Behind The Image - Hannah

This is Hannah.  Isn't she beautiful?  I am in the middle of editing her session from Saturday night and I thought I would do a little "behind the image" post to show off what goes in to editing an image to perfection :)  Or close to it, at least.  So, above you see the final product.  

Here is the image straight off the camera:

Not bad, but really flat, with blah blue undertones.  No spark to it.  Definitely needs work.  So, after selecting the best of the best from a session, I do a quick color-correct, fix exposure, and contrast boost on them.  Here is that step completed:

MUCH better, right?  Still not done.  After color correction, I run the Pro Retouch Action from the Totally Rad Actions that I can't live without.  I do skin correction as needed (as you can see, Hannah needed almost nothing).  Next, I run the two TRAs that I run on all my images, Lux (60%) and Oh Snap (60%).  I get this:

Ahhh, much better.  A majority of the time, I am done after this step.  I love that look and it is quick, easy, and gorgeous.  For this shot, I still wanted to spruce it up a little, so I did a few more things to it.  Next, I ran the action Green With Envy and brushed that as needed to brighten the greens in the grass and the golden tones in the lighted parts of her hair.  I also added a little lens flare above her head at 38% opacity.  I also decided to run Warm It Up, Kris!, which I don't normally do, but I wanted to play with the warm tones in the light.  And then, finally, I ran Slice Like a Ninja at 70%, which just sharpens the image overall, bringing out the details a little more clearly.  So, then, we have the final product!  Here it is once again: