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Posted on January 20, 2012
When I was born 30 years ago on Christmas Eve, I missed Christmas day by 20 minutes. When Baby I. was born the day after Christmas, he missed Christmas day by 20-ish minutes! He is so cute and so chunky, I LOVED it! I can’t forget to talk about his hair! Oh my goodness he has the best head of hair 
Thank you so much to his mom for bringing him out to Danville!
Posted on January 20, 2012
I always go back and forth on marco shots, sometimes I love them, sometimes I don’t. During my session with baby E. I couldn’t help but take a lot of macro shots. He had such long eyelashes, fingers, toes, pouty lips, the list goes on! He was such a sweetie and I am so glad that I had the opportunity to work with him! I know his mom and dad are so in love with him.
Thank you so much to E. and his family for making the drive to Danville!
Posted on January 12, 2012
About half of my photography work is with newborns and I am a big fan of smooth clean skin! I am not one to spend a lot of money on actions so over time I have created my own. While talking with another photographer, I finally decided to put together a skin smoothing and eye define action. I wanted to take some time to walk you through how I use the action so that you can decide if it will work for you! The action is $10 (ten US dollars) and is available by email. This action works only in PS. If you would like to purchase this action please contact me at elisabethsmithphotography@yahoo.com
This first before and after all I did was run the action, on the eye define layer I took a small, soft brush at 100% opacity with a flow of 30%. I went over the eye line and lashes. Then I dropped the opacity of the layer to about 50%. On the skin smoothing layer I use a soft brush with the same settings as the eye, brushed over baby’s skin on her face and arms. Last I lowered the opacity of the skin layer to about 80% and flattened my image. Keep in mind when using this action, or any action, it is all about personal taste! Play around with the action to find what works best for you and your style.
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Thank you to One-Life Photography for the sample images! Please send her some love on FACEBOOK!