It’s Fix-It Friday Time again at I Heart Faces!
This is such a great photo this week! I loved working with fellow contributor, Rachel’s photo. Isn’t she a cutie? When I saw it for the first time, I knew I wanted to bring the focus straight to the beautiful couple. In order to do that, I needed to crop out the white sky. I felt like it was competing for the attention too much. And hey! I think I’m getting better at the whole cropping deal! 
I really love to keep portraits natural, so I didn’t do too much here.
1. First, I used my lightening action from Love that Shot and lightened the couple from their heads to their waists.
2. Next, I added a Solid Color Adjustment Layer and chose a nice buttery yellow color. I adjusted the Opacity down to 25%. This added a touch of warmth to the photo, and even a teeny bit of vintage toning.
3. Then I used my darkening action, and lightly brushed around the edges of the photo. This darkened the edges a little bit, directing the eye straight to the couple.
4. Finally I sharpened using the High Pass Filter.
And that’s it! It’s super easy to do a natural-looking edit to your photo!
The final image:
Michelle Johnson is a fine art photographer and the co-founder of Love That Shot, a website for photographers with tutorials, workshops and fun products! Find her at her blog, My Two Seasons, and her website, Love That Shot.
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Gorgeous shot, and toning. Where is the high pass filter from?
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Thank you Maricel!
You can find the High Pass filter in the Filter drop down menu in the top navigation bar. Just click on Filter > Other > High Pass. Before you do that, press Control + Alt + Shift + E to create a duplicate layer of all the work you’ve done so far. Then apply the High Pass Filter. I like to set the pixels at 5. Now set the blending mode of that layer to Soft Light and adjust the opacity to where it looks natural. That’s it!