Aww…some Monday
This post is sandwiched between two Wordless Wednesday posts that featured images of people at our local Farmers Market on Halloween. Some of the costumes were great. Sometimes the background doesn’t quite fit the mood, so let’s see what we can do.
Here is one of my favorite costumes of the day. This guy was on stilts which made him 10′ tall. I captured the first image, then he came over and posed for the close-up.
While the cloe-up was in focus and his pose was great, the background left a lot to be desired. I recently purchased a copy of PhotoShop Elements 2027 and it allows me to change the background in just a few clicks. I found an image I posted several weeks ago from our side trip to the courthouse in Butler, MO. It seemed like a good fit as the new background. Here we go.
BOOM! Now we’re talking. That stone building and clock tower was just what this spook needed. Still the sky is a little too cheery for this composition. Again PhotoShop Elements lets me change the sky.
There we go. Spooky creature on a full moon night in front of a haunted building. This is an exercise similar to my “Fun With Filters” posts only using additional images to create the final product.
Monday’s Music Moves Me
According to CoolKidFacts, November is a shopaholic’s dream month with the various promotions kicking off early on around the globe. Build your playlist of songs inspired by things on your holiday wish list to “shop” specific songs/lyrics. Just have fun!
If you have followed this blog for more than a few weeks you know that photography is my favorite pastime. I bought my first camera while in Vietnam in 1968 and have been capturing images on some level ever since. Digital photography changed my life photographicly by allowing me to know what the photo looked like immediately instead of relying on Walgreens to process my film. It was indeed a game changer for me.
The next real milestone were the grandkids. I photographed nearly everything they did including, soccer matches, little league baseball, dance competitions, and track meets in addition to birthdays, and holidays. I have photographs of family that have captured precious memories and we can enjoy them for generations to come. I also found that I like capturing insects, birds and other creatures and then there is street photography like you have seen here. Things are about to change again for me.
Soon I will turn the page on my eighth decade on this planet and I don’t need to carry big cameras and big lenses everywhere I go. This past spring we visited our middle granddaughter and went to major league baseball spring training. I took a small mirrorless camera and one lens. I can’t remember the last time I only took one lens anywhere. It was very satisfying and free to travel that light. So the first thing on my shopping list is a new mirrorless camera for my birthday or Christmas. I think Jim Croce said it best in this song.
Back in the day film was the medium of photography and there were several popular types made by Kodak. Tri-X was their black & white product but for color there was Ectachrome and Kodachrome!
I think I want this T-shirt. Have a blessed week.
