This was one of the photos I took while trying to capture light blurs for the ‘bokeh’ prompt in December.
I was originally saving this shot for February Photo Fest, but I decided to use it as a how-to example for a photo editing tutorial instead.
So for those of you who are curious (or who are thinking of participating in FebPhotoFest but are feeling daunted):
To see the steps I took to create the version of this image that you see here – or to see some online photo editing basics that I generally find useful/helpful/amazing/not-too-difficult – please see the tutorial I posted yesterday. 🙂
I’m glad you posted this. Yesterday I wanted to see the end of all your processing and had to guess…
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I showed all the processing steps yesterday, including this final result; this is the watermarked photo from the last slide. 🙂
Yes but the final result yesterday was sooo small (remember I am on my phone). Today I can actually see it!!
Well, there *are* occasions where size matters… 😉
Hmmm. 😜
Wonderful image, wow, oozes sexy. Delicious indeed.
It’s a lovely image and I think it’s a great thing you have shared the tutorial 🙂
Rebel xox
Oh so pretty – love the reflection too
I’d love to learn more photography stuff. It’s so fun. I never have time to play with it.
And such a gorgeous image to enjoy and play with. 🙂
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Photos were one of the things I started my blog with (I had a weekly photo-post project at the beginning), but I got frustrated (with the equipment, both physical and technical) so for a long while I just focused on writing and my photo skills fell by the wayside.
I decided last year that I would participate in Molly Moore’s FebPhotoFest, which was the impetus for the self-teaching about photo editing that followed throughout the year. It *can* be time-consuming (it’s a bit of a delightful rabbit-hole to scurry down), but once you get the hang of it, it’s fairy simple and doesn’t take much time at all.
I tend to edit in batches now. I’ll sort of mentally pre-edit a few photos then sit down to do them all in a chunk when I have time to sit at my PC.
I am delighted that February Photofest inspired you to learn and try more. It is as you so rightly say a rabbit hole but like you one that I love
Mollyx
I’m not a visually motivated person, but I enjoy the creative process. So I try to approach photos as an artistic endeavor. I am also trying to understand my own body, and as much as self-portraiture can be challenging for me, I’ve found some of those challenges – and overcoming them – to be positive.
Oh I need to experiment like this. Lovely image Mrs F xx
Light is fun to experiment with, in all its forms. Candles, sunlight, torchlight, car headbeams… I highly recommend experimentation; you’d be surprised how well “Hmmm, let’s try this!” can turn out. 🙂
I love the picture. The light and the reflection is so sexy. I found the tutorial helpful too so thank you 🙂
Mirror shots are always so fun, yours is wonderful and so sexy!
I really like the atmosphere you’ve created with the edits – sensual, mysterious and intimate
Thank you!
Oh, that is simply lovely.
Wonderful image!
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