Random.

I think I need to pull out my camera and take some pictures. But it’s nighttime right this second so that wouldn’t be the greatest idea and I wouldn’t get the nicest pictures.

So I’ll do that tomorrow.

So I’m sorry I haven’t posted any good pictures, lately. Other than ones for assignments…

 

Tomorrow. Camera. Pictures. Editing. Yep!

 

G’night and g’bye.

I Heart Faces: Fix-it-Friday #40

It’s Friday! Time for F-I-F over at I Heart Faces.
Every Friday Angie and Amy post a picture for the participants to play with and enjoy editing.
Since their birthday is coming up very soon, they have a birthday picture today!
I use Photoshop CS3 and I have been recently playing around with actions and things like that, but I haven’t started experimenting with textures yet and I need to do that soon!

Here is the original picture:


Here is my first edit:


I ran a Retro action, I sharpened it a little, and I ran “boost” (yes, I know, I run “boost” on every single edit). I just really love the dark tones it gives to my pictures!

Here is my second edit:


I made it a bit cooler, I ran “boost”, and sharpened it a little. Sorry for the bad resolution!

Head on over to I Heart Faces to see other people’s amazing entries!

You Capture – Year in Review.

So today over at I Should Be Folding Laundry Beth is encouraging everyone to post their “Year in Review” pictures for You Capture, the weekly contest which has had a two or three week break.

Here are my “Year in Review” pictures, some you have already seen before.


Then there is this one that you may have already seen.


Then there is this one which I absolutely love of D! The silly camera case was in the way of his face, sorry!


Then we have this one of M in December.


Now M again feeding fish.


Some ancient architecture that you may have seen before.


This picture was taken in August. Somehow, August seems like it was decades ago.



And the last one, before I go on and on forever sharing pictures. This is my dearest V all pretty in pink!



Go over to I Should Be Folding Laundry to see everybody else’s great entries!

I Heart Faces. Logo contest.

UPDATE: Go check out the winners over at I Heart Faces! My last photo placed as Amy Locurto's favorite photo that didn't make it to the top ten! Very good for it to have been my first time!

This week over at i heart faces they are having a logo photo contest. They have asked the participants to take pictures and include the “i heart faces logo” in a creative way, whether it’s naturally or “photoshopped.” I wasn’t going to enter, because I’ve never entered an i heart faces contest before, but after seeing everybody else’s entries I thought I might be able to enter too! The first two were taken yesterday and the last were taken today! I know very last minute. So, I bribed my brothers into helping me. They weren’t really all that excited but I got some nice shots, anyway.

I have never ever entered into an “i heart faces” contest, but I’ve been following them since around April 2008. I absolutely love them and have learned so much from their site! Thank you so much i heart faces and happy almost-birthday!

My first idea was to just write i heart faces on a piece of paper and see what I could get. Little M was my model for this one. :) Don’t you just love his little almond-shaped eyes?


And this one…


This next picture is both D and M. I had an idea to spell out i heart faces with Lego's. It took me a while to build it right, but I finally did!


This next picture is both D and M again. This time, I don’t think D was all that excited about having M hanging on his neck and intruding in his picture. (Yeah, I thought he didn’t want his picture taken.)


This next one is my last one. :( M was being silly *rolls eyes* (like always). And I got this cute shot of him!


Head on over to i heart faces to see everybody else’s amazing entries!

Oh and thanks to M and D for posing for me.

“I am submitting this photo into the I Heart Faces logo photo contest. By entering, I am granting I Heart Faces LLC permission to consider my photo for use in the marketing and promotion of their website.” 

One more.

Oh one more picture I forgot to add…

The actual city. Haha.

 

I love this picture.

I ran boost at 100%, old west at 90%, and a slight sharpen, and slight lighten.

Panama. The city.

Here are the pictures of the city:

This is a “chiva.” It is a funky bus. It’s painted and they are absolutely gorgeous. Some of the buses are all painted and some just in the front. I couldn’t get a very good picture of the front!

 
This is a Cuna Indian. They handcraft all these wonderful pieces of artwork.


This building was once part of the old Panama city. Now they have made the “old Panama” a place for tourists (and their cameras :D) to enjoy the scenic, rustic, old buildings.


This here is the Panama Channel. There are boats from all over the world (mainly China, South Korea, Chile, among others) that pass this channel. The toll fees for these type of boats start at around $250,000 and go on up from there, but of course it’s much cheaper than having to sail around the tip of South America.

This is Panama for you.
I loved it so much.
And I’m sure the camera did too. :)
I edited all these pictures in Photoshop CS3.
Just some quick edits using PW's action sets.
My favorite being “Boost.”

I hope you enjoyed the pictures of Panama. And you must visit sometime.

Have a wonderful week. :)

Coming soon.

I will be posting pictures of our vacation in Panama City soon.

It was really amazing.

A gorgeous city, but very tiring.

And hot.

Wayyy hot.

Like 90something degrees. Every single day.

And humid.

But it’s got high-rises!

Haha.

I will leave you with this.

This is the entrance to the tourist thingy at the Panama Channel.

The channel is sweeeeet.

Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon. :)