Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. - Ansel Adams

Friday, May 29, 2009

Fix it Friday

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•Original
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•Edit 1
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*Edited in ACR:
-picture was underexposed, so I messed with exposure and added some fill light.
-added a little bit of contrast and clarity
-upped the saturation and vibrance a tiny bit
-did a little bit of noise reduction
*Edited in PSCS3:
-cropped
-slight skin color cast fix
-smoothed skin
-brightened eyes
-removed a few stray hairs from shoulder
-sharpened
-added white frame with black drop shadow



•Edit 2
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-vintage



•Edit 3
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-added Polaroid frame and changed color


•Edit 4
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-added texture, applied pw action, blurred & changed color



Photo Credit: Jennifer of Confessions of a Working Mom!

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At least say hi ;)

Thursday, May 28, 2009

MySpace Graphics

Changed the layout on my MySpace page either late last night or early this morning (mommy.brain) and I didn't like how all of my graphics didn't match the new colors. I re-made them myself in Photoshop CS3 with the new colors. Now my page is happy. So am I :)

Here's a few just so you can see:

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Monday, May 25, 2009

I♥Faces

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•Original
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•My Edit
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My steps:
Tilted
Cropped
Ran an action I wrote to smooth skin
Added a Curves adjustment layer
Dodged
Burned
Added highlights
Added shadows
Did a simple eye pop
Sharpened
Added frame

Photo Credit: Katrina of Rambunctious Joy!

Head on over to iHeartFaces and have a look around :)

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Friendship.

FRIENDSHIP IS A PRICELESS GIFT

THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD

BUT ITS VALUE IS FAR GREATER

THAN THE MOUNTAIN MADE OF GOLD

FOR GOLD IS COLD & LIFELESS

IT CAN NEITHER SEE NOR HEAR

& IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE

IT IS POWERLESS TO CHEER

IT HAS NO EARS TO LISTEN

NOR HEART TO UNDERSTAND

IT CANNOT BRING YOU COMFORT

OR REACH OUT A HELPING HAND

SO WHEN YOU ASK

GOD FOR A GIFT

BE THANKFUL IF HE SENDS

NOT DIAMONDS, PEARLS OR RICHES

BUT THE LOVE OF REAL TRUE FRIENDS

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Friday, May 8, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Like a Flower.

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May 2008.

"Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun."
- Kahlil Gibran
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