On Valentine’s Day weekend in 2010, we received around 7 inches of snow here in Augusta, GA. Both of my kids were in heaven. We live on a golf course and while we were playing I shot this image. It’s Haley right after she fell. The first shot is straight out the camera. Now a bad shot but could use a little bit of post processing.
After importing the image into Adobe Lightroom, I bumped up the exposure and brightness setting to balance the color of the snow from a slight gray to snow white.
The next step in Lightroom was to increase the vibrancy and contract of the image. Not too much, but just enough to make the image pop. It really shows up in her boots and sled.
The last step was to add just a little more brightness to the image and deepen the black some. Finally I sharpened it in Photoshop. Here’s the final product.
Next week I’ll be in Las Vegas for the annual WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographer International) convention. I will be doing some shooting while in Las Vegas, so next Friday’s before and after post might possibly feature something my adventures in Las Vegas. I also have several posts coming out over the next several days that are so important to me. I also have a fabulous engagement session as well.
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