Playing Around with Photoshop Actions

so i have been wanting to learn Photoshop for a long time now.

i've had Photoshop elements 9 for a while and i thoroughly enjoyed

making all sorts of things on it. i love it, i really do.

but i yearned for something more i could do with my pictures.

i mean come on, you see all sorts of amazing family pictures done

by professional photographers. we all want those kinds of pictures, 

don't we?! well i know that i do! 

how does one go about getting those fabulous pictures?

1. spending lots of money and having a professional do it.

2. just suck it up and try and learn for yourself.

so i went for number 2.  i searched Pinterest for a while and

pinned quite a few "actions" that are used for photoshoping.

figured out how to install them and began to experiment.

let me tell ya, actions make photo editing MUCH easier. 

especially if someone else took the time to make them 

and you get them for free! a special thank you to all those

who spend time on making these so i can use them!

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so what do you think?

i think that they're pretty cute! thanks 

Ammely for being my muse today. im going to keep learning and trying . 

practice only makes perfect, right?