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Edit Photos Like a Pro
Thanks to a plethora of editing software, it doesn't take much to edit photos like a pro.
Most likely you have a lot of photos that could use some touching up and editing. If so you are not alone. Unfortunately not all of us are blessed with a knack for photography. However, even the best professionals have to edit their photographs. That being said many amateur photographers do not know where to start when it comes to editing your photos. Thankfully it is not as difficult as you may think.
The key to editing a photograph is to really keep it simple. Many photo editing programs have lots of bells and whistles that can be overwhelming to a beginner. Rather than letting that intimidate you take your time to learn each function on its own.
One of the best editing tools to start with is the cropping tool. When you crop a photo you are trimming out the bits that you do not want to have. This can help to clean up an image, make a stronger focal point for the photograph, or allow you to feature only one thing from a cluttered photograph. While the tool may operate slightly differently from photo editing program to photo editing program, the concept is the same. Basically you will use the tool to create a box around your photograph. You will then be able to pull in the sides of that box to essentially "cut" the photograph down.
Another useful tool is the red eye tool. Many photographs are ruined by the red eyes that sometimes emerge as a result of the flash. Thankfully, today you do not have to toss those red eyed photographs. Instead, with your digital photo editing program you can correct those red eyes. All that you have to do is select the red eye tool and that will allow you to pinpoint the "red eyes." You simply use that tool to click the red area and it will instantly darken the area ridding your photograph of those glowing eyes.
There is also a tool that you can use to brighten the image. This tool will help you salvage those photographs that you would have previously discarded because of a lack of light. Thankfully with your computer you are able to instantly brighten the image.
You can also sharpen any photographic image. Amateur photographers snap what would be a great picture, but find that it is just a bit out of focus. Again a digital photo editing tool can help save that picture. All that you need to do is open up the photograph into your editing program and then select the sharpen tool.
When you select that tool the computer will attempt to clarify your image. While it cannot rescue extremely blurred images it can help to refine a slightly blurry photograph which may end up being one of your favorites.
While you should continue to hone your skills as a photographer, you do not have to be an expert to create some great photographs. Thankfully with your digital photo editing program you can take your less than stellar photographs and turn them into works of art!
About the Author
Beverly Clark owns Treasured Moments in Time and writes about recapturing fading memories through family photo preservation and restoration at Treasured-Moments-in-Time.com. Learn more about how to edit photos by going to her Web site.
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Western Red Cedar Log Home Photos
Log homes are a very visual product. After exhibiting at home shows and talking with customers on the phone, it is very evident that everyone wants to see photos. One of our most popular galleries on our website is the Western Red Cedar log home photos. With the deep color to the logs, part of its natural beauty, it is no wonder that people want to view what various homes and features look like.
Western Red Cedar is a very versatile wood species. With its durability is has been used for roof shakes, siding shakes, log railing, channel siding, and door and window trim. In the realm of log homes it is used for both milled log homes and handcrafted.
For post and beam or timber frame homes it can be used for smaller ones. Due to the structural strength limitations the larger square footage usually associated with homes in the United States Western Red Cedar is not typically used for these two styles of homes. In Japan post and beam homes are commonly built from Western Red Cedar. In this island country most of the log or timber homes are used for weekends so the square footage is usually fairly small.
When browsing through photo galleries of log homes here are a few things to watch for. In closer up photos take a look at the end joints. This is were one log ends and the next begins with in the log wall. Higher quality homes have log ends which line up and meet smoothly. Lower quality joints have a ledge where the logs join. If there is a photo of a log wall under construction, take a look from the top to see what type of joinery is used. Some logs are simply cut and slid together. Other times there is a slot notched into the end of each log and a wooden or vinyl spleen is slid down into the joint. And other times the joint is cut with finger joinery where the ends of the logs are pushed together and the fingers intertwine one with another.
For handcrafted log homes some joints are done as described above. Other times the log home company will boast of 'full length wall logs'. This means that there is no end joints within the walls. Instead corners and intersecting interior walls are used to meet where the logs end. With this style log lengths can be up to fifty feet.
Another thing to look closely at is the corners. The most common corner styles are butt and pass, dovetail, corner posts, or full saddle notch. A butt and pass corner is where the end of every other log is visible on the corner. The dovetailed corner is just like a furniture drawer that is dovetailed. The triangular or diamond corners are intertwined. A corner post design has no protruding logs. Instead a vertical post is mounted to the corner. And the full saddle notched corner shows the end of every log on both sides of the corner. Corners are very important for helping to seal the home. A tight corner means that no air or light is passing through. Saddle notched corners are typically the most air tight of all the styles.
Photos of specifically red cedar homes display the color variation between the outer sapwood and the heart of the logs. This contrast is very appealing. Pictures of milled red cedar show how little the heart of the cedar checks or cracks. In fact some machine cut homes will not even have any checks showing.
So if you come across a website that shows a collection of Western Red Cedar log home photos all together be sure to pay attention to the corners and the joinery. Compare homes company to company on a factual basis, not just on who hired the most creative photographer. For log homes, it is all in the detail.
About the Author
Cowboy Log Homes, based in Belgrade Montana, is a full service log home company. Offering both milled log homes and handcrafted log homes, Western Red Cedar log homes is one of our specialities.
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