A bunch of photos today. Hannah had her dance recital (and kicked ass), and then we finally celebrated her 5th birthday with some cake at my parents’ house.
Hannah in the hallway backstage, after her big performance.
Getting sung to…
Mmmmm… cake! (I should mention that she was an elephant in the finale at the dance recital, which is why she has random gray paint on her face. LOL!)
Steve and Grace share a moment…
Grace lost in thought…
Kelly, to answer your question about processing on this photo, I really didn't do that much. I did my standard defog, sharpen up a bit, pump up the colors, etc. For her eyes, I just did what I always do to eyes, which is whiten the whites and catchlights a bit. Then I just did a subtle unsharp mask on the irises. I thought I was done, but then I went back into ACR and applied the Phoenix preset from the Road Trip set. That blew it out a bit, so I just pulled down the whites and that was it.
This one isn't SOOC, but it's what I had before applying the preset. Nothing major was done except boosting the colors a bit and sharpening. I really never have to do much to her eyes, because believe it or not, they're that cool in real life. I'm so jealous. LOL!
It's funny, but it's REALLY hard to get a good black and white or sepia shot of Hannah. See, she has those really dark blue rings around the outside of her irises. Gorgeous in real life, but when you convert a photo into black and white or sepia, they tend to look ridiculous. She has pale skin too, so usually a black and white ends up being a ridiculous white face with REALLY dark eyes and it looks kind of demonic. LOL!
