tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:57:25 +0000Good to WowMeBack to SchoolSOOC SundayTexture Tuesdayshttp://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-7343373784701913822Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:23:00 +00002012-03-16T08:23:45.488-04:00After neglecting this blog for a year, I'm looking forward to starting some new challenges. The first of which I'm hoping will help me organize shots of the family that I've been wanting to print and frame! http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2012/03/welcome-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-6649275859223554789Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:52:00 +00002011-04-12T08:01:53.766-04:00SOOC SundayOK, so it's not Sunday, but it feels like one.  Woke up to a thunderstorm and now it's quiet and gray. See more SOOC shots here. http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/sooc-sunday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-3674432054316399395Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:43:00 +00002011-04-11T10:45:01.692-04:00Me Except for Christmas, we rarely get a photo of all of us.  Thank you, Dad, for thinking of it.  Even if it is so "casual."  Those are best anyway. http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-3-of-52.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-6038695134246532809Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:22:00 +00002011-04-07T12:25:40.039-04:00Good to WowTexture TuesdaysSOOC Texture:  warmsun by Kim Klassen The theme for this week's Good to Wow was "up." It's a beautiful day here and I thought I'd head out and take an "up" shot, but my battery needs to be charged!  Then, I remembered that a couple weeks ago, I had snapped some shots of our first spring buds.  I googled "spring quotes" and found this one...fitting for the day this photo was taken.http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-to-wow-shoot-edit-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-6381607854275335572Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:14:00 +00002011-04-07T12:21:58.166-04:00Good to Wow{before} Now, that's GREEN!  While I like the perspective of this photo, the quality of focus was off and the table looked more "blue" than reality.  This edited version is still not a great sample - I did a real hack job of cloning out stuff in the background (I kept forgetting what layer I was working on).  But I love how adding a layer with a green fill (blended) bumped up the http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-to-wow-edit-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-1395038126667024129Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:42:00 +00002011-04-02T11:47:48.230-04:00MeFor my pics of Me this week, I got a little silly at www.yearbookyourself.com  The following is supposed to be a "1994" image - the year I graduated.  I assure you my real 1994 photo had flat hair, very flat.  This style had gone out a few years prior...that is to say there really is a freshman or sophomore photo of me like this - though I would have aspired to bangs like this, http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/yearbook-yourself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-8939263467571837027Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:56:00 +00002011-04-02T14:53:37.672-04:00Texture Tuesdays{{before}} Softened edges, applied texture (Kim Klassen's "warmsun") with soft light blend mode, adjusted hues, removed some blending from sled and face. Texture provided through Kim Klassen's free "texture lovin' list." Join her list by clicking here and signing up on the column on the right. UPDATED:  I've been looking at the image above and I'm just not totally pleased.  I http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/texture-tuesdays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-1729730563728266430Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:41:00 +00002011-04-02T14:58:44.530-04:00Good to WowMy son LOVES pool! And mud! See my edited versions here. Join the Good to Wow fun at: http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-to-wow-edit-green.htmlhttp://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-to-wow-sooc-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-3021244963703485424Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:05:00 +00002011-03-27T20:58:26.584-04:00SOOC SundayIt's SOOC Sunday!  Time for a break from all this photoshopping... This one is PERFECT! http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/sooc-sunday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-33920988650400883Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:48:00 +00002011-04-02T12:19:33.883-04:00Back to SchoolThis plus this equals.... Friday's "Skinny Mini E-Course" lesson covered textures.  I love texture in a photo and the effects that can be acheived when adding textures, but I think I'm a bit of texture-shy right now.  I settled with a very subtle example of texture here using a shot of snow from our backyard.  Don't you just love those lashes on my son?  Wish I could http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/skinny-mini-textures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-2515502697735700890Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:10:00 +00002011-03-27T08:43:30.042-04:00MeJill Samter of Jill Samter Photography has started the "I am beautiful project." When I was in grade school, my parents bought an old Buick Skylark from my uncle.  I need to ask him how he could have sold that to us.  My brother and I called it the Flinstone-mobile.  We would have to hang our heads out the windows down the dirt road as the dust would be kicking up through the http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-am-beauty-too.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-6736381850828959197Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:52:00 +00002011-03-27T00:40:32.912-04:00Me Since I'm the mommy, I'm usually the one behind the camera, so I'm joining this challenge (link on image above) to capture ME at this point in time!   The strangest thing happened last night - the kids slept beautifully - not completely without wakings, but I had more sleep than I can remember.  I got up with my daughter and kept checking on my son, who it turns out slept in (making http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/picture-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-250312381709767069Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:36:00 +00002011-03-26T10:39:18.065-04:00Good to Wow For the orchid, I applied some adjustment levels, cropped and painted out the stem on left. Still playing with"clean edit" process (I'll have to go back to the old lessons.) For this next image, I wanted so badly to use the Pixel Bender's Oil Painting filter that Ashley references. I did download the "stand alone" toolkit and had some fun with it, but didn't see that filter available.  Sohttp://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-to-wow-edit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-2310420470817688430Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:44:00 +00002011-04-02T12:19:11.220-04:00Back to SchoolKim at Kim Klassen Cafe is offering a FREE Photoshop "mini e-course."  I started on Monday.   Today's lesson went deeper into the layers panel and adjusting levels.  Here's my practice before & after.  I'd like to go back and increase the white in this edit.  With 2 young kids, I'm playing here either at midnight or rushing through naptime.  Just http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/adjustment-layers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-5384649843234829481Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:50:00 +00002011-04-02T15:00:05.089-04:00Good to Wow I'm going to jump in on this weekly challenge.  For this week, they ask for SOOC (straight out of camera) shots of flowers!  Yes, Spring has officially sprung!  I don't have flowers to photograph yet, luckily I keep a lot of "flower shots"  saved for just such occasions.  I'll decide later which one of these I'll edit later in the week for the second part of the http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-to-wow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4814408524137852589.post-261871154071141680Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:40:00 +00002011-04-02T12:18:59.438-04:00Back to School Kim at Kim Klassen Cafe is offering a FREE Photoshop "mini e-course." Sign up here.First lesson was posted today, but she's keeping each lesson up on the page and sign-up is still available. I just started lesson one. Her e-course is so student-friendly - complete with video lessons and pictures and fonts to download and play with! I have never taken a photoshop course, just learning as http://sugarsnaps.blogspot.com/2011/03/free-ecourse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0