Bring on the Eyes!

Now that my wonderful weekend with Nick has ended, I am sad, but also happy to have my time to myself back. It's always so hard when he comes home because we have to run around and make sure we see everyone (family, friends, etc.) in a matter of a few days, which definitely gets tiring. It's also hard because with him being away all of the time, I am very used to being able to do whatever I want. Whenever I want. This is not the case when he is home because we want to spend all of our alone time actually hanging out - different than a couple who sees each other all of the time.

So anyway, as much as I didn't want Nick to leave, I am excited to work on some things that I really need to get done. My cousin's wedding invitations for example. They are basically done and now that there are only a few minor changes to make in order for them to be printed, I'm putting it off until the last minute. More about these in a later post - when they are printed! And assembled ;)

As for today's post, I have an amazing picture of my niece that I have made even more amazing - if that was even possible because she is perfect to begin with!

The first photo below is the before, which I actually cannot take credit for capturing. It just so happened that the few minutes I actually let Nick use the camera on Sunday he was in the perfect position for this shot.

The second photo is the after shot with cropping and actions applied. I did a series of things to get the look I was going for. First, because Addy has gorgeous blue eyes, I wanted to make them stand out more than they already do so I applied the 'Bring on the Eyes!' action from PW. Next, I wanted the photo to be black and white so I applied the 'B&W Beauty' action. However, I didn't actually want the entire image to be black and white. I wanted her eyes to stand out and be blue. How do you do that you ask? Well, I made sure that I was on the black and white layer in my photoshop file and then clicked on my eraser, selected the corrected size circle and erased out the B&W area from Addy's eyes to reveal the blue. The result is what you see below! Also, just an FYI, if you apply the 'Bring on the Eyes!' action and then the 'B&W Beauty' action on TOP of that, you will still have brighter eyes, just in B&W form so it really is worth it to layer actions.

SOOTC


ACTIONS: 'Bring on the Eyes!' and 'B&W Beauty'