My youngest has a silly personality that will come out once she’s spent time with you and is comfortable. Fortunately, my camera is well-known and she’s pretty comfortable acting herself. Plus, how cool is this wall. It was just begging to be posed in front of. I believe it’s in Winchester, VA. I intended toContinue reading “Crazy Portrait”
Tag Archives: Travel
Colonial Eagle Gasoline Sign
Somewhere near Fayetteville, NC stands this old sign. The longer you look at it, the more words and numbers you end up noticing! The original was crooked and flat (too bright outside!) and had telephone wires protruding from the back of it. I cropped to straighten and then cloned out all wires (not perfectly though).Continue reading “Colonial Eagle Gasoline Sign”
Fresh Veggies Farm Stand
The greater Monterey, CA area is called the Salad Bowl of America. As you head east from Monterey to Salinas, you pass from a temperate coastal zone to a hot climate with fertile soil. The produce around that area is amazing. Fresh from the dirt. The original photo had a dark and somewhat yellow cast.Continue reading “Fresh Veggies Farm Stand”
She chose a golden leaf
Everything is magical for the young (and the young at heart). When I looked at the original of this picture, I realized I needed to brighten her face and maybe sharpen her eyes. So I did that using an adjustment brush and a radial filter. I didn’t even mess with the background. It was aContinue reading “She chose a golden leaf”
Fall colors like Fruity Pebbles
We took a self-guided tour through New England one fall. It was the most amazing explosion of colorful leaves. The only thing I could liken it to was a bowl of Fruity Pebbles. . . minus the blue (unless you want to count the sky). The picture I took below wasn’t in New England, andContinue reading “Fall colors like Fruity Pebbles”
Ugly gourds
Don’t judge a book by its cover or a gourd by its bumps? The original photo was dark. I cropped in to focus more on the gourds and not on the surroundings. I made various adjustments and just wasn’t happy with what I was getting, so I ran a preset and liked the results! HereContinue reading “Ugly gourds”
Not So SAHM 