Our theme this week is “Texture” with the queen of textures, Shana Rae, founder of the Flora Bella Collection as our guest judge.
My entry is a photo I took last week of my daughter eating a lollipop. It was just a plain, boring shot until I added a few textures and actions from the Flora Bella Collection. I’m so excited to have received this wonderful gift from Shana. I’m having a blast playing around with all of her beautiful creations. Thanks Shana, we’re excited to have you at I Heart Faces this week!!
I hope you’ll visit I Heart Faces and enter a photo this week!
I’m one of the Co-Founders of I Heart Faces and just entering for fun.
P.S. – Here is my straight out of the camera shot.
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Disclaimer: The Flora Bella Collection was a gift in exchange for review. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own.
Simply gorgeous! What lovely eyes.
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OK. grrrr. My house is still a mess, the laundry is still piled high, and I still need to get dishes out of the dishwasher. BUT… even without Photoshop, I did finally figure out a LITTLE bit about texture. I’ve played off and on (mostly on, darn it) all day and have updated the pic on my post three times. With post processing texture. Then without it cause I hated it. Then WITH it again but maybe a little better. Not dreamy; definitely nubbly and rough. But by gosh, I got me some texture! And I do feel like I moved another baby step forward in understanding some of what goes on. Maybe… just maybe, for the 10 year anniversary of I Heart Faces, I’ll finally produce something good. In the meantime…thanks again for making me stretch….
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Beautiful portrait! Love the conversion and texture work! Shana’s actions and textures are wonderful!
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Wow, what a difference, even though it was an adorable photo to start with ๐ Beautiful!
I LOVE it! And, thanks for sharing the original picture, I loved seeing the difference with the crop & texture! Great job!
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I love the way your textured picture looks! Beautiful!
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I would have never have guessed she was eating a lollipop. ๐ It’s a nice edit. The texture gives the shot a lot more depth and a bit of mystery too.
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The edit is stunning in itself…and then to see the before and after; wow!
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Wow! I am awestruck! ๐
I agree with all of the previous comments. Phenomenal!
(I reeeeally need to learn how to bring out eyes like that)
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Sooooo lovely! I can’t believe the before and after—such a gorgeous transformation. I’ve never used textures, but I can’t wait to try!
beautiful. i love the subtle pattern.
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So beautiful! Her eyes are gorgeous! Love the texture and crop too…
Love those eyes : ) This is stunning!
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That absolutely rocks!
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OMG Amy this is so PERFECT
??? totally love it!
Beautiful! I am loving all the great textures this week!!
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Those eyes! oh my!
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Great job editing your photo! I like how subtle the texture is… it really adds dimension to this portrait!
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oh my goodness it’s beautiful! I love that you posted the SOOC shot so we can see how adding textures really did take it to the next level . . . i LOVE her eyes ๐ your daughter is just the cutest!
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Wow, thanks for the sooc. What you did was amazing! Your daughter is beautiful btw – easy to work on subject ๐
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Beautiful! I haven’t played with textures and haven’t really understood when to use them but, I really love how this really enhanced your photo. Love it! And, ditto some of the other posters. Can you please post your editing “recipe” for this one? Thanks!
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Love it Amy! The crop is perfect and I think the texture makes it a much more romantic photo. Beautiful!
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wow this is amazing
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Wow, what an amazing post-processed photo! You have a gift! Thanks for the inspiring work!
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Beautiful! Love her eyes!
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From dull to delicious!!
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Gorgeous eyes! I like it!
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What beautiful eyes!!!!
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That is just amazing! You did a wonderful job…I love it!
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What a beautiful edit! I really MUST learn Photoshop!
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Love the eyes, beautiful!
Beautiful edit. ? well done. have a happy week.
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It just blows my mind when I see what post-editing can do to a photo! And I just can’t “get” it, even with the tutorials… so this week I’ll just be a spectator and cheer on all of the amazing participants. That is so incredibly gorgeous… in using those actions, was it still a lot of work or just a few clicks? It looks like it would take hours to make that kind of transformation….
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GORGEOUS Amy!!……….you appreciate it even more when you see the SOOC
She’s got big beautiful eyes!?
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Love what you did! I need to experiment with textures more!
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Stunning. Love this!
Gorgeous. I love the black and white conversion.
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owowowowowoWOW! Amy!!!! It *was* a nice pic to begin with, but your editing made it into a piece of art!!! Please share your “recipe” ;-).
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Love your crop on this one. Beautiful clarity in her eyes as well.