crop Archive

13Tue March 29, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits: In the Car

This is my first week in a while attempting my self-portrait without a theme. To be honest, I did not intend to use this photo…
14Tue March 15, 2011
Seven Free Photoshop Actions

I’m having a lot of fun learning Photoshop and relying on others’ actions less and less. Once I started doing my edits manually, I created…
16Thu March 3, 2011
Shoot & Edit: Week 8: Selfies

Yesterday I vowed to my husband that I’d start “working out” for at least 30 minutes every weekday. By “working out” I mean that I’ll…
11Fri February 25, 2011
Rule of Thirds and Cropping in Photoshop

Most photographers and artists are familiar with the rule of thirds, however applying it to a crop in Photoshop is easier said than done. The…
0Fri January 21, 2011
Friday Finds: Diptychs

This week’s photographic theme was diptychs, or two photos side-by-side. To be honest, I wasn’t sure about this theme, but as usually happens I fell…
5Tue January 18, 2011
Simplicity SLR Class: The Challenge of Manual Mode

Shooting in manual mode all the time is extremely challenging and rewarding. In an instant I must determine what combination of ISO, aperture and shutter…
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…
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…