Actions

During the Now We're Rockin' digital course the topic currently is actions. A recorded series of steps to alter your image, being it more vivid colours or converting it to black & white. The options are countless. During the month of October I did a portrait photography class. Of course the main thing is the get the picture right in the first place, but actions can help out a lot. I took a picture Rebecca during our trip in Gippsland of that was slightly underexposed. The light in her eyes was amazing though. With my newly acquired 'portrait' knowledge and an action I changed it from this:

Original image:


to this:



The actions I used are from Indie Actions, but you can also find actions at Itty Bitty, EZ Actions, Kubota and Boutwell Studios. I did correct the exposure before I ran the actions. Besides cropping the picture the only other thing I did was sharpening, but you've even got actions for that too.