How do you get this dreamy look?

[SaraJane]

How is this 'dreamy' look done?
Here's an example from: Mihaja Photography Blog – Northern NSW, Gold Coast and Brisbane Portrait Photographer – Weddings, TTD, Newborns and Babies, Children, Families



See how it's sort of soft and dreamy?? How's it done? Light? PP??

Anyone know?

Thanks.

ETA: eek....that pic is too big isn't it?? I'm not sure how to resize!!

[OsmosisStudios]

A LOT of skin smoothing and over exposure.

[SaraJane]

That's it?
And it's got a sort of a glow to it. How do you do that? Just soft focus or something?

[JStockhaus]

It looks like the Orton effect to me. If you search Orton effect you can find some great tutorials on greating the effect.

[wulf]

You need an editing program that works with layers (The Gimp, Photoshop, etc). Create a duplicate layer and apply a blur. Now set the new layer to screen mode and dial down the opacity. Too opaque and the image will be far too bright but when it is barely visible the blurred layer imparts a softening glow.

Wulf

[SaraJane]

Thanks guys!!!! I am going to try it!!

[wulf]

Show us what you come up with.

Wulf

[LeeR]

SaraJane, there are a thousand tricks like this out there. This photographer simply used a bit of overexposure and blur to create what you call a "dreamy" effect, but there are many, many more. I would encourage you to experiment with a lot of them and eventually develop one you can call your own. I hope that one day we are answering a question about how to get that "SaraJane" effect.