Photoshop in Action

I love my camera. I had a point and shoot for a long time that I really liked, but grew very dissatisfied with it’s limitations after looking at the photography on sites like Notes From the Trenches and Pioneer Woman. I finally gave in to my lusting after a digital SLR and bought an entry level camera – the Nikon D40. It’s so much more satisfying to take pictures these days, and I love opening them in Photoshop and playing around with the images. Sometimes what comes out of the camera is pretty nice, but when you doctor the pictures up in Photoshop you can turn really nice into really special.

Here’s a good example, using some of the actions from the Pioneer Woman site. The first image is how it came out of the camera:

Cute picture… I like it and all, but look what happens when I throw some action on it:

Now I can’t stop looking at it. The changes are pretty subtle too. If you enjoy photography and are one of the few people not already reading the Pioneer Woman, you’ve got to check out her photos- beautiful stuff.

Categories : Photography