Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we mess up a photo. Take this photo of my hubby for instance.

I was using all manual settings on my camera, but they happened to be for my last location.

As you can see, the photo is nearly washed out. It was a bright, sunny day and my husband looks like a ghost.

But with a few modifications, you can change a mistake into a really great & timeless photograph.

Things to do when your photo is washed out.

-decrease the exposure
-increase the black point
-decrease the brightness
-increase the contrast
-bump up the saturation (in this instance I bumped it all the way up)
-use a sepia toned filter
-sharpen A LOT
-for a final added touch I added a gamma vignette