Before's and After's

Let's start the week out with some before and afters! I love to see a good "clean up" job whether that be a room or a photo. (Speaking of cleaning up a room...I completely cleaned and organized our pantry this weekend and it looks awesome. Call me crazy but I keep going back in there just to stand and admire it.)

Anyways, Here are some photos that I "cleaned up" and the steps I took to get there...

ISO 400, 30mm, f/2.8, 1/1000th

 

Here are my edits made in LIGHTROOM:

I also increased the yellows to +26 (to get that nice warm glow.)

AFTER:

ISO 400, 50mm, f/3.5, 1/320th

Here are my editing steps in LIGHTROOM:

ISO 320, 50mm, f/4, 1/320th

Here are my editing steps in LIGHTROOM:

AFTER:

ISO 320, 50mm, f/3.5, 1/160th

Here are my editing steps in LIGHTROOM (after I first turned it Black and White by simply clicking on "Black & White" in the "treatment section:

AFTER:

And there you have it! It's always best to have a photo perfect straight out of the camera HOWEVER...don't immediately throw it away without a fair shot!

Happy Monday to you. I hope you have a good week planned. I know I do. (I'm going to tackle our bedroom closet and the play room---can't wait!)

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I know I must be crazy but my husband, our friends, and I am doing this on March 31st in Dallas. (pray for me.)