Dreaming of Maui...

I was testing out some Photoshop Actions over the weekend for beach enhancements.  I decided to put them in a collage to compare the differences side by side. So pretty!  I guess the type of action you want to use is dependent upon the type of beach look you want in your picture.  (From Hawaiian turquoise waters to Caribbean Teal Waters)

Family Photo Albums

Here are some great ideas posted by Susan Keller on iheartfaces.com on how to put together a family photo album.  She does a beautiful job putting the photo grids/collages together to  make them look seamless.

How to Make a Great Family Photo Album
 
Here are some of the examples she used in photos:

This style is more of 1 page of larger photos and the 2nd page with a photo grid.  (which is the style I tend to choose more often than not...)

February Photo Challenge - Day 2

The photo challenge for day 2 was 'mechanical' and I immediately thought of taking artsy pictures of nuts and bolts, but realized that wouldn't really be mechanical....so my next thought was "my car!"  I popped open the hood and took some pictures.  The picture below is the one I thought had the most character.  I played around with Camera+ and got some pretty cool looks with it.  I'm pretty happy with how cool they turned out. 

Honda Mechanical - BEFORE

February Instagram Photo Challenge

I found this photo challenge online and decided to follow along with it.  I hope it will challenge me to look "outside the box" at things and creep out of my comfort zone with objects I'm not used to photographing. 

Family Photo Color Schemes - Love This

New Photoshop Software

I finally got my Photoshop CS5 software installed.  I played around with one of my photos this evening. Wow, I must say that learning photoshop in depth is a very tedious task!  Hopefully I start picking some of the tips up that I've been reading about.  (much easier watching than actually re-doing.)

Here is the photo BEFORE:

Camera Comparisons