Thursday, August 12, 2010

Pixel Perfect's Before/After Blog Hop

It's Thursday again which means BLOG HOPS {my regularly scheduled post for Part 4 of Finding Grace In Her Smile will still be posted today}

I missed last weeks, but this weeks I am super excited about because this picture is of my gorgeous sister Jaclyn.  She has the most gorgeous blue dress that I asked her to bring with her on her visit from Australia.  We were able to sneak a mini photo shoot just hours before she had to book a flight back to Aussie Land, but this was what I was able to capture of her before she did.


SOOC



Edit
I was going for a slightly aged/vintage look that would make her the modern day Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice.  Although I LOVE the pop of color and how amazing her blue dress is in the SOOC, I wanted to create a look and I hope I did just that.

I used my Nikon D40 with a 55-200mm lens.  I shot it the worst time for sun exposure (3pm California time) but utilized it to my best ability.  I edited in CS3 using Coffee Shop's Simply Vintage Action changing the opacity a little here and there.  





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18 comments:

  1. gorgeous picture.....love the dress...vintage-y editing you did perfect!!

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  2. Your SOOC is gorgeous but I love the vintage edit.

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  3. Love both pics. It's funny how we love vintage so much now when such crisp photos with vibrant colors are available. Haha. But great job!!

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  4. I like them both too, but the vintage look is fabulous! Great job!

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  5. I love it! That dressing is stunning and I love Coffeeshop's Simply Vintage action.

    You know what, I'd really like to see what this looks like in black and white.. hmm.. what do you think?

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  6. Beautiful shot. I love the feel of its. Well done.

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  7. Both are amazing but I really love love the vintage edit. Gorgeous. I am a new follower!

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  8. Wow, that (her and your edit) is stunning!

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  9. This is so beautiful! I think the vintage look was the perfect effect for this photo! :)

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  10. Great capture and you're right - the dress is gorgeous. I'm a sucker for a vintage edit. Great job!

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  11. Beautiful shots, but the edit does add a touch of something to it.

    How fun, a photo shoot with your sister!

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  12. I love the softness that the edit brings :)

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  13. I love them both,... I love a vintage feel, but I also love how vibrant that dress is!

    Gorgeous all around!

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  14. Simply Stunning !!! No other words to explain the picture you took of your sister :)

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  15. I think it turned out fantastic!

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