Eyes

Got bored....took some pictures of my eye. The last one is my favorite.

An Editing Process

     I've finally found an editor I really like. I used PicMonkey for awhile, but it wasn't free, so most of the editing options weren't available. Now, I use iPiccy (my siblings found this name to be quite humorous (facepalm) ). It's free, and has been very useful.

For example, look at this picture. There's a stick blocking the bird, and it's foot is tucked up, making it look one-legged. Also, it's not very sharp, and the bird could be closer. So what do you do?

You crop and use the clone tool. The stick is now gone, and the bird has become the main focus point. But it's still one-legged, and the colors could be brighter. So....

Let's clone it's foot, shall we? And maybe brighten the red in those leaves, and bring out the pretty brown on the bird. And let's use the Eye Bright tool to sharpen the bird some more. But look closely at it's legs. They're purple. That's a rather odd color.

So, use the drawing tool to darken it's legs. (Side note, do you notice the weird smudging in front of the bird, near the stick? You didn't notice it in the other pictures because I smoothed it out with the Wrinkle Remover tool. Sometimes you'll get smudges like those when you clone out items. Wrinkle Remover gets rid of them quickly.)

Well, I consider this a decent picture. But of course you can add filters to them.

Typical black and white....

A filter called Jennifer....

Jennifer with a vignette edge....

A grunge effect gives it a darker vibe....

A paper effect makes it look more old fashioned.

     Well, I hope you enjoyed this post. I know I had fun making it. =D

Guest Post (Sort of)

My sister took these for me, because I want a new profile pic, and I thought they turned out really great so I decided to put them on my blog. So, here they are, courtesy of Photographs of Hope. Which one do you guys think I should use? =)

December Photoshoot #2

These dogs joined us about ten minutes into the photoshoot. They were a bit shy at first, but quickly became sweet additions to our pictures. =D

December Photoshoot (AKA, Besties)

I love it when these two plan photoshoots. I was encouraged to dress up and get some pictures as well, but I'm more comfortable behind the camera ;). LORD willing, I will have a second post with more pictures from this photoshoot. =)

 

Down at the Bay.....

I think my logo is a little too big on some of these.