Photo editing, and vacation!!

Hello friends! You all have seen before that I’ve mentioned Alex Beadon. A wonderful and artistic photographer in the UK who constantly inspires me and pushes her readers to be the best artist they can be. Well, Alex has a section of her blogging dedicated to “Edit This Photo” where she will post an image that she took and asks her readers to edit it. Now, obviously not everyone can edit the same photo in the same way and that is the fun thing about it! Everyone has something different to offer, and everyone has a different way of expressing their art. I decided to take her up on that challenge and as you can see below, here is the before and after for the image that I edited. I chose to edit in a – Jeremy Cowart – style using different layers and combinations of styles, artistic drawing and graphics to create my edit. I really liked the idea of making the ground look cracked and dry because of how it is here in Texas right now. I also knew that I wanted the color to be warm and as I studied the image, I knew that I wanted it to almost seem like a dream, maybe a hallucination you would have if you were stuck out in a dry wilderness with no water and high temperatures. Anyway this is how my vision came together and I kinda like it! What do you think? (This photo was taken by Alex Beadon, and edited by me)

On another note, I’m going on vacation!!! It will be a short trip, but it is still a chance to get away to the mountains of Colorado and relax! I can’t wait to see my sister, my brother in-law and my best friend. I also can’t wait to see the aspens in their beautiful fall color! My camera is going to be happy! Enjoy your weekend friends!