Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house. . .
The topic today is scattered. I didn’t have to look too far to respond to this topic- next to my BRAIN, the most scattered area is our post-Christmas living room.
I processed this with one of Matt Kloskowski’s free presets- wedding fairytale (or fairytale wedding?), a preset I downloaded and thought I’d never use. It basically desaturated the image and then added a light vignette (the opposite of my usual vignetting). I tweaked it a LOT, removing some of the vignetting and bringing back the saturation a bit, especially on the pig. Kind of a fun look- would be good for a newborn, maybe.
I got a few photography related gifts for Christmas! The biggest one was a reflector stand (to hold the reflector when you don’t have someone to do it for you, which is most of the time for me). I am still trying to master it- putting things together is not my strong point. I also got a small diffuser for the flash- like a miniature Gary Fong. It really cuts down on the flash, so I need to work with it to figure out the right settings- very cool! My daughter gave me a wonderful photography book I’ve been wanting called Extraordinary Everyday Photography by Brenda Tharp and Jed Manwaring. It has great tips and inspiration for taking photographs without traveling to Kathmandu or Antarctica. I also got lens pens (yes, you’re supposed to clean those lenses!), a rain cover for my camera (could have used this a few days ago), a little viewer thingie to look at your LCD screen through on a sun-glare-y day, a new rocket blaster for my camera bag and a fast SD card! I’m set!
BTW- only five more days in my 366 for 2012! I will still be blogging- maybe every day, probably less.
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