October {Captured Moments}

October
Such a month of joy and beauty. A month of working through some hard things and growing even more to appreciate the amazing blessings that God has given. A month of loving life and living it fully!

1. 10-1C, 2. 10-1J, 3. 10-2G, 4. 10-3B, 5. 10-3E, 6. 10-3H, 7. 10-5B, 8. 10-7D, 9. 10-8C, 10. 10-10B, 11. 10-10J, 12. 10-11B, 13. 10-11E, 14. 10-11R, 15. 10-12E, 16. 10-13, 17. 10-14E, 18. 10-18B, 19. 10-18H, 20. 10-22D, 21. 10-23B, 22. 10-23E, 23. 10-24B, 24. 10-25D, 25. 10-27E, 26. 10-27Q, 27. 10-27Z, 28. 10-28F, 29. 10-28M, 30. 10-29C, 31. 10-30B, 32. 10-30E, 33. 10-30H, 34. 10-31E, 35. 10-31C

September: A Month of Moments

I'm attempting to cultivate the more creative parts of my brain and one of my attempts is to take a picture each day and share them at the end of the month. As you can see, I sometimes miss by a day but I've got 30 images from the month of September that I'm happy to share for my first attempt out of the gate. We'll see if I can get better in the months to come! So, here's where I've been in the last 30 days!


1. 9-1, 2. 9-2, 3. 9-3, 4. 9-4F, 5. 9-4D, 6. 9-4C, 7. 9-4B, 8. 9-4, 9. 9-6B, 10. 9-6, 11. 9-8, 12. 9-10B, 13. 9-10, 14. 9-11B, 15. 9-11, 16. 9-13B, 17. 9-13, 18. 9-17, 19. 9-18, 20. 9-19, 21. 9-19B, 22. 9-20, 23. 9-21, 24. 9-24B, 25. 9-24, 26. 9-25, 27. 9-27, 28. 9-28, 29. 9-29, 30. 9-30

Playing With Photos #4

It's Friday and it's been quite some time since I've pulled out my photo editing tools and played around with I ♥ Faces Friday Fix-It photo. Since I've found a couple of spare moments this morning I'm giving today's pic my best shot.

Original from Alesha from Snapshots of Us:
My edit using Picnik:
I increased the highlights and brought his face out of the shadows a bit and then set it to black and white at about 60% to give it a cooler shade which I liked. Finally I went for a crop to bring his eyes into a bit more focus. Fun stuff...it's making me want to buy a new camera! :)

Playing With Photos #3

I know I've been missing from blog world but I'll jump in for a quick photo edit and then try to find some time to expound on where I've been and what I've been up to. As always, great stories to come! :)

Check out I ♥ Faces for more edits this week!

Original image:


My edits using Picnik:

My goal was to bring a bit more color into the shot, livening it up a touch. I would like to play up his beautiful eyes but can't find a way to do that on Picnik. I feel like my result is a bit grainier than I'd prefer but I liked the colors I achieved.

Second edit:

I am always hesitant about cropping beyond the face borders but decided to play a bit and give it a shot. I liked how this one turned out and I found a way to sort of bring out the eyes and mouth a touch more while softening up the rest. Such fun! :)

Anyways, still a novice...maybe learning a bit more each week!

Playing With Photos #2

Well, it's Friday again and I'm on my one short break during a day of hectic scurrying so I thought I'd spend some time in photo world. It's Fix-It Friday over at I ♥ Faces again and here's my attempt to join in the fun:

Original from Angie Arthur:


My playing around with Picnik:


And another:


I definitely enjoy bringing more color into photos but I mostly just play around with it until it looks somewhat natural to me. I like some of the other editor's choices that tone down the color a bit but I'm not sure how to accomplish that with the tools I'm currently using (and the small amount of time I've got). For now, this works for me but I'm thinking that there wasn't a lot that this photo needed anyways...guess that makes for a good challenge! :)

Playing With Photos #1

Ah, the Internet. As if I need anything else to occupy my time! Yet I found this site, I ♥ Faces, that has a photo-editing challenge every week. Having never ever edited a photo online, I couldn't resist giving it a shot. So, here's what I've got!

Original Picture from Lolli at Life is Sweet:


My first photo-edit using Picnik (another new introduction):
I'm suspecting that I could enjoy playing with this stuff! I'd love to move into the world of more serious photography but am mostly just hacking it out with my little point-and-shoot. Still, I love learning about such things!

Head to I ♥ Faces for more inspiration and to see what others have done!