GOOD BETTER BEST in Postcards 4

When I first get to work, I pull my apron and camera on and go take shots for the (ACS Discovery Shop/Point Loma) shop’s Facebook page.

I stagger about the floor just shooting what I see. I’ve been very lax about creating arrangements to shoot…in an hour or so, someone will come along and rearrange everything. Sometimes I catch a glimpse of something pretty. Sometimes an arrangement almost works and I shoot it anyway only to Photoshop it when I get home. I never quite know what I will see until I download it into my cranky computer.

No, I am not very good with Photoshop. Over the years with PS11, I have learned to sharpen an image, add depth, lighten or darken, crop, straighten, all that old darkroom stuff I learned from Paul Hawkins. PS11 is an electronic darkroom that I really need to learn to use with more finesse.

Only today did I realize that I had not been considering my volunteer commercial work as good enough to save. Some of it really is. I’ll go back and see if I can save any of the old stuff. And from now on I will save the better things to a folder all their own.
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- Himself: Work looks, “Not too bad.” He keeps talking retirement.
- Herself: Quilting, laundry, saving photos, laundry…et al. G ordered me a new graphics card as the one I have now leaves big black boxes on my screen. Bothering me: Two dings and one rib.
- Reading: A fascinating book on handbags.
- Watching: Tonight: Antiques Roadshow.
- Gratitudes: That I’ve now had G in my life for 35 years.