Two Actions - One Photo

Using two actions on one photo is new to me but not new to a lot of you.  I decided to play around with a few from CoffeeShop (see link on the left) to see what I could come up with.  I like this!

LOVE

The top photo was untouched before adding the action, "Vintage Blush."  The only thing I did differently with this action was to change the Pink Haze layer to Multiply and reduce to 50%  

LOVE - A Second Look

After that I added  "Velvet Cream" and that was it!  I'll definitely be experimenting more with double-actions in the future.

Vintage Kids

I am not a purist.  I like having fun with pictures, manipulating the elements and changing color and texture.  The first thing I did to this photo was crop and apply the "Velvet Cream" action from the Coffee Shop (see link to the left).  This photo then had a texture applied and blended.  I have found that many textures just make skin look dirty. . . . and especially with kids it makes it look like they haven't been bathed in a while.  Choose textures carefully.  The photo was then popped into a vintage border.  It looks like this guy stepped out of 1965!

Cacti

Shot close but not macro.

f/5.6

1/1250

ISO - 200