Lisa Spangler's Scribble This! Photography Challenge #2

I missed Lisa's first challenge (although I intend to go back and do it as it was about how to set your camera's white balance).

But I finished her second challenge lickety-split!

These are very nice challenges because they are actually photography tutorials! (That Lisa is so smart - she's tricking us into learning!)

I use Photoshop Elements all the time to get rid of the "gray blahs" and other poor-exposure issues, so I wasn't sure if I'd learn anything new, but I did, so I'm really pleased I did it! I encourage y'all to head on over there and read what she has to say. And even if you don't have any photo editing software, she's got a link to a FREE program that she says is no slouch - so DO hop on over, get some free software, and commence to save your photographic "goners"!

I decided to use a photo of a card I made for my minister because it had a healthy amount of white on it and that photo really stank. I took it in the late afternoon, and, as you can see below, what a STINKER!!!

Isn't that a murky bit of yuck? It's got such an overload of grey, it's heading into the world of purple, for goodness sake!

Now after two very quick tweaks in PE:

It's still not the best photo in the world, (I used the flash, I fear) but now it looks presentable! NOW you can actually use this photo. (I have to admit that there are other things I can do to it that will continue it's journey of improvement, but those things lie outside the scope of this challenge.)

So go try it!!!

You can visit Lisa's challenge here.

Comments

[Dotty]

I think the photo is very good and what a difference.

[Godelieve]

What a difference!
Pretty card!

[Winter]

Cute card! I really enjoyed this challenge too, so fun!

[donna mikasa]

Wow, what an amazing difference! How is your light box thingy?
Do you use that, too? Just wonderin'......You may not have to now that you know how to tweak it in PE, huh?

[Diana Foster]

Lisa is so awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[Deborah]

Donna, this was taken over a year ago (before the light box thingie). Having the light box thingie definitely reduces the need to tweak - which is why I chose an old picture. I LOVE my light box thingie!

[Adriel]

The white looks... white! Great job! =D