Fix It Friday by I Heart Faces

I am extremely late getting this post up today.  I didn’t have much time to get all the edits done that I pictured in my head, but I have a few.  Below is the original:

What a cutie!!!  His eyes are so gorgeous!

My first edit:

I adjusted the midtones to lighten things up a bit.  Then played with the saturation, increased the contrast and cropped very slightly.  I then used CoffeeShop’s “Eye Bright” action for PSE.  I used a low opacity (15-20%) white brush on the iris and a high opacity white brush for the “Define” part of the action. 

I took my photo above and ran CoffeeShop’s “Honey Retro” action.  I always test this action on portraits because it usually works out really well.  In this case, I really love what it did with the overall color of the photo as well as with the eyes!!  That is all for edit 2.

Lastly, I have a black and white addiction.  I always have to include one.  This is Edit 1, with CoffeeShop’s “Creamy Chocolate B&W” action.  I decreased the “creaminess” slightly and came up with the final edit.  I am pretty sure this one is my favorite.  Now it is time to check out every one elses photos they submitted.  This is my favorite part of Fix It Friday.  Thanks I Heart Faces!!!