Monday, May 10, 2010

Photo Practice

I love taking pictures but once they're taken and safely stored on my computer, I rarely do anything with them.  Partly because I simply don't know how to do much of anything with them.  I can use a red-eye reduction tool from Microsoft Picture Manager and occasionally touch up some blemishes with Photoshop but most of my Photoshop editing comes from trial and error.  Most of the books and tutorials I've seen on that program must assume some type of base knowledge of it because I'm usually just as lost at the end as I was at the beginning!

But when I read Shreve's (Honey Rock Dawn) tutorial I was too excited!  I had to try it out - it was clear, easy to understand, and here are the results.  The first photo I altered was of my Prince Charming:




The next two are variations of a photo I took on a trip to San Francisco in December of 2007. 


The first one I simply added a border to it, again following Shreve's tutorial.  The second picture is the same as the first one, but I tried out the sepia look on it.  Makes it look very old, and I really like the effect!