FIX-IT-FRIDAY

Before

After

Using Picnik:

1. Cropped photo

2. Reversed Black & White

3. Applied Boost

4. Softened slightly

Go to iheartfaces to see all the other great "fixes".

SWEET SHOT TUESDAY

I know I just posted these over the weekend, but I wanted to also share them at...

These shots were taken at a friend's family's farm.

Go to Sweet Shot Tuesday and check out the other "Sweet" shots.

SWEET SHOT TUESDAY

I took these pictures Saturday evening after we returned home from a friend's Birthday party (about which I still need to post).

This is some SERIOUS tube watching...

... and no, they weren't watching "Happy Days".

Not sure what they're giving the Thumbs-Up to.

Check out Sweet Shot Tuesdays

for all the other "Sweet Shots".

FIX-IT-FRIDAY

Before

After

Using Picnik:

1. Cropped

2. Adjusted Exposure

3. Adjusted Contrast

4. Applied "Boost"

5. Applied "Posterize"

5a. adjusted number of colors and detail

5b. then faded slightly back to original

6. Applied "Focal Soften"

SWEET SHOT TUESDAY

Another blog I follow (again, found through my ever-so-inspiring friend Brenda) has a photo sharing challenge every Tuesday. Basically, you link to her website, your favorite picture you took within the last week. It's a way to get the participants out there and shooting.

This is my favorite, which I actually took today, at a nearby park.

Go visit this site and see all the other "Sweet Shots".

To see the other pictures I took today, go here

I HEART FACES: FIX-IT-FRIDAY

Through my girlfriend, Brenda (check out her website here),

I found a website called I Heart Faces.

It has definitely become my "GO TO" website for all things photography. I've learned quite a bit to help me hone my budding photography skills.

Every Friday, they have a photo challenge, where they have a photo made available for downloading,

so you can practice your editing skills.

This is the first Friday that I have participated.

Here is the original photo.

And here is my "Fix-It".

Using Picnik, I did the following edits:

1. Rotated the photo

2. Cropped the photo

3. Worked with the Color and reduced the Saturation slightly

4. Made photo Black & White and then

slightly faded the color back in

5. Applied the Orton-ish tool and then

slightly faded back to original

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