Because I try to improve on the photos I take, I thought I would look back at a few photos and try to make it better. Below are the images with a little explanation of what was changed. I believe, like anything, if you keep working you will get better at things. I hope I am with both taking and editing. These were taken several years ago and I think they are images I could improve. The first image will be the before, which I hope you have no trouble seeing. The second the newly retouched.
When I looked at this image the overall look was dull, so I brightened it and. I also punched up the color which made the eyes and lips brighten. Also added a bit of contrast.
I am not sure this image could be saved. Not because of the content but because of the white balance. The cure for this image was the white balance. When I looked back at the whole gallery every image had a white balance issue. This was taken several years ago and I thought the color was ok. It was not.
I don’t know if it was needed, but I did a little skin smoothing and punched the color and contrast.
A little contrast went a long way on this as well as a punch of color
When I looked at this image it seemed to have an overall green cast to it. A little selective color and a bit of contrast made it pop