Editing for fun!

So my latest thing is starting to become "editing pictures for fun"!  The only reason I've never been big into editing my pictures is because it takes time, but also I really need to learn more about how etc. So I've been trying to change that, and have started messing around with my program to see what kinds of interesting things I can come up with. The one I did today was one of our own wedding photo's that our photographer took.

The downside to not knowing enough about my Photoshop Elements 7, is that I can't tell you what I did to get this effect.. :( I should have written it down but either way here it is!

My life...

Lately all I've been doing is spending time sitting behind my sewing machine and serger. Definitely not a bad thing, but it made me think I should take a picture that was somehow related to that.... so I came up with this:

So there you have it... I'm really happy with how the bottom picture turned out, well I'm happy with both of them but for some reason the bottom one is cooler to me.. lol

Photo Challenge: Cold

For those of you who already saw this post I'm sorry for messing up! I should have had a picture of something red for last weeks.... oops.


Well this weeks challenge is COLD. This is definitely a challenge for me because honestly it is cold outside but there isn't any snow... so how do you show that it is right around freezing when it doesn't show in a picture. I really started thinking and trying to come up with something and finally I had an idea.. Ice cubes are cold :)

I think that it turned out pretty good.. and this challenge definitely made me have to think outside of the box!

I'm hoping that next weeks is easier than this one!!

You Capture: Cirles

Well it is circles week, and the first time that I'm participating in the photo challenge.

So here are my circles:

My favorite clock :)

Car seat cover, I love the polka dots/circles on here. (I make these and will be posting them on my Etsy shop, hopefully soon!)

Washer and Dryer, I was looking for another circle when I was instantly drawn to take a picture of the fronts of my washer and dryer!

So there are my circles :) If you think this is something you would like to participate in, or would like to see other ideas see the link below :)

 

Goal - New Years Resolution

Well my New Years Resolution this year is to take more pictures, and learn more about my Camera. I currently own a Nikon D40 and have for 2 1/2 years now, knowing that I could to a lot more with it as well but it is just so easy to use it in the auto setting a lot of the time. Well no more this year... so what have I done to change that, I signed up for a photo taking "assignment" from I Should Be Folding Laundry's Blog.

Here's to a fun photo taking year!

Scenic Mountains

So today I spent some time taking pictures using my point and shoot camera since I didn't feel like carrying my big one around, and since I told  myself that my new resolution for this year was to take more pictures and post them on here... I figure I better post it even though I didn't use my fancy camera.

So there are two new pictures, finally!

Plentiful Harvest

Since I had some company over this past weekend I decided to take them out to see some of the very traditional aspects of the Valley where I live: Grapes, and apples! Of course I never go away without my camera when I do things like this so here are just a few shots that I took while we were out and about!

.. finally I also included a picture of the valley :)