Picture Perfect

I have begun to play around with some pictures that I have taken recently and am using Adobe Photoshop CS4 to create special effects and add some flair to the pictures. I am having some problems with it since many of the pictures I have edited, it will not let me save as a JPG file, but only will let me save in Adobe format, so I am working through that and will see what I can come up with.

The first picture is one of Micah on the 4th of July. It was very bright outside and he was wearing red, white and blue. Instead of him being completely washed out from the brightness and concrete behind him, I added a shadow around him to illuminate the colors he is wearing and allow his smiling to be the focal point.

The next one is a picture of Alexis and Micah in our front yard the weekend of 4th of July. It was pouring down rain and they were enjoying getting wet. I decided to create a picture that renders the light and filters out the majority of it and allows for their faces to be the focal point.

The final picture is one of Alexis holding an umbrella in the rain. I decided I wanted to try something different with this one and created the distorted wave effect. It adds a lot to this picture as she is already in the rain and creates a wet and blurry look for the viewer.

There will be more to come in the next few days, so stay tuned.