Foto Friday: the Story
This past week’s challenge in my 52-Week Photo Challenge workshop with Ricky Tims was “The Story.” My story was that I was really, REALLY busy getting ready to teach at Maine Quilts and helping with set-up (as a Pine Tree Quilt Guild member and volunteer). So I wasn’t really “in” to the assignment. Turns out my best photo was one I took during set-up on my iPhone, then edited and converted to B&W at home in Photoshop.

Too busy this week, so feeling not creative. Decided this shot on my iPhone was my best story! Smart sharpen, removed the back of a person on the left with cloning, desaturated to render B&W. Learned that you can use the burn tool on highlights, midtones and darks, so darkened the too-bright/distracting overhead lights as well as adding a gradient to the top. Slight crop to remove more slats/boards on the very bottom. Guess what I was doing on Wednesday? I know some of the class members will guess correctly!
My other two alternates were just meh. But they certainly tell my story!
August 2nd, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Good shot on the Iphone Sarah!