It’s been difficult posting each day without wifi at the house. I’ve been editing the pictures on the computer and airdropping them to my phone, where I then post onto the blog. The mobile WordPress site is great but lacks a couple of the features I normally use (or else I don’t know how toContinue reading “Alexandria Apothecary”
Category Archives: Photography
The Fourth Sky
Nature’s red, white, and blue The original wasn’t vibrant. I didn’t do much to this picture. I increased the contrast and actually decreased the clarity. I really wanted to increase the clarity, but I need to break out of that box, right?! I increased the shadows and the vibrance. I sharpened the picture and reducedContinue reading “The Fourth Sky”
Red Barn
This barn is on the peach farm from the previous post. I love old structures. I wanted to go for a slightly edgy or spooky look, but not halloweenish. I upped the contrast and clarity both to 100. I decreased the vibrance and saturation just a little. I also lowered the highlights and shadows. InContinue reading “Red Barn”
Overripe
Peach picking. The bees had the first pick. The original was too dark. I increased the exposure, sharpened the whole pic just a little and then adjusted the noise. I increased the contrast and clarity to show the detail of the peach and then lightened the shadows just a bit. I upped the vibrancy justContinue reading “Overripe”
Patriot
A Capitol Fourth is always very crowded. Tip: go to the dress rehearsal the night before. Exact same show, somewhat manageable crowds. In 2015, it rained and all I had to capture images was my iPhone. I was so happy to catch the following: The original was all in color but I wanted to focusContinue reading “Patriot”
Garden of the Gods
The old postcard view: The original is nice and colorful. There were a couple of spots on the lens that you could see in the blue sky so I cloned those out. I messed with this edit quite a bit, not really knowing what look I wanted. As I went through some of the presetsContinue reading “Garden of the Gods”
Not So SAHM 