The Guest Photographer by joansmor

The Guest Photographer

No picture taking today. I was bound and determined to get caught up on housework and laundry. Plus spent a lot of time organizing my pictures in Bridge as I want to see if I can make that work as well as I have the organizer in Photoshop Elements. I work at tagging my photos and my scrapbook elements. Helps me when I want to pull things together. Some of my tags from Elements came over put not in the correct groupings. My computer is fairly well organized compared to say my office. And so I have my work cut out for me. UGH! this is the great, great niece who took my picture yesterday. Did her in bw mostly because not real sure how to get rid of the dirt smudges. I toned them done but in color much more noticeable. Any one know how you do this? By the way I used a white apron to bounce light onto her face you can see the apron in the catch lights in her right eye. Need more practice with this.
This is perfectly lovely, Joan - a Fav for me.

For the dirt smudges, try the Clone Stamp tool in PS CC doing a small area at a time and resampling often and close-by to keep the retouch contextual. If needs be you could apply a local Gaussian or Lens Blur to smooth everything out once you are done.

I personally think Lightroom is the way to go for organising your pics rather than Bridge.
July 14th, 2014  
Wow...very nice!
July 14th, 2014  
Really nice portrait, Joan!
July 14th, 2014  
Love the attitude in this! Fav!
July 14th, 2014  
Very nice. Like the black and white. nice way to use a apron.
July 14th, 2014  
I really love this shot. The look on her face is perfect and the lighting is really beautiful :-)
July 14th, 2014  
Lovely b/w portrait.
July 14th, 2014  
Great portrait Joan - I always think B&W suits portraits so well
July 14th, 2014  
Lovely potrait. I like potraits in b&w too.
July 14th, 2014  
Lovely picture Joan
July 14th, 2014  
Great b&w picture.
July 14th, 2014  
I like the b/w. Not having had any photography training, I think it is nice the way it is-and you do a great job, Joan.
July 14th, 2014  
Great portrait. I like how you dealed the pose and light. Great one
July 14th, 2014  
Wonderful portrait... she's a beauty!
July 14th, 2014  
@kwind I've told her mother she will have her hands full.
July 15th, 2014  
Lovely portrait, great in black and white
July 15th, 2014  
Great portrait!
July 15th, 2014  
This is a fabulous portrait. Frankly, a few dirt smudges highlight a person who is definitely a force to be reckoned with. Love the expression.
July 15th, 2014  
@francoise Oh that she is.
July 16th, 2014  
B&W is great for this beautiful portrait, Joan.
July 17th, 2014  
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