Hilary Lovin' Obama

Photoshop edits to this are limited to image adjustments only--the signs, the hand, the drag outfits, and the unidentified smoke were all real.

Another Before and After: Coke Dog

The original was taken on a brilliant sunny day in India, creating a high contrast image with a blue cast from the sky. The faded red color of the wall was completely lost.
















In this photograph I really wanted to capture the blinding brilliance of the original day. If I just wanted to create a gentler picture, I could easily tone down the brightness just a bit. But this one captures the squint-your-eyes feeling and restores the intersection of yellow walls, blue sky, and red wall I originally found so appealing.

Portrait Adjustments in Photoshop

This is how a recent image came out of my little, usually accurate Powershot: extremely blue, overwhelmed by the cast of the sky:















This is my adjustment in photoshop, to salvage a great portrait. I used curves and layer masks to adjust tone and bring out lightness in certain areas while avoiding the dullness that comes from adjusting brightness or color directly.