We welcomed a new member to our family this week. So, of course, she got initiated with the obligatory photos.

Want to make a diptych or storyboard more interesting? Add some text!

Learning to fly takes a little patience and a lot of pixie dust. Making the photo timeless just took some vintage tweaking in Photoshop.

Eyes can make or break a good portrait. Read on to find out one way to do a quick and easy eye pop in Photoshop to bring out those whites!

Add a little color mask for a quick and easy way to change what time of day your photos appear to have been taken.

Tried my hand at the August contest “Getting in Close: Random Objects.” Also tried my hand at photo editing with Picnik.

Dennis Dunleavy from the Big Picture Blog e-mailed me about a fascinating project to survey Internet users and photographers about their opinions on manipulation of digital photos.  From the survey:
“This short survey explores attitudes and perceptions about the alternation or manipulation of photographs in the media. Your responses are part of an on-going research project [...]

If you haven’t noticed, Shooting the Kids has been on a little (OK, <ahem> not so little) summer break. We’ve been playing at the beach and eating ice cream and staying up late because, well, it’s summer and that’s just what you do! We’re also in the middle of a house move, which is both [...]