Cool Photoshop Technique

Elaine posted this link to Jessica Sprague's blog, which has a cool PhotoShop technique to add some POP to your pictures. Jessica calls it "SHAZAM", and I really like the effect.

Basically, you take your picture and make two additional layers, one will be a Screen and the other will be an Overlay. Play with the opacities and see what you get. Here is my Before shot:


And my After shot (well, I did straighten it, too)


Cool, eh? You should try it too!
Go to the link above, where Jessica outlines the technique in more detail.

Happy picture taking!

PS - I'll be back later today to post my 12 on 12 pictures!