Week 8

Hi Everyone..
So I really did not know what program I was gonna use.. I dont really care for the GIMP program right now.. maybe as I keep digging I may come to care for it but for now I dont. Photoshop I use alot but would like it if it was a bit more user friendly when it comes to editing. I have found that I LOVE Picasa as my editing program because I can find my way around alot easier than the others. I seem to like the quality of the program aftermath too.. as my prints come out well! With that being said.. I chose to use Picasa as my program to edit/manipulate or change up my images.

The First set of images are fireworks from the fourth of july celebration in Jay Vt....

 Image 1 is very blurry... on my camera setting I just took the picture without my tripod...

 Image 2 is with my tripod and a slower shutter speed.... I did a brighten enhancement only...

Image 3 is with the tripod but I picked it up and missed alot of it.. also its construed or breaking apart.. I did have the shutter speed low but it still did NOT help as you can tell..lol.. but I manually moved the whole setup...

Image 4 is my favorite as it looks as if its blowing away! I did NOT move the camera or tripod and I also DID NOT enhance the photo at all.

This next group of images are a children that I care for on a daily basis.. the mom wanted me to capture some images and this is what I did... 

This is the original photo... 

In Picasa I gave the color a boost, and lightened it up... I also added the vignette around the edges to make the image pop a little bit!! :)

In this next set of photos is a baby that I care for daily!

This first image was one his mom adored... which again I just gave a lil color boost and added the vignette border.... 

This image is the same photo just with using the pencil sketch tool I was able to change the image.. that alone seems to make the image turn out great! Check out he sparkle in his eyes!! <3