EHere’s a few before/afters of images I revisited last week while I was deleting crappy photos.

Madison, the beautiful daughter of old friends. The first image was all about her eyes and cropped in tight, but I wanted to try something that pulled the whole photo together…

BEFORE

AFTER

This is an image of my friend Erin. I love the photo but I realize not everyone goes for the “ghostly pale” look. That and I’ve learned to sharpen properly since the first process.

BEFORE

AFTER

I like both of those for different reasons.

I also had fun trying my hand at “saving” a junk shot. I saw a few articles online this week (which naturally I forgot to bookmark for my links post) on salvaging crap exposures with over-the-top processing and fun with drastic edits. I put this one together going for “silly photoshopping”.

I quite like it.

And here’s one last one, a re-edit of the photo of my son I processed after learning what the history brush did. It doesn’t take long to “get over” selective coloring so I re-processed this one with a more chocolaty tone.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

And now…THE LINKS!!

• Digital Photography School has a great tute on making a DIY ring flash. Not pretty enough for you? Craig White has a sleeker version.
• And 50 “Must Have” Wedding Shots.
• DIY Photography has compiled a list of 43 Photography hacks, mods and DIY projects.
• Here’s a sweet article on using v-cards (which is a term I attributed to something entirely different before I took up photography.)
• Miss the film darkroom? Me too. Here’s how to develop that film at home on the cheap. Now to find an enlarger…
• Want to try developing with coffee and vitamin C? I shit you not.
• Quite possibly my favorite Strobist post ever. Included: cute mouse.
• Ever have anyone ask you why professional photography is so expensive? Point them here.
• Has anyone ever demanded you remove a photo of them taken in a public place? Check this out.
• Picking up where Adobe dropped the ball, here’s a great tute on advanced watermarking in Lightroom 2.0.
• Want to try macro photography but don’t know how? Me either. DPS to the rescue, here’s macro photography for beginners part one and two.
• Fun? No. Necessary? Yes. Here’s an article on licensing your photography.
• Miss the Photoshop World Convention in Boston last weekend? Yep. So did I. Scott Kelby has some recaps up on his blog. Go there and pout with me, I had no babysitter.

ETA! I forgot to add this! Michelle Black and Jessica Price (two of my favorite photog e-buddies who also happen to be amazingly talented.) are hosting FLARE: A National Photography Contest. All entrants get some freebies so go check it out!