Monday, June 27, 2011
Photo Challenge {a touch of whimsy}
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Up Close and Personal
photography over at
Kim Klassen Cafe
today . . . I just wanted to share this beautiful
photo my new little grandbaby.
Just a minute old when this photo was taken.
Isn't she precious - love that sweet little face.
We're so grateful that she is here . . .
This is my SOOC shot - I love it!
Needs no improvements . . .
But I do so like to play around and be creative . . .
I opened it up at picnik.com and applied a sepia tone
Then applied a little 1960's effect
and backed off the opacity by about 75%
The effect offers a rounded corner effect - I really like it, but it doesn't work if you add texture later
so I removed the rounded corners for the next photo so I could add texture.
I applied a warm texture, nothing too strong or with any harsh lines, just to give it some underlying tones. I switched the mode to multiplicity (hardly EVER use that! But today it was appropriate).
Decreased opacity to about 75% again.
I like it . . . really like the look.
Which one will I choose to print and frame . . . . hmmmm . . . still pondering on that one.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Photo Challenge ~ LET'S hear it for the BOYS!
Over at
Iheartfaces.com
this week . . .
The photo challenge theme is
"Let's Hear it for the Boys"
Anything masculine goes - hurray!
This was a favorite photo of the week and I'm happy to share.
My daughter Kels was on a horseback trip with some friends up in the hills above Alpine, UT and snapped this photo - I couldn't resist adding some processing to the photo in Picnik.com. For the rest of the set visit my flickr page - they are pretty sweet!
**Kotah, you are so classy, take care in Alaska and we'll see you when you get home - be safe! **
Postcard perfect!
Don't you agree?
Kristin ~picasa~ ~flickr~ Sony all the way! Sony A700 & A300 50mm/f1.7 Tokina 28-70 1.2.8, DT18-70mm/f3.5-5.6, DT55-200mm/f4-5.6 loving it! Personal Blog, Photo Blog
Friday, June 17, 2011
Fix-it Friday from Iheartfaces - With a Twist!
~~fix-it Friday ~~
from
I heart faces for me this week.
It's the middle of the night . . . and . . . I'm working at my REAL job . . .
and do not have access to my laptop or any professional editing software such as
Lightroom or Photoshop.
So I decided to use FLICKR and PICNIK.com
and see what I could come up with using those two services alone.
Actually . . . I really quite LIKE the final result :D
Here is Susan's SOOC image that we begin with . . .
I sooOoo think she and her family are sooOoo adorable!
After opening the photo at picnik.com
I moved the ROTATE slider to the left slightly to give it a little bit of a tilt kick.
Then using the EXPOSURE
advanced feature - I bumped the highlights and brightness to the right.
Under colors -slid the temperature to the right and warmed the photo up quite a bit, also increased the saturation just a little.
Next I sharpened by moving the slider to the right slightly.
Next up:
under the CREATE / EFFECTS tab I added a little Orton-ish processing
and backed it off slightyly.
I added a bright and warm TEXTURE that gave it a warm summery look
Added a little grain with the FILM GRAIN
And finally - under the ADVANCED tab added a very slight s-curve and a slight levels bump to the right.
Last but not least - added a fun FRAME and some TEXT!
Yep!
I REALLY quite like the result
(ahhh . . . I really am a BIG fan of picnik.com aren't I??)
Kristin ~picasa~ ~flickr~ Sony all the way! Sony A700 & A300 50mm/f1.7 Tokina 28-70 1.2.8, DT18-70mm/f3.5-5.6, DT55-200mm/f4-5.6 loving it! Personal Blog, Photo Blog
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