Everyday Life – Page 10

Deep in thought

My daughter wanted to do a photo shoot the other day. Who am I to say no. She is so beautiful – on the inside and out. The original was a little dark. I wanted to stylize this so I chose a preset and then used an adjustment brush to sharpen her eye. I usedContinue reading “Deep in thought”

Everyday activity

I read an article today from Artifact Uprising about documenting everyday life. That inspired me to take something I’ve already captured and edit it to make it look better. Shooting everyday life isn’t something I do much and I don’t feel like I’m very good at composing the shots. I’m going to have to work on that! MyContinue reading “Everyday activity”

She fully trusts her sister

There are sometimes when you’re taking pictures and you grab a shot that you end up loving. Editing can make it so much sweeter. My girls were still getting over their jet lag on our trip to Europe when we took a walk around Traben-Trarbach. They saw a swan in the river eating a headContinue reading “She fully trusts her sister”

Hazy Days

The tree swing is an integral part of our summer trips out to Grandpa and Grandma’s. The original was dark and out of focus. This editing challenge is to take any kind of quality of picture and try to make it look better. I couldn’t sharpen it up much without adding a lot of noise,Continue reading “Hazy Days”

The girl in the boots

And I had to post this picture after posting the one yesterday. She loved these boots and wore them for several years. And got compliments every time she put them on. The original was dark and not sharp. I did my best to sharpen it up. And I did a lot of little adjustments, notContinue reading “The girl in the boots”

Red Boots

What’s better in life than a swing and some red cowboy boots? The original was cute enough but I wanted it to have an aged effect. I cropped in to get rid of the distracting leaf and sharpened the whole picture (it’s still not sharp – she was swinging and my shutter speed wasn’t fastContinue reading “Red Boots”