| Re: Family photo for xmas - help me improve it.
Crop, Remove Color, Convert to Black and White, selective sharpening, selective bluring, quick selection tool for dad's shirt and darken, dodging and burning. Spot healing, eyeball adjustments on everyone, other little minor adjustments here and there. Some added texture for printing may look a little strange at 100% at 1600x2200. I wouldnt print this larger than 5x7 which is what you wanted anyway. I don't know how to get you the large file if you want it, it's 2mb.
About the added texture; if you look closely at the below photo you can see it on their skin. It looks rather garish, especiall at large file size. I noticed when printing If I don't have a little extra of this, especially for smaller prints, the skin looks too smooth and unnatural. Like I said though I wouldnt print this larger than 5x7 and you may want to even back it off a bit. The larger the file the less texture is needed. It's sort of hit or miss and needs a lot of tweeking depending on the print size.
Also I would add that minor adjustments like the texture could mean alot to pros but most normal non photo folk wont really notice things like this. They usually notice the bigger thngs.
About dad's shirt. I found this to be the biggest distraction in the photo. Those thin little stripes can have a crazy effect. Darkening it seemed to help a bit but I would probably find a way to get rid of those stripes all together. I also find that by darkening the shirt it gives the whole photo more contrast.
Last edited by shaybshay; 12-16-2007 at 07:39 PM.
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12-16-2007, 01:50 AM
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