Processing

This needed lots of work, but was worth it. Much of the work involved removing things round the edges after cropping, using the clone tool. It needed levels & curves to improve the tonal range, and variations & colour balance to improve the colour balance. The hardest part was trying to get the tonal range & colour balance OK to suit the woman, because she was deliberately in the shade, yet this was unflattering to her. The final result was much lighter & warmer than it "should" have been, but even expert photographers don't complain because they like the composition and are intrigued by the content. (They are not a wedding couple - they are modelling bridalwear! I saw them by accident, and took some candids of them). Then the web version was sharpened using "unsharp mask".

Main Photoshop 6 and ImageReady 3 features used

• Image size - crop, image & canvas size.
  Image adjustment - levels, curves, variations, colour balance (especially some tweaking of the flower in her hair), clone tool.
  Presentation features - stroke (for print border), automate - fit image, save as JPEG.
  In mid-January 2002, for the web version only - "unsharp mask" managed in layers created for the purpose.

Typical Photoshop 6 features not used

• Layers. Filters. Over 90% of the tools.
  But in mid-January 2002, I started to use "unsharp mask" in layers to sharpen the web image.