I have been asked how I edited my recent uploads, so I decided to share a little tutorial with you.

Basically, all I am working with are feathered selections and adjustment Layers.

Let's start with this original image:



I duplicated the layer and set the layer mode to multiply. The image gets darker but don't worry. In the next step, I created an adjustment layer for curves and I pushed up the dark parts in the curve of the RGB channel to give it that slightly faded feel:



I then did the same to the red channel only, in the same adjustment layer, to boost the reds in the entire image.

As a next step, I selected the upper part of the background and heavily feathered the selection, to get a very smooth edge. As the upper part of the background mainly consists of foliage and mossy stone, I created an adjustment layer for curves and pushed the green channel a bit:



If you've never worked with adjustment layers: It's important to know that you create the desired selection before you create the adjustment layer.

As the next step I roughly selected the lower part of the image and feathered heavily to give the dress a blue push in a new adjustment layer for curves:



I then created a new adjustment layer with no selection (i.e. for the entire image) and did a curve in the blue channel which bends downwards. This pushes the blues and adds some yellows into the picture.



I then added a new Fill layer, set to fill at 18% and filled with a greenish tone:



As the last step, I created an adjustment layer for hue/saturation and reduced the overall saturation slightly. And there you have it:



Here's the original again:



This is just a quick and rough tutorial to give you a basic idea about the methods used. If you would like to try, just use the same adjustment layers and fiddle around with them a bit until you get the results you like. There's no "right" or "wrong". It's just a matter of experimentation and personal taste.

I hope you've enjoyed the little tutorial.