I have found that after a long day of work I love nothing more than to come home, take some pictures of the dogs (because they’re usually the only things around to take pictures of that aren’t some form of weed) and play in Photoshop for about 4 hours before heading off to bed. I had been working on the website for hours every night, but it was not as fun and I have put it on the shelf for now. It is presentable and I will do more to it once I have some time to sit down and read some of the Joomla tutorials online. So for now I’m back to Photoshop. It’s oddly relaxing.
I wanted to post an example of what things looks like coming out of the camera. I am really not any kind of photographer, I just am lucky enough to have a nice camera and good editing software. Here is an example of a picture that came straight off the camera. It’s not horrible, but it’s one of those that tells a good enough story, it deserves a little extra work so it can tell it’s story really well. (It looked a lot better to me until I put the new one up next to it!)
I spent 20, maybe 30 minutes on it in Photoshop and Voila! Magic! Now, Sky’s eyes, which I wanted to really take your breath away, stand out more from the rest of the picture. Also, when I took this picture it was a really hot summer day but the picture has such cool tones, it’s doesn’t reflect that. I changed it so it looks hot and it makes more sense that Sky’s tongue is hanging out of his mouth.
Everything I did was subtle, but the overall impact is huge, isn’t it? Here is the recipe I used to get this picture:
Levels, Saturation, general editing stuff
Fresh & Colorful*
Boost*- to taste
Sunshine*- to taste
*All Actions are from the free Pioneer Woman set
Bona Dea Australian Shepherds 
