Saturday, October 10, 2009

Picture post

Well, most of you know that I recently got a new nifty camera, and since that happy day I have been snapping pics wherever/whenever I can. This has been great, and I'd say my pictures have improved alot simply due to the abilities of the camera. The one thing I haven't mastered yet...Photoshop (duh, duh, duh). My sweet hubby got PS Elements for me for Xmas last year, and I was SO excited. While I love all the cool things it can do (of which I can actually do very little), but my beef is that it's not really easy to just play with it and figure things out as you go. Others may disagree, but I have had a hard time figuring things out on my own. Yay for online tutorials, but my brain only works well in short distances. So, I can watch one and follow the steps to get the effect, but unless I really understand the principle behind it, I won't even be able to replicate it the next day. Add on the fact that I have practically zero time to study up, and my photography "hobby" is holding on by a thread. I really like it though, so yesterday I took some "me time" and as a result I have poll for you. Which one do you like better?
#1 is the shot straight out of the camera - no edits
#2 I cropped out Abby (hope she forgives me, but she was a little fuzzy). I upped the saturation a bit and brightened her eyes.
#3 Here I actually stumbled upon the circle vignette I'd been searching for forever ago. I might have gone a little overboard with it, but I like the dreamy feel. I then sharpened her eyes, and I might have brightened them a little more (can't remember).


So what do ya think?

5 comments:

Amber said...

I think I know NOTHING about photography....but your girls are so SUPER cute it doesn't matter!! Love you :)

Jamie said...

This size, I can't really tell what the eyes actually look like. I tried clicking on the photos to get the bigger file, but I guess these aren't linked to the original file. I think you did an awesome job on the crop, and I'm so happy you found the vignette! I think it gives a studio-finish look.

:::b r a n d i::: said...

I agree with Jamie that it's hard to see with the small photos but it's a cute shot either way. Poor cropped Abigail! LOL

Jenn said...

Grrr. I guess I'm going to have to figure out this whole linking to a real picture site thing. Sorry they're so small. They actually looked bigger when I was typing out the post. Weird! Thanks for commenting anyway.

Taylor said...

Jenn, I miss you at Bunko! I said that like 8 times this last time we played but thought I should tell you instead of just talking about you...

Sure do miss you guys!