So Excited!

Last week I started a community photoshop class. I am really excited about it because I have wanted to get better at editing pictures I take. I really would like to have some kind of a photography business someday, but we'll see. Anyway, last week was the first class and he gave us a photo that badly needed retouching and restoration and taught us how to do it. I am so excited about the result that I just finished that I had to share! My next class is tonight and I am so excited to learn something else! I'm sure I'll post more of what I learn in weeks to come.

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AFTER:

I ♥ Faces -- Completely Candid

Ben loves to swing, what else can be said?!

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I ♥ Faces -- Contemplative & Pets

I love this picture of Ben. He was playing outside last week while I was snapping away some pictures. Je had a little bit of a cold, thus the bit of snot running out of his nose, but cute none the less.

So, this isn't really a pet, but I took this picture while at the New York Aquarium in May.

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I ♥ Faces -- Bubbles

Here's my cutie playing in the bathtub tonight. It was his first bubble bath and he had fun playing in the bubbles, as you can see on his face.

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I ♥ Faces -- Crazy, Silly, Funny Faces

Again, this week's picture was hard to choose! I have so many crazy, silly and funny faces of Ben, but this one has always been one of my favorites! When I took it, he was almost a week old and I was doing a little photo shoot with him and he was making the funniest faces! My mom, my husband and I were cracking up watching him. Thinking of it, to this day, still makes me laugh.

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I ♥ Faces -- At the Beach

I am away from my computer at the moment, so this week I looked on my family blog for a picture from our trip to Hawaii last October. Ben was about 3 1/2 months old and he enjoyed eating the salty sand. I think he is so cute in this picture.

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I ♥ Faces -- Constructive Feedback Friday

Yeah! I have never participated in constructive feedback friday, so I am really excited to get some help! I love taking outdoor pictures, but the lighting isn't always the best. I took this shot with my Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XT. I'm not sure about the EXIF Data for the picture was.

What I don't like:
~The Brightness! It's so splotchy around his face. Is there any way to make it look good afterward, or to avoid this altogether when is this kind of situation outside?

~Also, is there any way to edit out the play gym in the top right corner, without making it look bad?

Here is my edit. I use Photoshop version 8, which I am still learning and hope to get a newer version soon. I just did the Auto Color adjustment, which helped a little, but nothing else I did looked good.


I appreciate any help and criticism you can give me on these subjects or not. I really want to improve my skills. THANKS!