366 of 2012 - Day 168

366 of 2012 - Day 168. Our challenge this week is to convert photos to black and white. The problem with this is, I think I can do it easily enough, I just always prefer the color version, even if the color is only very subtle. Weeb gave me this figurine for Mother's Day. I completely love it. And, as usual, I liked the color version of the photo better than the black and white. It's possible I don't have an eye for what makes a good black and white shot.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/20 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, camera hand held, shot indoors. The theme was supposed to include an edit with PicMonkey, but I edited with Silver Efex Pro for the black and white, and Photoshop for the sizing and text. I did use PicMonkey to make the collage.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Convert Color Photos to Black and White.

366 of 2012 - Day 167

366 of 2012 - Day 167. Our challenge this week is to take action shots. Weeb on the swings.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with Photoshop - I adjusted levels and did some sharpening.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Action Shots.

366 of 2012 - Day 166

366 of 2012 - Day 166. Our challenge this week is to take action shots. Weeb and her cousin J, having some long hair fun!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/500 sec., ISO-1000, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with Photoshop - I adjusted levels, cloned some grass over some distracting flowers and sharpened slightly.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Action Shots.

366 of 2012 - Day 165

366 of 2012 - Day 165. Our challenge this week is to take action shots. Maybe Weeb would like playing soccer; she can head butt like a pro!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/500 sec., ISO-320, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with Photoshop - I adjusted levels, curves, moved the ball and adjusted Weeb's shadow slightly. I'll bet you wouldn't have known any of that if I hadn't told you, either! You might have guessed that I sharpened Weeb a bit and blurred the background slightly.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Action Shots.

366 of 2012 - Day 164

366 of 2012 - Day 164. Our challenge this week is to take action shots. Weeb and I were swinging on a tire swing and I was aiming the camera at her face, hoping to get motion of the world around us as we were spinning. She was giggling like mad which was making me laugh and it was nearly impossible to hold the camera even close to still.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/5, 1/30 sec., ISO-160, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Action Shots.

366 of 2012 - Day 163

366 of 2012 - Day 163. Our challenge this week is to take action shots. Weeb and I hung out in the bathroom with the light off (dig our fish bubble shower curtain?) and she painted a W in the air with a flashlight.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 2 sec., ISO-800, no flash, camera on tripod, shot indoors - in the dark. Edited with Photoshop, adjusted Curves and Levels.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Action Shots.

366 of 2012 - Day 162

366 of 2012 - Day 162. Our challenge this week is to take action shots. I had to run alongside Weeb as she was on her scooter to try and get this effect. Not so easy when you're a clumsy gal!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.2, 1/60 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera running along with me alongside subject, shot outdoors. Edited with Photoshop, just sharpening the running shoe.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Action Shots.

366 of 2012 - Day 161

366 of 2012 - Day 161. Our challenge this week is to take action shots. Poor Weeb; she's going to end up my model again this week. I love this shot; she's just let go of the spin thingy and is in the air in a descent to the ground!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/1250 sec., ISO-1000, no flash, camera on tripod, shot outdoors. Edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Take Action Shots.

366 of 2012 - Day 160

366 of 2012 - Day 160. Our challenge this week is to turn an every day snap shot into a portrait. Peace!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/125 sec., ISO-200, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 8 Steps to Help You Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Portraits Photography Tutorial.

366 of 2012 - Day 159

366 of 2012 - Day 159. Our challenge this week is to turn an every day snap shot into a portrait. Weeb is destined to be a celebrity.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/200 sec., ISO-160, no flash, camera hand held, shot just inside doorway. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 8 Steps to Help You Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Portraits Photography Tutorial.

WEEBY PHOTO EDITING - DAY 159

Just in case anyone wanted to see a before/after editing comparison of the shot above, here ya go.

366 of 2012 - Day 158

366 of 2012 - Day 158. Our challenge this week is to turn an every day snap shot into a portrait. My princess.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/80 sec., ISO-250, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 8 Steps to Help You Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Portraits Photography Tutorial.

