We are Participating in the Snappy H’appy Photo Challenge!

The Snappy H’appy Challenge is hosted by WeLiveInAFlat & FIREBONNET

The basic idea is that each week, participants are challenged to pick their best photo of the week and then modify it in some way. I chose to join this challenge because I have not been posting as regularly as I would like to. This challenge will help me get back to that. Also, Doug is very into photography and is an expert in editing (he went to art school in San Francisco!) This is a great way to combine our interests, blogging & photo editing and get him a little more involved!

The first week’s challenge was to use Bokeh,  an effect creating little blurs of light. While I did not use an app for this effect, I modified, or I should say, Doug showed me how to modify it, using Adobe ImageReady CS. We outlined the circles of differing sizes, blurred the color within them, and then lightened it. I admit, I used a photo from 2 weeks ago, as I thought of it immediately for this specific challenge. But, I am looking forward to taking pictures each week with this specific challenge in mind! Here is the picture taken with my 3 year old Android phone!

Photo 1:

checking out his dog park domain

 

Photo 2 w/Bokeh effect:

I was trying to go for a “falling snowflakes of light” look.

Check back for next week’s photo challenge post which will deal with saturation!

 

~ by manicivy on February 16, 2014.