Interview & Giveaway on Citrus Hearts Blog!

New Giveaway & Interview on the beautiful Citrus Hearts blog! Most of us know Bree (CitrusHearts) from Flickr... her photos are so gorgeous and inspiring... well now she has a new blog that I am in love with (so much inspiration). She features photographers she loves, daily polaroids, beautiful finds, interviews, and... giveaways. Today, she has posted an interview with me and a giveaway for the actions or textures. If you already have the actions/textures, you can win some for a friend- or you can have the new textures when they come out. Either way, though please visit her beautiful blog and leave a comment there to enter. Also, try not to laugh at my scary/funny photoshoot experience. Like my husband says... I'm "Lucille Ball" with a camera...lol! (Karl Jochen and Carrie Richardson are the winners of the Fanpage contest!)

Florabella Actions!

Florabella Vintage Actions

The Vintage Set includes: Vintage Summer, Vintage Wine, Classic Vintage, Vintage Haze, Sweet Vintage, Retro Vintage, and Retro Lollipop. The set also comes with extra actions: Sweet Light, Sheer Haze, Lighten/Brighten, Sharpen/Defog & Vignette.
Discounted packages are available. Click here to purchase.

Florabella Color & Haze Actions

The Color & Haze set includes: Milk & Honey, Milk & Honey II, Sweet Color, Sweet Haze, Soft Color Pop, Spring Haze, Cosmopolitan, Soft Urban, and Pastel Tints & Hazes. The set also comes with extra actions: Sweet Light, Sheer Haze, Lighten/Brighten, Sharpen/Defog & Vignette. Discounted packages are available. Click here to purchase.

Florabella B&W Actions

The B&W Collection includes: B&W Platinum, B&W Champagne, B&W Champagne Haze, B&W Vintage Chocolate, B&W Vanilla, B&W Rich Vintage, B&W Vintage Buttercup, Basic B&W (base), and B&W Tints & Hazes. The set also comes with extra actions: Sweet Light, Sheer Haze, Lighten/Brighten, Sharpen/Defog & Vignette.
Discounted packages are available. Click here to purchase.

Florabella Actions & Facebook Fanpage Contest!

I have been away working so hard for the release of all three sets of Florabella Actions: Vintage, Color & Haze, and B&W.... They will be available this Tuesday, November 10th! I'll be posting a gallery of photos for each set on FlorabellaCollection.com and before/after slideshows here on the blog.

And I finally joined Facebook (finally!)... so please become a "fan". I will randomly choosing a fan who will win all three actions sets. I will announce the winner on Tuesday!

Become a Fan... Florabella Facebook Fanpage :)

B L O O M

Florabella Textures: Pure Milk & Ginger Overlay (and also one of the new actions).... Sorry I haven't been posting much- I am working so hard on the PS / PSE actions and new textures! The actions should be out by the end of next week (hopefully)! There will be three sets: Vintage, Color & Haze, and B/W. There will be special introductory promotions (especially for those who already purchased Textures Set I)... so watch for an email from Florabella Collection! ♥

J E W E L S

Processed with "Vintage Summer" action (coming soon for PS and PSE), "Pure Milk" overlay, and "Ginger" overlay...

Sterling Roses

Ginger Overlay (screen) 30%... New textures and actions coming soon!

Giveaway & Tutorial on I ♥ Faces!

"J E W E L S"

Florabella Collection is featured on I ♥ Faces today! If you don't already know this amazing photography site, you just have to check it out... tons of inspiration, resources & giveaways... and weekly photography contests! There is a Florabella Textures giveaway HERE, and a texture tutorial written by Rita of Coffeeshop here. ♥

R O S E S by Shana Rae

S U N R I S E by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: "Milk & Honey" and "Vignette"...

By the Seashore (Shana Rae)

Florabella Textures: Ginger Overlay 30% (overlay) & Vignette 35% (overlay)

Before & After Examples

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Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: 85mm
Mode: Manual
Exposure: 1/2000
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal length: 85mm
ISO: 320

Post Processed in Photoshop CS4: After cropping the photo, I duplicated the background layer and used the clone stamp tool even out the background. Then I used my Florabella Textures: "Bombay" at 29% (overlay blending mode),"Ginger" at 11% (linear burn), "Ginger" again but at 21% (screen), and "Milk & Honey" 15% (screen). On the Bombay layer, I used a layer mask at opacity 35% to lightly erase the textures from the focal point areas. Basically, just cropping & textures! :)
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Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: 85mm
Mode: Manual
Exposure: 1/1600
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal length: 85mm
ISO: 320

Post Processed in Photoshop CS4: First I duplicated the background layer and used the clone stamp tool to fill in missing parts of the background. Then I duplicated the layer again and desaturated a bit to make the colors less bright. I duplicated the layer yet again and changed the blending mode to "screen" and changed the opacity to 60%. Then I used my Florabella Textures: "Patina" at 18% (linear light blending mode), "White Linen" at 16% (screen), and "Milk & Honey" 35% (normal). On the Patina and White Linen layers, I used a layer mask at opacity 35% to lightly erase the textures from the focal point areas. Voila! :)

B L O S S O M II

Florabella Overlay: Pure Milk 30% (screen)...

"First Dance" by Tami Curtis

This gorgeous wedding portrait is by the exceptionally talented Tami Curtis (Jane's Attic). I just love her vintage antique stye... If you are looking for a wedding photographer in/around London, I highly recommend her! Here Tami used Antique (screen) at 23%, Bombay (screen) 17%, and Memory (linear burn) at 36% (all warm tones.) She also desaturated her previously processed image so it wouldnt be overhwhelming. Thank you for sharing this, Tami!

"Bougainvillea" by Shana Rae

Here I used a vintage texture from Set II and also Florabella Vintage Summer action (both to be released soon)...

Bouquet II by Shana Rae

Florabella Textures: "Platinum" 86% (overlay) and "Pure Milk" 30% (screen)...