before + after Archive

8Thu June 2, 2011
Before & After: Ominous Skies

I love taking pictures of dramatic skies! During tornado season in Texas, there’s no shortage of them. This article will quickly take you through my…
13Thu May 5, 2011
Before & After: Abstract Blue Sunset

The other day I was outside playing with my boys when I looked up and saw a triangle silhouette against a rich, gradient blue. Contrast,…
14Thu August 19, 2010
Before + After: Adjustment Layers

Due to the SITS/Blogfrog 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge, I am weeks behind in my photo editing. The photographs used in today’s…
22Tue July 27, 2010
ACR Presets – Sky Set

I’ve been tinkering around with the idea of learning how to create ACR presets. (ACR is Adobe Camera Raw, the program I use to tweak…
23Tue July 20, 2010
Four Fabulous Free Action Resources

In this article, I share with you some of my favorite free actions and where to download more that are just as powerful. 1. Pioneer…
7Thu July 15, 2010
Before + After: Flare Out

I was going through old photos to use as examples for my actions and textures series and found this sun flare shot taken at the…
16Sat July 10, 2010
I Heart Faces: Fix it Friday #61

After a break last week to get adjusted to their new digs, I ♥ Faces is back again this week with Fix it Friday! This…
13Thu July 8, 2010
Nothing Special

I’ve been having a hard time accessing my site lately. Yesterday the server was down for 30 minutes. Daily, I cannot access my site for…
21Tue July 6, 2010
Touch Up Tuesday: Crop’s Up

We had a great weekend and I hope to get an entry up about it soon, but before that I want to write up an…
19Fri June 25, 2010
I Heart Faces: Fix it Friday #60

It’s Fix-It-Friday! I was so excited when I saw this week’s wonderful capture by Susan Keller of her teenage son. I instantly knew that we’d…
4Thu June 24, 2010
Before & After: Texture Experiments

Have you noticed that lately I’ve become a little bit obsessed with textures? I’m trying not to go overboard with applying textures to everything, but…
9Wed June 16, 2010
Photo Flavors!

I know I said I was done buying actions and textures, but then I Heart Faces had to go and host a giveaway for Photo…
2Sat June 12, 2010
The Day that Would Not End

Mr. Serious had a bug on him! Actions: MCP’s Chocolate Covered Strawberries B&W I finally finished editing photos I took on Wednesday! What have I…
10Fri June 11, 2010
I Heart Faces: Fix it Friday #58

Folks, I am days behind in editing photos. Because of this, there will be no Friday Finds this week. I’m sorry! You can browse through…
0Mon June 7, 2010
Using the Ruler Tool to Level Horizons

While there’s something to be said about tilted photos and they definitely have their place artistically, straight and level lines can go a long way…
6Fri June 4, 2010
SOOC vs. Enhanced

Take a moment to look at these and let me know what you think! Straight out of the Camera Boutwell’s Magic Glasses, PW’s B&W with…
10Fri June 4, 2010
I Heart Faces Fix it Friday #57

I just recently found this great photographer community called I Heart Faces. They have photo challenges and photo tips galore, so definitely check them out…
6Thu June 3, 2010
Photo Improvement Contest

Building a Better Blog is hosting a Photo Improvement Contest and I thought this would be an excellent chance to play more with the Kaleidoscope…