Fix-it-Friday: iPhone edition.

It's Fix-it-Friday at I ♥ Faces. I'd like to play along on my iPhone. I don't know if that's allowed, but there may be some people wondering what the different photo apps can do...so I'm going to go ahead and play. I'm not sure yet whether I'll link up. I'll try to check with Angie and Amy (the I Heart Faces founders) and see what they think...

So, anywho...
This week I'm going to just use Photogene. This app. allows you to fine tune your photos with cropping, straightening, sharpening, and exposure tools. You can also add "speech bubbles" and vignettes and frames. It is definitely one of my favourite iPhone photo apps. A must have.

So playing with the photo supplied by Carebear at the Two Under Two. Whew! blog and I ♥ Faces here is my before...



And after...



I decided to put more emphasis on this little guy's happy face with a tight crop that eliminates some of the distracting hot spots. I thought the glowing green goo was pretty cool (enough to make any boy happy!) so I also made my crop so that it put his hands more in a position of interest. I also used Photogene to bump up the exposure a bit and warm the overall colour up a bit. Finally, I added a vignette (I can hardly ever resist adding a vignette!) and a Polaroid-style frame. And, that's it! I mean, it's doesn't work the kind of magic you can work with PS, but it sure is fun and a pretty cool way to jazz up your little iPhone photos and then e-mail them on...with just an added touch of fabulousness. ;-)

Hope you like it. And...if you have an iPhone maybe you'd like to share your app-processing with me! Head over to I ♥ Faces. Grab the photo. And let's see what you would do!

-- Post From My iPhone

Fix-It-Friday - Week #12

This is the picture for this week's Fix-It-Friday over at I ♥ Faces. They are up to week #12, but it's only the second week for me. I just wish I found this site sooner. It's so much fun!

Cute little kiddo having fun in the sun!

But, that sun left a bit of a distracting highlight on his cheek and washed out the background. I also thought the picture might be enhanced by a bit of fill-flash on his face and a touch of general warming up and sharpening. Oh, and I cropped it a bit, too.

So, using Photoshop Elements 5, here is my after..

To see all the fabulous fixes for this photo head on over to I ♥ Faces right HERE!

Fix-It-Friday: Cooing Baby

I am loving the I Heart Faces website! I had so much fun working on my first photo challenge and now, today, is my first attempt at "Fix-it-Friday". I would like to do a bit more with the photo (put a cool overlay on it, or something to minimize the contrast with the background a bit) but I think I'm probably just about out of time. My little coo-ing one has been napping for awhile now, so she's due to wake up. So, here is what I've done...

"Cooing Baby" Before:



And my version...

"Cooing Baby After"

The differences are subtle, I suppose. What I did was (obviously) change the orientation of the photo, crop it a bit, clear up some of the facial blemishes, alter the contrast a bit, add the very tiniest bit of a smile with the Distort/Liquify tool, brighten the whites of the eyes and increase the overall sharpness of the eyes, and add a warming "photo" filter. Oh, and I added a little frame and mat just to show you how nice the photo of this cute little kiddo (not mine) would look hanging on the wall. ;-)

I used Photoshop Elements 5.

To see other people's fixes on this photo head on over to the I Heart Faces Website right HERE.