366 of 2012 - Day 157

366 of 2012 - Day 157. Our challenge this week is to turn an every day snap shot into a portrait. Weeb and the Frog Prince. Get ready, Weeb, you really will have to kiss a lot of frogs!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/60 sec., ISO-160, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 8 Steps to Help You Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Portraits Photography Tutorial.

366 of 2012 - Day 156

366 of 2012 - Day 156. Our challenge this week is to turn an every day snap shot into a portrait. SuperWeeb!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/50 sec., ISO-160, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 8 Steps to Help You Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Portraits Photography Tutorial.

366 of 2012 - Day 155

366 of 2012 - Day 155. Our challenge this week is to turn an every day snap shot into a portrait. I have the best model, ever!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/60 sec., ISO-100, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 8 Steps to Help You Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Portraits Photography Tutorial.

366 of 2012 - Day 154

366 of 2012 - Day 154. Our challenge this week is to turn an every day snap shot into a portrait. Gee, who do you suppose my model will be again, this week?

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/100 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: 8 Steps to Help You Turn Your Everyday Snapshots Into Portraits Photography Tutorial.

366 of 2012 - Day 153

366 of 2012 - Day 153. I'll bet you were hoping I'd show you another trinket from my house. I bought this John Lennon figurine for my husband, when we were dating, knowing what a huge fan he was. We both loved the movie the Yellow Submarine, so it seemed a fitting doo-dad to have in our home.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/60 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 152

366 of 2012 - Day 152. You want me to show you another little creepy thing from my collection of little creepy things? Okay, okay, stop begging!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/20 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, camera hand held, shot indoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 151

366 of 2012 - Day 151. I know, you're thinking, show me something creepy from your house, Yash! Sure, I can do that. And I want you to know that this little gargoyle statue didn't creep me out until I'd taken about 10 photos of it today.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/20 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, camera hand held, shot indoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 150

366 of 2012 - Day 150. If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, you may recognise the Argonath, also known as The Gates of Argonath or The Pillars of the Kings; a monument comprising two enormous pillars, carved in the likenesses of Isildur and Anárion, standing upon either side of the River Anduin at the northern approach to Nen Hithoel. And yes, I totally copied that from http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Argonath. My husband is a big LOtR geek and these are actually book ends that he got with one of the DVDs.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/20 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, camera hand held, shot indoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 149

366 of 2012 - Day 149. I'm not sure what this tiny, little wild flower is. It shows up as a weed in my backyard. I think it's pretty.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.2, 1/160 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held. Edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 148

366 of 2012 - Day 148. It's POSSIBLE we may have to cut the back lawn soon.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/25 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. My dad and my husband would rather be poked in the eye by an energetic 6 y/o than have their photograph taken, so my gift to them, this week, is to NOT take their photos, though I am very proud of the two most amazing men in my life.

366 of 2012 - Day 147

366 of 2012 - Day 147. It's me!

This shot was taken about a year ago. I was playing around with it today though. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 146

366 of 2012 - Day 146. Weebalicious!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-800, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 145

366 of 2012 - Day 145. Weeb, Weeb, Weeb, marvelous WEEB!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-800, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 144

366 of 2012 - Day 144. The Weeb streak continues!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/125 sec., ISO-125, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 143

366 of 2012 - Day 143. It's a Weeb streak!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-640, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 142

366 of 2012 - Day 142. It's a Weeb! Again. Again. What can I say, she's my favorite subject.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/160 sec., ISO-125, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop - I had to fix the eyes, as I had lightened them too much and it looked absurd.  Weeb picked the butterfly decoration.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 141

366 of 2012 - Day 141. It's a Weeb! Again.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-800, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey.  I know the eyes and lips are a tad overdone, but I was fooling around with the program and surprised at how easy it is to use!  I was even more surprised that it appears to be a free program without a ton of annoying popup ads or features that you can only use if you pay.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 140

