Photo Shoot at Ca Adventures

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I must’ve tricked my friend from work into thinking that I’m some sort of photographer, because she asked me if I could take some pictures of her as a favor. She was a little surprised when I suggested California Adventures as the place to go, but she decided to give me the benefit of the doubt (even though I was questioning the choice myself), and we were not disappointed! Here are some of my favorites…I bet you’d never guess the location from most of the shots! Good thing we both have annual Disney passes

Update: I posted a new tutorial that may be more helpful:

Gimp Tutorial: How to Retouch a Face, TAKE TWO

photo retouching

Every once in a while, I find a …distraction… on a picture of someone’s face. Or, the picture is just lacking the soft quality that I want. The GIMP editing program gives me all the tools I need to fix this…without going over the top. I’ve seen some pictures that have been “retouched” so much that your (okay, okay, MY) first reaction is “ummm, that is definitely not what his/her face really looks like.” My goal is to show you how to take away distractions and make a face look a little softer, without anyone supposing that you did.

Photo Shoot with Kristin

Kristin needed a “model” for a fun, experimental photo shoot a couple days ago. I use the quotes around “model”, because I’m really no such thing. Maybe a guinea pig? Whatever the case, I dressed up in a couple different outfits, arduously put on some fake lashes, then did whatever Kristin told me to do: hop up on a dumpster, commune closely with ants crawling on a tree…whatever.