It's been so long since I have posted something on photo editing! So, I have a short step by step on how I edited a photo of my adorable niece Ella that I took at Mia's dance class. I used a combination of Pioneer Woman's free actions and layer masks. Because most of my readers are not photoshop savvy, I don't go too in depth in the step by step. So, if you have questions about finding something in photoshop, feel free to ask!

So, here is the photo, SOOC:

As I mentioned in the ballerina post, not too many little ones were dancing, and little Ella preferred to cling to her mama's shoulder. The first thing I did was use the patch tool to smooth out the minor ruddiness on her cheek.


I like the composition, but the white balance was off which makes her skin too yellow. It probably would have been better to fix this on the camera while taking the picture. But when shooting little kiddos, I don't always have the time or I'm thinking about a million other things, like composition and exposure. White balance is easy to fix, though. Simply run a "Photo Filter" layer mask. Layer masks are the half white and half black circle in the bottom right hand corner. I used "cooling filter 82" at 25%.


Next I ran Pioneer Woman's Seventies Action and adjusted the opacity to 65%.