by Dawn Camp | Oct 24, 2012 | Before & After Shots, Lightroom, photography
Sometime you open an image and it looks horrible—maybe your bad white balance is off or you composed it poorly—yet there’s something you like about it, enough to try to salvage the photo. That’s how I felt about this image from January of ’09. If I...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 24, 2012 | (in)courage, family & friends, reviews
I look forward to the (in)courage authors’ retreat in Hilton Head each year, especially since it’s within driving distance for me. I enjoy hitting the road, even by myself. Starting in one place and ending up hundreds of miles away—where the weather and...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 24, 2012 | Before & After Shots, Lightroom, photography
Our homeschool group holds an annual Father Daughter Dance. Two years ago I did a special photo project beforehand to decorate a wall for the event. I was asked to take photos of as many fathers and daughters as I could and then edit and print them: high contrast...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 22, 2012 | Before & After Shots, photography
This after shot is a composite of two before shots. I wanted the snow cover from the first image and the tire marks from the second. The Edits: Crop. Convert to black and white. Layer and combine the images in Photoshop to add the tire marks from the second image to...
by Dawn Camp | Oct 21, 2012 | Before & After Shots, photography
Remember on Day 12 when I told you how much I love photographing our county’s Veterans’ Day celebration? This shot is from another year’s event and shows one of my favorite parts: the field of flags. I decided to have fun with this photo and give it...
