Introducing.... Mr. Callie Cat

Black and White Wednesday: Winter Dreams

I was going back through some photos from earlier this year and came across these from when the Northeast was hit by a number of blizzards within a week in early February. With the miserable heat we've been having, I miss the look of the neighborhood during and just after a couple of feet of snowfall. We'll be seeing the white stuff again soon!









Go see some more beautiful black and white photos over at The Long Road to China

I Heart Faces: “Got To Wear Shades” Challenge

This week's challenge over at I Heart Faces is "Got To Wear Shades". Since my family is never without their shades I had a lot to choose from. One photo that I kept going back to was this one from my brother's wedding in Key West. We all kept making fun of him because he wouldn't take off his sunglasses. Eventually we got him to take them off for the after ceremony photos :) My brother isn't much of a smiler in photos so it is always nice to catch him grinning every once in awhile.





Check out other fun summer photos in the challenge over at I Heart Faces!

Photoshop Elements

I finally had some time to start playing around with Photoshop Elements 8. I think I may purchase a reference guide so I don't waste my time wandering around the programs and options.

Here is my first attempt at editing a photo.


Unedited Version



Edited Version




Since I was just playing around with options I did not keep track of everything that I did. But I do know I lightened it up a bit, sharpened the features, and removed some of the flaws. In the future, as I get more comfortable with the program, I'll document the changes I made.