It’s Friday…and I’m editing!  I’m sure a lot of you are too!  So I thought I’d share some of my process again with any of you!  I’ve talked a couple of times about VSCO presets.  I also wanted to share what I do when I don’t use VSCO.  Each photo stands alone and needs different attention.  So here is an example of an outtake I’ve processed through Camera RAW and PS Custom Curves.

Here is the RAW image….a little overexposed ya think?

I open it up in Camera RAW and adjust temperature, fill light, black point, the tone curve, and the exposure.  (Not in that order).  I keep adjusting the different selections until I feel like it’s the right look for the exposure.

Here is what it looks like opened up in Photoshop after adjusting the image in Camera RAW:

Then…once it’s opened in PS, I run an action that I created that adds two adjustment curves to burn and dodge (darken and lighten).  From there, I can paint in where I want to burn and where I want to dodge.  After that, I create custom curves and levels until I am happy with the image.

And here is the final image!!

Feel free to download any of these custom curves to use for yourself.  This photo uses all of these curves together!  Happy Editing!!!!!

Too Red

Tone

Low Contrast

Blue Shadows