366 of 2012 - Day 140. Another dandelion shot. And I'll admit, this is also from yesterday, but I'm working today, so this is as good as it gets.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: SOOC except Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 139

366 of 2012 - Day 139. Dandelions are weeds. But they're so pretty.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: SOOC except Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 138

366 of 2012 - Day 138. This same tree is in a shot earlier this week. Didn't get any great cloud shots this week. Didn't get any great shots on a cloudy day this week either.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm tele-converter lens!), f/4, 1/500 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Exposure adjustment, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 137

366 of 2012 - Day 137. This is a concrete plant, near where I work. It's another man-made cloud, and certainly not on a cloudy day, but I like the shot in any case.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm tele-converter lens!), f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Photo Filter blue on sky, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 136

366 of 2012 - Day 136. I thought this cloud looked like a rose with a stem and leaf.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm tele-converter lens!), f/5, 1/320 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Exposure adjustment, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 135

366 of 2012 - Day 135. Looks rather like a UFO, doesn't it? This plane was making an awesome jet trail, so I dashed to get my camera. I almost missed it; this thing was FAST! When I opened the file and zoomed in, I had a laugh at how UFOy this looked with the sun reflected off of it; you can hardly see the shape of the plane at all.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm lens!), f/6.3, 1/1250 sec., ISO-160, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 134

366 of 2012 - Day 134. It's a beautiful day.  Still not quite a cloudy day, but there WAS a cloud in the sky.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm lens!), f/4, 1/500 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 133

366 of 2012 - Day 133. Weeb, demonstrating that there is not a cloud in the sky.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/640 sec., ISO-160, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Cropping, Text, no other edits.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 132

366 of 2012 - Day 132. Morning Moon.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4.5, 1/1250 sec., ISO-160, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter (slight, on moon), Brightness adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 131

366 of 2012 - Day 131. Weeb again.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO-250, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask on eyes and dandelion, High Pass Filter on eyes and dandelion, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Vibrance adjustment on eyes and dandelion, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 130

366 of 2012 - Day 130. Weeb.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/400 sec., ISO-250, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: High Pass Filter (slight), Levels adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 129

366 of 2012 - Day 129. Weeb.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/160 sec., ISO-125, Exposure bias 0 step, no flash, shot inside by a door with bright light coming through the window behind the girls, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask on eyes, High Pass Filter on eyes, Levels adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 128

366 of 2012 - Day 128. Weeb and her cousin J.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-500, Exposure bias +1.3 step (this was accidental), no flash, shot inside by a door with bright light coming through the window behind the girls, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter on eyes, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 127

366 of 2012 - Day 127. Weeb.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/5.6, 1/250 sec., ISO-320, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, Photo Filter Blue on eyes, Vibrance adjustment on eyes and lips, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 126

366 of 2012 - Day 126. SuperMoon! I had to go out again and take a second try.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO-500, Exposure bias -2 step, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Cropping, Text. Ooh, and I took this one on Manual! Completely on Manual!

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4.5, 1/2000 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Clone Tool on street light in upper right corner, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 125

366 of 2012 - Day 125. This is my awesome Audubon Bird Call. It is made of a birchwood roller and a zinc plug. When twisted, it makes a variety of birdy sounds.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/5.6, 1/20 sec., ISO-1250, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Burn Tool on shadowed bottom right corner, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 124

366 of 2012 - Day 124. 2004 Poppy Colorized Canadian Quarter. Apparently, it's The very first colorized circulation coin ever issued anywhere in the world. This one has been around a bit, so the color isn't as vibrant as it was when it was new.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-125, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: there were a bunch. I don't think any of them did much, I was just experimenting a bit.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 123

366 of 2012 - Day 123. No hidden messages here, it's just the red EXIT sign in my office.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-400, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Levels adjustment, Exposure adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 122

366 of 2012 - Day 122. I've been pulling out the red pen a lot, lately.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-400, Exposure bias -1 step, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask on pen, High Pass Filter on pen, Vibrance adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.