Hi, this week my Sunday Snapshot shot was provided after church services. I did not think of anything until I got into my car to leave. It was then that I caught sight of it and then laughed!!
The above image is the welcome sign to the church. This is not an uncommon sign for most businesses and churches to have, right?! Well, then when I left it was when I saw the backside.
Backside of sign as you are leaving the parking lot.
Pictures can produce so many different emotions and feelings. As they say, an image is worth a thousand words! Share your fun and interesting image from the past week.
I had a craving for pancakes. When Kevin took me to this restaurant, one of my local favorite, I was trying to decide on getting the one pancake, short stack (2) or the Kid’s menu pancake with slice of bacon. I had no idea the size of the pancakes the would be. So when the waitress came to take our order, I asked how big one pancake was. “Pretty big” was her answer. I chose the one pancake, $3.25- because I am trying to be a good Weight Watcher member! Water is what I ordered to drink. Note, I really wanted orange juice. After a few moments, our breakfast was delivered.
Oh, my- my pancake was huge. You can see in the image above the one pancake was the size of the plate. The image below will show just how thick it was!
A thick pancake!
I ate the whole thing!
The pancake was delicious!
Of all the places to eat, my favorites are the home town, small town local restaurants.
Hi, have you ever looked through your feed on your camera or phone and thought, “why don’t my pictures look as good as I thought they would in my head?” or “how can I get my pictures to look better?” Don’t worry, we all do it.
Today I am going to give you a list of must have photo ideas to use on your next vacation, at your next family get-together, or special occasion to make your pictures fun, meaningful and more pleasing to the eye.
1. Give your picture a “pop” of color and/or contrast. For example, if you rented a red car on vacation, park next to a grey or white building and snap a photo.
2. Shoot from a different angle. Photos don’t always need to be straight on. Try an above or below angle to switch things up.
3. Add little memories to your photo. For example, take a photo of your ice cream cone in front of the famous ice cream shop.
4. Make people look little. Shooting from far away or at an elevated location, making people look little gives your photo big impact.
5. Golden hour photos (when the sun is just over the horizon) are always a treasure.
Hi, this weekend I began my Christmas shopping. Rather I needed to replace an earring I had lost and did not want the piercing to close. My earring go-to store is Claire’s. While in the store, Claire’s had an item that was on both of my grand-girls Christmas gift list. This post is a story of what happened prior to me walking to the store. I parked in front, just a few parking spots down from the front door. As I was taking the keys from the ignition, I saw this pink basket like piece.
Next, there was a man walking down the sidewalk. My imagination perceived this man to be ‘homeless‘. The basket caught his attention as well. He ventured over to it to see what was inside. It looked like he picked something up from the basket. I couldn’t tell what it was. The man then went on his way. By this time the pink basket had really intrigued me more. Getting out of my car, I walked up to the basket and it was empty.
After seeing the contents of the basket was empty, I made my way into Claire’s. Bought my earring and a gift for each of the girls. The empty basket never left my thoughts. I Google’d, ‘is there a meaning to an empty basket‘ and found this link, The Miracle of the Empty Baskets.
Take what you like and leave the rest. However, I do believe our Good Lord shows us the way, bring people into our lives, as well as place us into other’s lives for a reason. We do not know this reason, but a reason never-the-less. By the way, my favorite color is pink……..
My interpretation of this empty basket has made my 101 in 1001 goal #64, Go with my husband more when he helps feed the homeless, all the more important.
Hi, Many people when starting photography get very lost when it comes to editing. When looking at a picture you just took on a nice camera, it’s really easy to look at it and think “wow, that looks great! what is there to fix?” Or maybe “I’ve got a nice camera that I figured out how to use, but I can NOT get my pictures to look like everybody else’s!” Well don’t stress it, because I’ve got some good ways to help you get started.
The 2 main things that photographers look at with each image is the tone and the exposure. Many cameras shoot pictures where the skin tone ends up looking too orange, too red or even too blue. Fixing the image so that the skin tones look natural and like the color of the actual skin can make a dramatic difference. The other major fix is the exposure. Is the picture too light? Is the picture too dark? Even with professional cameras, pictures can come out with the exposure off. The best way to judge if the exposure is correct is to look at the skin again. It’s very important to adjust the image until the exposure is correct. Even if it means making the sky extra bright, it’s more important to have the skin be the correct amount of exposure over everything else in the image.
The example photo I am using was taken just this weekend, not of people rather of the Autumn leaves. My preferred editing app for phone photography images is PicTapGo. Picture of the autumn leaves straight from the phone. The leaves on the drive caught my eye. I just really liked them. This is a good picture. Some would find it nice, color and all. However, I adjusted the exposure and tone. Here is my edited version.
Exposure and tone adjustments.
What I like about the PicTapGo, it’s simple and has many filters available that is included with the app. After picking an image to edit, click filters and apply the desired one. I chose the Warm It Up and Lights On.
Working in PicTapGo
Each filter has a slider to adjust the strength to the amount you prefer.
Adjusting the amount appliedBefore and After
PicTapGo is available for iPhone. There are many different apps for editing as well. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom and Snapseed can be used with either iOS or Android. I have personally used all of these and found PicTapGo to be the most user-friendly.
Today’s image was inspired by the autumn leaves that had fallen onto the driveway. While at my daughter’s home, she was blowing the leaves off the pavement. Stating she did not like the stains the leaves make. The stained pavement picture.
Pictures can produce so many different emotions and feelings. As they say, an image is worth a thousand words! Share your fun and interesting image from the past week.
