Liz from “tickled PINK” contacted me the other week with an editing challenge. She sent me the shot on the left and asked if there was anything I could do with it. I took one look at it, and couldn’t wait to work with it…I seriously love the backlighting of this shot. For a photo like this, it doesn’t have to take you hours to correct the over exposure – it might have taken me 5 minutes. I started in Adobe Camera Raw, made a few adjustments and then brought it over to Photoshop Elements. I worked through Amy McMaster’s Squeaky Clean (basic levels...

If you ever find yourself hitting a creative wall as it relates to photography, try doing a 20 minute challenge. I decided that I would do just that when I saw that this week’s You Capture challenge was “In the Kitchen.” The basic premise is that you’ll confine yourself to one room and take as many pictures as possible in that room – you’ll be forced to shoot from new angles and perspectives. When we got engaged, we put a Tassimo coffee maker on our registry. Along with it, we put several packages of coffee and the coffee disc carousel on the registry....

Faith at Simplicity is re-hosting her Blog Button Design Challenge and Giveaway. Here’s how it’s going down this time:  Grab a photo from this set on Faith’s Flickr site.You may edit it any way you like as long as you keep it in color.You may add some text – she prefers handwritten style scripts and typewriter fonts.Post the button on your blog and link it up at Simplicity.The Linky will close next Wedenesday and voting will begin.You may promote your button and encourage your own readers to vote for your button!Voting will close on August 28th at 11pm (I assume...