Since I am new to photography, I love finding photographers who are seasoned pros, who not only do great work, but are also always happy to share their tips, tricks, and ideas. I started following Kristen Caldwell on FB a couple of months ago and have already learned so much from her. She recently shared a tutorial on adding clouds to your images to enhance overcast clouds. I had just the image I wanted to try this out on and luckily I was in such awe of the clouds on the day I took this image that I had coincidentally photographed the clouds as well (and you need an image of clouds to do this enhancement). Lucky me :)
Anyhow, here is my before and after shot. The one on the left is straight out of camera (SOOC) and the one on the right is my professional edit :). I added the clouds and then ran a perfect portrait action on it, followed by some light / dark painting, and some high definition. I just love the finished product and was quite happy at my first attempt at cloud overlay. I love the look on both of their faces. Caroline looks so chill, yet slightly annoyed that I am taking her picture. It is a classic Caroline face.
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