Country Wedding Photo Edits
Have you ever been to a country wedding? In my neck of the woods you wear cowboy/cowgirl boots with formal dresses and weddings are held in barns filled with the smell of horses and hay.
I wanted to show you a few pictures from a wedding I shot and you’ll notice how different they look compared to what you normally see here. I have a totally different photo editing style when it comes to weddings, family, and senior pictures.
I feel like I can actually be more creative and put my personal style into the editing. You can see the image on the left is SOOC (Straight out of the camera) and the image on the right has been tweaked to fit my personal style. There’s certainly nothing wrong with SOOC but I love how creative I can be with editing.
My favorite software is Lightroom and Photoshop, but I do also use PicMonkey and when I do a tutorial (for here on the blog) I find a way to get that Photoshop look using Picmonkey. For me I like a matte finish with a vintage muddy feel to the photo, and I can do it all with a few editing clicks so why not improve on an already great shot.
There’s so many possibilities when it comes to editing, I think everyone just has to find their style and stay true to it. Especially when I get paid for a portrait session. Clients see photos of mine and expect to get the same look from their session. Do you feel like you can recognize an artist by the look of a photo, painting, or drawing?
I enjoyed the article about the “muddied” pictures effect & do appreciate the difference. Do you have any photo examples of “senior” photos with the muddied effect?
Thanks.
Debbie, I will post a tutorial and use senior photos for that.
Gorgeous photos, Dawn. So interesting to see your photo editing style when it comes to weddings and events. Love that look.
xo
Claudia
Thank you Claudia, I really have a different style from my blog photos and I enjoy being able to do different things with photos 🙂
Great shots Dawn! I’d love to know how to do that in PicMonkey…
Cheryl, I’ll put together a tutorial and get it posted 🙂
Beautiful GF. Very sweet and love the effects you used.
Kris
Thanks Kris 🙂
Great shots!!! Unique and different style of wedding too!
All the weddings are like this where Im from 🙂
WOW!!! Looks like so much fun – a real celebration!!!
Beautiful photos Dawn….you take the most remarkable pictures and then so beautifully edit them!
Aww thank you Shirley 🙂
L.O.V.E. the cute pics and especially the cute boots!! Ü
Holly, boots are worn with everything where I come from, lol
Beautiful photos Dawn. I love your editing style.
Thank you Debbie, it’s always fun to show what I really like to do with photos.