Gettin' Fancy

I love taking pictures, and take about a gazillion of them every month. But I'm not a photographer by any means...specifically because the skill of editing and proofing totally eludes me. I seem to lack that truly artistic part of the brain, and have no innate ability to look at a photo and know exactly what details would make the image perfect.

Also because I'm too cheap to buy Photoshop!

So 99.9% of the photos I display on the blog and in my house are SOOC (straight out of the camera.) I took an awesome photography class in college, but that was before the deluge of digital photo editing, so any touch-ups to my photos were done in darkroom with various odd-shaped pieces of cardboard and my ancient, massive enlarger.

But...we are living in a digital world, and I am a digital girl, so I decided to give editing a shot.

There is an incredible, FREE online program called Picnik that allows even the most editing-challenged individuals to create some really beautiful and unique photos.

I was able to take this simple shot from the beach...

And turn it into this! So easy and so fun to play around with all the different features.

It also has many features for getting rid of imperfections. You might not be able to tell, but in this photo, Seamus had just finished eating a cherry Ring Pop. He looked a little like Edward Cullen after his his last meal.
So I used Picnik to tone down the bright red lips and teeth, and therefore save the annual family beach photo!
Just wanted to share this fun site with you! Check it out, and have fun Pickniking!