NotSoSAHM

Spaghetti Garden

Cool font and neon. Now I want spaghetti. This is way out of my regular editing style. The original was just so plain and too clean for urban neon. I wanted to edit it to look more vintage. I messed with everything: highlights, vibrance, exposure, contrast, clarity, saturation, temperature, etc. In the end I addedContinue reading “Spaghetti Garden”

Yellow

This is the yellow on the building with the balconies that I posted about yesterday. I love the lines! I want to live in the building just because the outside is so neat. You can see the building bowing that the lens creates in the original picture below. The dark line on the bottom looks likeContinue reading “Yellow”

Balconies

They’re so cute! I love this building. Doing some quick Google research, I believe this is an apartment building. It’s located in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington D.C. The original, below, was cute enough, but I cropped in to eliminate most of the building on the right. I love the yellow and will feature thatContinue reading “Balconies”

Urban Wildlife

I would love to know the life story behind the person who designed this little set up. I found this in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of D.C. There’s so much going here (including a No Hunting or Fishing sign…). The original was underexposed and too sharp. I increased the exposure and decreased the contrast toContinue reading “Urban Wildlife”

Layers

Now a pharmacy, it used to be a . . . (I can’t quite read the letters underneath) The original lacked contrast so I increased that and the clarity. I also increased the highlights and lightened the shadows. I adjusted the blue color a little and added a little vignette. I think doing all thisContinue reading “Layers”

Spoke

I love urban photography. I don’t get out and shoot in urban settings as much as I’d like. Several years ago a friend and I went on a group “photo safari” to Adams Morgan in DC. I was so excited tonight when I looked through the next batch of June pics to find some to edit.Continue reading “Spoke”