what color technique is this?

[brittany1882]

i have photoshop elements 7 and CS5 and was wondering how to get this color effect and softness?

 

[Hoogle]

slightly overexposing it and a couple of colour adjustments maybe you will want to start of with some actions to get you going if you do not have NIk Color effex or maybe onone photo effects. Plenty of plugins out there that will do this with a few clicks but they come at a price where as actions you can get for free
http://www.thephotoargus.com/freebies/100-outstanding-photoshop-actions-to-enhance-your-photography/

check them out

 

[jhamonphoto]

Also, not sure of your 'level' of expertise, but a large portion of portrait shoots is the lighting used in the shoot itself...
(ie: 'soft lighting' vs 'hard lighting')


Jeff

 

[ALOTTA CHORIZO]

I have seen this in a lot of action collections. There are a lot of places out there for actions. I use Pure Photoshop actions and Florabella. They have a lot of these type actions to give that milky soft look. Try The CoffeeShop Blog. They have free actions.

 

[agentmoeller]

Try image>adjustments>saturation, and desaturate your pic.

 

[blackxthink]

first im sure it's a raw file and the photographer edited exposition / brightness to look like this.

But for the color maybe it's only in :

Image -> Adjustments -> Color balance ( i use color balance or the cross processing technique alot when i edit my pictures)