Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Confessions

I really would like to be a good photographer but I have a lot to learn. Which is why I LOVE my photo editing program (Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2). For example I can make this ok picture
a lot more interesting after it is cropped, add some grass on the left side of her head & apply a filter to make colors more vivid. Then I get this:
This one was better to start with so all I did was add the filter.
Before:
After:
And if there is clutter I can edit it out using the clone feature.
Before:


After:
No more cooler and baby swing. Blurred background.
Maybe someday I will be able to take good pictures without needing to edit. But for now I will do it the cheater's way.

6 comments:

.·:*¨¨*:·.Hep*Hep*Hooray said...

nice work. i wish i knew how to edit my photos. i just take a million and hope to get good ones.

Meetthekellys said...

I'm with Kristine, I take so many pictures and cross my fingers one has enough light and is not blurry. You figured out the photo editing super fast! You are doing a great job with it too because the photos look great the second time around. When I saw the photo of Sadie before I knew you added some grass I thought it was such a cute picture with the bright green grass in the back round!! Pretty soon your going to have business cards.

Meetthekellys said...

P.S. ACA II is a wonderful school and you will adore MRS. Dubistsky!

Sharon said...

I love taking pictures but I DON"T love editing! I have to REALLY love a picture to do a lot of editing to it. I should learn more photoshop tricks then I could make more of my so so pictures look alot better. Your way ahead of me with the whole editing thing. Maybe you could teach me! :)

Paty said...

Good job Amber!! I love to edit my pictures with that software...I think we made a good purchase...less complicated than photoshop.

Chris said...

I am so glad you are getting into editing! Your doing a wonderful job! Your doing everything that I do, I am just using different programs (Adobe Lightroom + CS4). Those are great photos, Keep up the great work! Keep up the good job! I love what you do! Tell Jason I said hi!