I am so blessed. I absolutely love my children to death, but the fact that they’re just so photogenic is a bonus gift that I never planned on. Children are difficult to shoot, and often they’re even more difficult to CAPTURE.
I took this shot in our back yard when my daughter was just a few months old. There was just something about the way the light was falling on her pudgy little cheeks that struck me as beautiful.
The standard version of this photograph, as shot, was great, and I actually kept it that way for quite some time. (Years, actually.) Then one day I realized how perfect it would be for the Orton Effect.
In a nutshell, the Orton Effect is a photography technique in which you use three of the same images, and through changes in exposure levels and focus, the photo is turned into a softened, smoothened, surreal version of the original.
This is the tutorial I recommend most to replicate the Orton Effect with Photoshop. I think it is very easy to overuse this effect, or to use it on the wrong shot, but sometimes it’s just right.
Know of another technique? Share it below or drop me a line!
