Photography and Homeschooling (Roadschooling as often as we can)
If you’re tired of the cold, make your way down to the sunshine state.
We visited Disney World a few years ago in December. Normally the weather is very mild at this time of year, but that year — it was cold! We didn’t let that stop us from pretending though. . .
The original was darker. I cropped in and lightened it. I also used a graduated filter to Warm the sunlight. I think I also used a radial filter to brighten the exposure around my daughter. Here’s the original:
I’m on a last-minute trip and I was so busy packing and prepping. I did manage to quickly edit a couple of pictures though that I hope to be able to share in the next couple of days on my phone.
I’m 98% full on my photo storage on WordPress though, so I’m not sure I’ll have room to put the photos on the site while I’m traveling! 😬
I took this photo as we were walking through NYC one day. We may have been driving – this might have been out of my car window. I can’t remember where it is, but I liked the fact that it is curved. And one window is either open or missing.
The original was a little dimmer. I ran the HDR preset (presets are great when you’re in a rush!) and cropped to eliminate the the different part of the building on the bottom. I’m pretty sure I decreased the noise. Here’s the original:
Almost always the underdog. That makes it that much sweeter when they win. During the game that I took this picture, Ga Tech beat UNC 68-50.
The original was an ok photograph, a little dark, but I decided to make it look a little bit vintage and add some focus onto the flag. I used two Lightroom presets on it and then adjusted those looks until I was happy with the look. I used a radial filter to decrease the exposure on everything but the flag. Here’s the original:
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The seagulls in Monterey ARE NOT shy. I think the tourists like to feed them and they become rather aggressive. In this photo, I had just finished a 5K and was sitting down on the sea wall to enjoy a banana and a bagel. My little friend landed right beside me and watched me eat every single bite. I did not share.
My little friend was pretty dark in the original photo. I couldn’t increase the exposure of the whole picture though because the water was almost blown out. I used an adjustment brush on him to balance out the lighting. I also used two different graduated filters to lower the exposure of the water on the right side. Doing that made the bright area look brownish yellow, so within the filter I cooled the temperature. That got rid of the yellowing. Here’s the original:
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When you think of California, the first thoughts aren’t of lush farmland. At least, not when I think of California. Much of the area surrounding Monterey is produce. Much of the land in the middle of lower California is orchards (like my territorial designations?). And a lot of the land we drove through on the way to the redwoods looked like Virginia!
This picture was taken in the morning on our way south back to Monterey.
I took this with an iPhone, in a moving car. I think I at least rolled down the window. The original picture isn’t too bad considering those conditions, but I wanted to add a little bit more ambiance for the peaceful cows. 🙂 I cropped to straighten and remove the road. With the new Lightroom CC that I recently downloaded you have the option to reduce haze. OR you can do the opposite and ADD haze, which is what I did. I also reduced the saturation of the blues so the sky wouldn’t be so obvious and I added some grain. Here’s the original:
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I knew trees had rings, but I can’t say that I’ve ever seen wood with this type of pattern before. Can anyone tell me how it came to look/be like this? Is it water erosion that is slowly exposing different parts of the tree rings? Once again – I could stare at the patterns for hours.
I had to show you guys another shot of that wonderful wood I found. The original was a little dim and dull. I sharpened the picture, increased the contrast and clarity, and lightened the shadows and blacks. I used a graduated filter on the bottom part of the photo to increase the exposure down there because it was so dark. Here’s the original:
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Not So SAHM 