Rylie and I love nail polish. One day a week ago we sat outside and painted our nails. The photo shows the end result. And yes, that is a huge hole in the knee of my jeans. They are just so darn comfy. If you think the knee is bad...you should see the bum of the jeans. LOL
Monday, July 21, 2008
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
2 pictures
These are just two random pictures I took last weekend. I had walked for awhile and decided to sit down on a bench for a few minutes. I pulled out my camera and snapped these two pictures. One is my view looking up from the bench, the other is my view looking down. Now I'm wishing I had painted my toe nails. LOL
Have a good day!
Jill Marie
Thursday, April 24, 2008
My picture editing
There was a question about how I'm doing my borders, so I thought I would share it with everyone. It's quite easy really, if you have a photo editing program. I'm using Corel Paint Shop Pro. I do most of my editing with the picture in it's original size because it is so much easier to see. (Yeah, these old eyes, lol)
I select the area in the middle that I want. Then I cut that part and paste as a new image. I add a border if I want one. Then I copy that new image and paste it as a NEW LAYER back onto the original. (Well, it's not really the original. I do all of this with a copy of the original so I can keep the origianl picture)
Then I can adjust the property of either layer. If I want a faded look to the border I just right click on that layer and adjust the property of it to whatever I like the look of (usually between 72 and 80 percent transparency)
Or I can go into the Color and adjust the Hue and Saturation to make it look black and white by taking the saturation all the way down to -100. Or if I just want it to look like faded colors I can take adjust it to where ever I like the look.
Oh, and on the last picture I added a halo effect to the border to get that soft fuzzy look. I like that one alot.
It is a lot of fun to play with...and very addicting. LOL
If you don't have a photo program, look around online. You can usually find a program trial period. That way you can play around with it to see if you like it first. There are also lots of great tutorials online to help you learn what all those cool little buttons will do. The layers and the different properties can be a little daunting, but it doesn't take too long to figure it out.
Feel free to email me, or leave a comment if you have any questions. I will try to answer them, if I can.
Also, if you have any photography advice, I'd really appreciate that too. I am working with an HP photosmart camera, a measly 4 (Oh NO!)...I thought it was 4 MP, butit's only 3.2 MP and 3X optical zoom. Digital camera donations can be sent directly to me, LOL! Well, dang...considering what I am working with...I must be a very good photographer. LMBO!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Beautiful day for a picnic
It was just too beautiful to stay inside, so Rylie and I packed PB&J sandwiches and went back to Wildwood Metro Park today. Of course, I took my camera along.
I hope you enjoy the pictures!
I just can't seem to leave the pictures alone. I keep playing around with them seeing what they look like if I do this or that. LOL
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Wildwood Metro Park Pictures
Here are a few pictures from our trip to the Wildwood Metro Park on Sunday. It was a wee bit overcast, but it was a really nice day. Rylie and I had so much fun with Daddy, it was good to just get out of the house and enjoy the beginning of spring.
The first two pictures are the same one's I used in my little collage in my Housewife Journal. I just love these two faces!
This was taken shortly after Daddy had put Rylie down to walk and she collapsed to the ground saying she couldn't walk because her legs hurt soooooooo bad.
Our Angel in front of an empty fountain. I'm surprised she smiled so well, she really did NOT want to stand there and pose for this photograph. I think the little fairy was kind of freaking her out.
This is a picture of the view from one of the trails we walked.
A picture of Rylie and Daddy (my loves) on the trail.
Rylie, who couldn't walk because her little legs hurt, running to the playground!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
My photographs...
Well, I'm certainly not a professional. I got my first 35mm camera shortly after my first child was born 22 years ago. I took a class at the University and have loved taking pictures ever since.
I especially love black and white photographs. I used to carry around 2 cameras, one with color film and one with black and white film. Sometimes I can't stand my digital camera with it's delay...but I love being able to load the photos right onto my computer and editing them myself.
I've scanned a lot of my old photographs so I can use them in projects, edit them and then transfer them to cd's for storage. Sometimes this computer stuff is just way too cool. LOL
Here are a few of my pictures from back in the day.
The first picture was taken about 19 years ago with my 35mm Minolta and color film. I took the picture. The two were taken with my camera by my son David, who was probably all of about 9 years old. Of course I just couldn't resist playing with them in my Paint shop program.
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