View Full Version : Retouched my own wedding photo!


maddymaba
04-02-2006, 02:13 PM
Just wanted to know if this wedding shot (taken by a family friend) of my husband and I looks too fake. The left picture is the shot before any mods; the background was washed out and over exposed. I decided to cut it out and replace the background with a stock image of a beach/water (also fixed skin blotches and other imperfections). I rather like the results but before I go and make half a dozen copies for the extended family I just need to know if it looks like it was changed! Thanks in advance :happy:

palomino
04-02-2006, 02:43 PM
I don't think the background change looks bad at all-- the one thing I did notice is that somewhere in the conversion, the whites on your dress were blown out...if you put the original overtop as a layer and the set blend mode to luminosity and mask out the rest it will put some detail back in...good luck!

-Kate

maddymaba
04-02-2006, 02:48 PM
Hey thanks! I couldn't figure out a way to get the detail back :D It's looks much better now!

palomino
04-02-2006, 09:36 PM
No sweat! and congrats ---ahhh the married life :pleased:

-Kate

familytreephoto
04-06-2006, 12:50 PM
Perhaps you could add a little bit of clouds/sky in the vast white space? Just a thought. Other than that it looks very good.