My brain is caught somewhere in between a state of mashed potatoes and cream of wheat. And, yes, I always compare my current state to food. My brain feels like mashed potatoes today. My legs felt like jello yesterday. How I felt while trying on bathing suits last week? Like a watermelon. Oh, yeah, my brain thinks in the Food Pyramid and if I can just lean it more toward the leafy green category, my doctor would be so proud.

Speaking of food, I received an email last week from a photographer who offered to send me a batch of cookies if I was able to help her with a few post-processing tips. But remember that whole watermelon debacle last week? Ummm, yeah. I definitely don't need cookies. So I decided to post a Before and After Photoshop blog post to share…it's been six months since I posted my last one, so today is as good a day as ever.

These photos will be processed with a mix of Totally Rad Actions and Kubota Photoshop Actions…like I mentioned in previous post-processing posts (like here and here), I use Photoshop sparingly, so here's a peek into what goes down…the first photos are Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC) with their settings, and the second photo is the photoshop actions applied…

One thing to note…all borders and sharpening is done with BlogStomp…

Stephanie+Steven's San Juan Capistrano engagement session
f/2.2, 1/320, 200 iso, 50mm

Saturation : -100 : 39%
Kubota B/W Channel Mixer 70/20/10 : 100%

f/2.0, 1/640, 250 iso, 85mm

Kubota Fuji Snappit : 14%
Kubota 81K Warming : 17%
Curves bump

Brandon+Kristin's San Juan Capistrano engagement session
f/3.5, 1/100, 400 iso, 85mm

Kubota Punch Lite : 16%
KubotaTea Stained : 10%

f/1.2, 1/2500, 200 iso, 50mm
Totally Rad Actions YingYang : Yang(lighter) : 31% over skin
Kubota Fashion Passion : 12%
Totally Rad Actions Boring Sepia : 11%

Cori+Eli's Santa Monica engagement session
f/2.0, 1/250, 200 iso, 50mm

Kubota Renaissance : 11%
Kubota Midbright : 39%