actions Archive

8Wed June 8, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits: High Key

This week my Friday Finds theme is High Key. I’ve never attempted to shoot anything high key before and since I’m behind on my 52…
14Tue March 15, 2011
Seven Free Photoshop Actions

I’m having a lot of fun learning Photoshop and relying on others’ actions less and less. Once I started doing my edits manually, I created…
2Fri March 4, 2011
Friday Finds: Child Photography

Children are the reason a lot of people ever get into photography in the first place. It may not start out as their intention, but…
16Thu March 3, 2011
Shoot & Edit: Week 8: Selfies

Yesterday I vowed to my husband that I’d start “working out” for at least 30 minutes every weekday. By “working out” I mean that I’ll…
11Thu February 10, 2011
Clean Edit Photoshop Action

Over the past several months, I’ve noticed myself starting the photo editing process the same way with each shot. I adjust the levels and try…
0Tue February 8, 2011
Smoothing a Textured Overlay

Have you ever tried adding an overlay to your photograph only to realize it’s too texturey? Some textures would look absolutely amazing over a photograph…
19Thu January 27, 2011
Shoot & Edit Week 3

I missed last week’s Shoot and Edit, but I read through Ashley’s tutorial on using adjustment layers and layer masks this morning and loved it!…
16Thu January 13, 2011
Shoot and Edit Part 2: Winter

It takes me a couple of days to figure out whether or not I like a photo I’ve taken and I can state unequivocally that…
23Tue July 20, 2010
Four Fabulous Free Action Resources

In this article, I share with you some of my favorite free actions and where to download more that are just as powerful. 1. Pioneer…
14Fri July 16, 2010
I Heart Faces: Fix it Friday #62

It’s such a fun I Heart Faces Fix-it-Friday this week! We get to edit this photograph of a beautiful and happy little girl taken last…
0Thu July 15, 2010
Introduction to Actions and Textures

I’ve shelled out a lot of my hard earned cash to purchase action and textures, however there are a plethora of free resources on the…
21Tue July 6, 2010
Touch Up Tuesday: Crop’s Up

We had a great weekend and I hope to get an entry up about it soon, but before that I want to write up an…
19Fri June 25, 2010
I Heart Faces: Fix it Friday #60

It’s Fix-It-Friday! I was so excited when I saw this week’s wonderful capture by Susan Keller of her teenage son. I instantly knew that we’d…
6Wed June 23, 2010
Not Friday Finds: Low Angles

I’ve made a lot of changes to the site lately and I think I need to stop before it implodes upon itself. I’ve had so…
14Fri June 18, 2010
I Heart Faces: Fix it Friday #59

It’s time once again for I Heart Faces Fix it Friday! This week’s photo is of a beautiful little baby girl, taken by IHF Contributor,…
6Thu June 17, 2010
Photoshop Workflow Tips

These tips are specific to Photoshop CS3. Usually things don’t change too much across versions, but I welcome comments if it works differently in another…
9Wed June 16, 2010
Photo Flavors!

I know I said I was done buying actions and textures, but then I Heart Faces had to go and host a giveaway for Photo…
2Sat June 12, 2010
The Day that Would Not End

Mr. Serious had a bug on him! Actions: MCP’s Chocolate Covered Strawberries B&W I finally finished editing photos I took on Wednesday! What have I…