Something old, something new: Favourites

It was time for the routine clean-up/organize. I was going through my photo files (and in a short 5 months how many of them there were...!); deleting the 'attempts' and putting the 'nailed-its' into their own folder. These photos to follow are just a few of my favourites. Obviously there's always room for improvement (I mean, I just figured out how ISO works!), but I'm just enjoying the ride. It'll be cool one day to look back at these and realize how much farther I've gone! (The Lord willing, of course)

I've tweaked a lot of these in Photoshop; some have obvious changes, but others are just minor adjustments. One of the things I hope to learn in the future is how to capture the perfect frame on the first try. Because to me, photography should be less about editing photos and more about nailing them on the first try. But maybe that's just me.

Enjoy!

I think this one was definitely a "nailed-it." No editing.

This photo's been on here before. I got rid of the gross colour this time though.
Win!

Another "nailed-it." Taken with 50mm lens and macro adapter.

Not a super sharp image, but this chick makes me laugh every time :)

With folks like these along for the ride, it's never boring.

Converted to B&W using Oliver's colour menu.

Edited to create more of a 'vintage' look. Success?
If you know what kind of a camera this is, let me know, k?
I'm thinking a Brownie?

Lightened in Photoshop and converted to B&W

Edited to create a different look.

Another "nailed-it." Changed to B&W in Photoshop.

Manipulated the intensity of the colours in Photoshop.










First attempt at controlling ISO. A little grainy, but not bad.
The gorgeous ring was actually payment for house-sitting!