignette.

For this I used the Xanadu|Medium preset from Totally Rad! Effects.  I love how soft and smooth it makes everything look – I also cropped in closer so you could see those sparkly eyes.

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday!