POST PRODUCTION:
This is the gradual post production of editing the composition photo I took of Beth and Martha. I used several tools in Photoshop including dodge and burn, sharp and sharp mask, cross process, contrast and brightness to create the final picture which had a bleached, vintage finish to it.

This is the photo before editing. As you can see it looks very dull and nothing is specifically highlighted with colour, and I wanted to specifically brighten up the green of he trees, the red in the brick wall and the white in the clothes and hair.

I put the auto tone on the picture and it fixes the bad weather which made the picture look slightly misty, but the auto one cleared that up.

Next I used the brightness and contrast tones on the photo which lightened the whiter areas of my photos. It was now starting to get the bleached affect I was aiming for. It made the dull areas like the colour of the grass and the clothes and faces of my models look brighter.

I then used some cross processing on the photo, bringing out the red tones in the bricks a little in the face and the leaves on the floor in the background. I brought out the green in the leaves, making them much brighter and they looked cleaner, especially in the top right hand corner behind my models head. This is my final image. I succeeded in created a bleached and washed out effected image, at the same time making sure that there were still some shadows on the models faces so it didn't seem overexposed. Compared to the original image, the photos is clear and crisper, and there are more prominent eye catching details, such as the vintage look in the red bricks or the washed out look that is in the models jeans and hair.