Need help with my brothers wedding pictures

[rosierosierosie]

My brother got married at the Justice of the Peace, the pictures have a very blah background, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to improve these pictures, They were dressed very nice its just the background is so drab and help I would love to have. thanks so much Debbie

[lpecchia]

One of the common characteristics that professional wedding photos have in common is that the backgrounds are blurred, not always, but especially on the portraits. You can select the bride, groom and officiant and use lens or gaussian blur on the backgrounds, which will make the pictures look like they were taken with an expensive lens at a low f-stop, 2.8, 3.2, or 4. The brightness could be increased a bit and color could be be popped using vibrance. I hope this helps. I've attached your first shot with lens blur (only messed with radius), darkened the background with levels, and a vignette to darken a bit more.

[sheristanley]

http://www.photoretouchingbysheri.com/wedding-2.jpg

http://www.photoretouchingbysheri.co...ing-border.jpg


Not my best job...but I did a quickie....

[Cupcake]

Added a pretty frame.

[rosierosierosie]

thank you so much, for your help any ideas for the pictue she is sitting down. thanks again.

[Aleksman71]

Maybe B&W or High key?

[Cupcake]

Another pretty frame~~

[rosierosierosie]

thanks so much

[rosierosierosie]

Originally Posted by Aleksman71

Maybe B&W or High key?

how did you do that?

[Aleksman71]

Originally Posted by rosierosierosie

how did you do that?

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...2&oq=high+key+

[rosierosierosie]

I tried to do a high key on one of the pictures I was having trouble with the channels doing the background this is my first try any suggestions I would love. thanks again Debbie

[Aleksman71]

I used Dodge tool to lighten the background and some other ,too dark areas.

[rosierosierosie]

How do you get the background so white, so you have to use special size brush and exposure I could not get the back ground white , also when I use the dodge tool on the face it was too white. thank you for your help I lookd at the utube video linked it was good, but there are things that I cant grasp yet. thank you

[rosierosierosie]

Originally Posted by Cupcake

Another pretty frame~~

Thank you so much Cupcake looks great

[thepcmouse]

Some really nice frames here, I really like them.
My contribution for a lovely couple.
vicchair.jpg
This is my first try at adding a picture, have my fingers crossed.

[rosierosierosie]

thank you so much, they love the pictures.

[rosierosierosie]

I tried to do a two high key in a frame, any suggestions. I would Love

[learninlady]

Heres my ideas.

[rosierosierosie]

KATE Thank you so much I not so great at photoshop, but I am trying I was trying to think of what to do with the picture of my brother puting the ring on her hand it looks awesome. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE PICTURES ARE GREAT.

[learninlady]

N'awe your welcome. The rings photo is just the typical vignette Ive always seen.
Its too bad you dont have larger files they would come out much nicer.

[learninlady]

Heres another of the wedding.
I put a nice church window behind them instead of the blah wall.

[rosierosierosie]

Thats great thank you so much for all your time, and help I wish I had more pictures but my batteries died and I was only able to take a few pictures. That church window look good great idea. thanks again.

[thepcmouse]

reducing to smaller size, ugh. lol

[thepcmouse]

gazebowedding.jpg

thenewlyweds copy.jpg

[learninlady]

HA! mouse that is so cool! I see now what you meant by reducing..lol

[thepcmouse]

Nice job leaninlady, real nice.

[learninlady]

Thanks there south mouse!

[rosierosierosie]

How can I make the size of the picture larger without destroying the picture. thank you Kate and the pcmouse. they look great

[EJAStudios]

Used clone stamp tool for stuff behind heads, vignetting effect from the 'Render' effect filter>Lighting Effects>Soft Omni

Intensity: 50
Gloss: -40
Material: 100
Exposure: -18
Ambience: -58

Copied layer. Gaussian blur 8.2 top layer. Layer mask. Used large circle brush, hardness set to 0 to mask our blurred parts on faces.

Black and White filter. Maximum white pre-set on headshots. Green filter pre- set on wedding vows pic.


johnandlindaALT.jpg

marriedALT.jpg

[learninlady]

I tried to enlarge mine.
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