Chalk Drawings–Before & After

Today I’m sharing my before & after chalk drawings shots as part of Ashley and Jill's Good to Wow photography link up.  I decided to keep the edits fairly simple by just making a few adjustments, adding a creative action and by editing them all with the same recipe.  I don’t always choose to use actions for my edits but every once in a while it’s fun to play!  What I love about the products I used for these edits, is that that were all free!

#1 – SOOC

#1 – After edit

#2 – SOOC

#2 – After edit

#3 – SOOC

#3 – After edit

My recipe:

*Open in ACR and make slight adjustments to recovery, blacks and contrast

*Open in PSE9 … levels adjustment layer (outside sliders in towards the middle just slightly); high pass filter for sharpening

*Apply MCP's FREE Mini Fusion action … this action set includes many layers that you can click on or off or adjust the opacity based your desired look.  I usually just play around with the layers until I get a look that I’m happy with.

That’s it!  Pretty easy!  Even though I was pretty happy with the shots SOOC, it was fun to play around in Elements to give them just a little extra pizzazz!

Thanks for stopping by!  Oh, and if you want to see more before and after shots, be sure to visit Ashley's Ramblings and Photos.