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My pick of the kissing shots. The composition is also little more interesting with the inclusion of some foreground elements.
This photo really intrigued me because of the smoke. As a result, my main goal was to bring out the center parts of the photo - the smoke and the candle (and jar) from which the smoke came from. Unfortunately I did not have access to the RAW file, but I initially painted the smoke in Camera RAW with a sharpening brush before bringing everything into Photoshop. In Photoshop, I applied many masks, including brightness/contrast, curves, hue/saturation and a color lookup Amber filter to the image. I used three alternate blending modes - overlay, multiply and hard light - to help make the smoke and jar pop. Lastly, I also added vignetting to the image to draw attention to the center. Finishing touches included desaturating the table and flower as well as rotating the image to straighten the jar.
Meghan Graves sits at her desk in her dorm room working only by the light of the early morning sunrise as her roommate still sleeps.