Seeing Red 2

Another photo I took for the seeing red challenge. I love cherries, don't you? They are the perfect fruit for this time of year: juicy, sweet and refreshing.



I used the same background (Rouge de Garance Scrapbook paper), and played a bit in Photoshop, adding more contrast and colour and also textures.

Seeing Red

A few days ago I found out about Sara's Seeing Red challenge by way of Artsy Mama. Yesterday while rushing to get out of the house I pulled this ribbon from my purse and it landed next to this lovely blue Rouge de Garance paper. A sign if ever I needed one.

Tuesday To-Do - Online Photo Editing

Have you tried out the new online editor by Photoshop? It's called Photoshop Express and I tested it out about a month ago, but never really needed to keep using it. However it has come in very handy now that I am travelling and have no access to the program on this computer. My initial views are that it is not very intuitive or user friendly, but that if you have some knowledge of photoshop, and/or are willing to play around you can get quite good results. I was able to go from this

to this in a matter of minutes

I lightened the photo slightly, pumped up the saturation, and applied a soft focus filter. Other things you can do: change the white balance, sharpen, crop, rotate, tint, change to black and white and the list goes on. To be able to use the service you need to sign up, and you have 2 Gigs of space free on the site. They have recently added the capability to transfer your photos from Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket and Picasa to work on, and then back again. Or simply upload your photos from your computer and then transfer them over once you're done editing.

Give it a try, it's the perfect solution to photo editing on the road!

Lazy Weekend

I was still battling the cold over the weekend which really stumped my creativity. On Saturday I considered and rejected various projects and ending up playing with my camera instead. Lucas brought me a lovely bunch of daffodils on Friday, he knows that they always cheer me up. So I played with aperture and depth of field and lighting using the bouquet as my subject.
On Friday and Sunday I did manage to create a bit, playing with some journal ideas. The smaller one I made entirely using the PVA glue perfect binding method (maybe a topic for a future Tuesday To-Do?). The larger one was a ready made journal with a blank cover which I embellished with stamps and stickers.


I hope your weekend was more crafty than mine!