Posted in Anna Grace, Photo Fun, Picture Practice on October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While I typically like my photos in bright, vivid colors, sometimes it’s fun to have that “vintage” feel to certain pictures: faded, slightly sepia or brown, with a lower contrast. I realized that Picnik has several ways to achieve some different vintage-feel to your photos.
1) 1960’s Vintage
Picnik comes with this effect: under Create –> Effects, [...]
Posted in Anna Grace, Photo Fun, Picture Practice on October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I wanted to give you a step-by-step on achieving a good black & white (and not just gray) photo using Picnik.
This is my original. And this is after…
So why not use just the regular black & white feature that Picnik offers? Here is what would the picture would look like if I just did a [...]
Posted in Photo Fun, Picture Practice on October 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It can be difficult to always have the perfect lighting for every picture — especially for an amateur like me! But I have learned that many great photos lurk beneath not-so-perfect pictures, if you take the time to edit them! I have used Adobe Photoshop Elements for a long while now, and I love using [...]
Posted in Etsy on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While it is typically not travel season, I think that fall + winter is a great time to daydream about future travels!
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1. Wanderer Journal | 2. Old World Map | 3. All Who Wander | 4. Travel Journal
5. Lookout Point | 6. Blank Journal | 7. Our Trip | 8. Journey Journal – [...]
Posted in Anna Grace, Picture Practice on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I know I mentioned yesterday that our fall picture-taking playdate was postponed, but I had forgotten to say we had a first attempt last week before the leaves really began to change. That experience was enough to make me fully realize that I do not have what it takes to photograph moving & walking babies for [...]
Posted in Anna Grace, Craftiness, Mini's, Tidbits on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rain! It canceled a picture-taking playdate for us this afternoon — a couple of us gals were trying to snap some pictures while the leaves are so lovely and colorful! Hopefully we will get another shot one afternoon this week!
Here are some (really, really, really) random tidbits:
I know it has been a while since I [...]
Posted in Anna Grace, Craftiness, Facelifts on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We have shifted Anna’s room around quite a bit since she has been born. Her crib has changed locations three times. We moved the recliner out when she was around six months and I was nursing less. It’s funny how many times we’ve changed it up since her little room is, well, little. It is [...]
Posted in Anna Grace, Picture Practice on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It literally has been “picture practice” for me lately! I mentioned that a good friend recently purchased a dSLR camera, and she has been bringing it to our weekly playdates so we all can have a chance to play with her new camera and try it out! I have been meaning to show you some of [...]
Posted in Anna Grace, Family on October 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend we took a quick afternoon trip to Muddy Pond, a local community that produces & sells sorghum. It was wet, rainy, and cold. Oh, and Anna for the first time in months did not take her afternoon nap so she was pretty tired (and on the way home in the car proved to us [...]
Posted in Photo Fun on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are many helpful tips for using your camera online, if you have the time and inclination to read. Here are some sites that have helped me improve my camera skills:
Erica’s Lessons on Camera Basics
Getting the Most Out of Your Point-and-Shoot
Macro Photography Tips for Point-and-Shots
How to Take Sharp Digital Images
Shooting with an In-Camera Flash
Here’s Marla, [...]
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