This week’s Shutter Love Tuesday theme at Trendy Treehouse is a “Story in Pictures.” So, I thought I’d start (notice…this is Part 1) telling my State Fair story. The following is a few favorites from Saturday and Monday’s fair experiences. As I edit more…I’ll share more later in the week.When we arrived at the fair on Saturday…it was crazy busy. We actually parked a mile or so away and walked to the fairgrounds. Everyone else was stuck in traffic, so it appeared to be a time saver (and money saver as it was free that far away). I had...

A week or so ago, Kathy sent me a picture of her son taking a bath in the kitchen sink. I’ve edited a couple of photos of Andrew before…he is such a cute kid! Although she edited a few photos from the set (see them here), she wanted to see what I could do with this particular shot. I’ll be honest…I think I like her edits better. Nonetheless, here’s what I did.  I started by pulling the raw file into Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). If you want better control of your photos, I strongly encourage you to 1. Shoot MANUAL and 2. Shoot in RAW. Typically, any exposure data that...