Hello everyone, Ella here... and I am so excited to be hosting my first challenges here at TDP! This challenge is the Imperfect Photos Challenge!
This challenge is all about just that -- those photos we love, despite the fact that they have turned out less-than-perfect. Sometimes they are too blurry... too dark... or they have distracting backgrounds... or even worse, maybe even photo-bombed by a perfect stranger... you get the idea.
For this challenge, instead of tossing those memories out because the photo wasn't perfect... let's clean them up and use them anyway! For instance, HERE is a blog post with ideas on how to scrap with those imperfect photos that we still really love.
This next photo was one of my favorite photos... taken on a beautiful summer day last year when my granddaughter, Everly, stayed with me for couple weeks. OF COURSE it was the only photo to not turn out correctly that day; something in the lighting caused the whole image to have a green tint. For this challenge, I decided to fix it so I could use it anyway. I love the option to turn photos to black and white (or sepia), as that often cleans them up... so I am choosing to go black and white. I’m extremely OCD about photos being pleasing to the eye on my layouts, so this challenge was exciting for me!
Here is a look at my photo before I "fixed" it...

...and here is my cleaned-up image, added to a scrapbook page...

[ for this example, I used Midsummer Day by creashens ]
Isn't that fun?
Additionally... I encourage you not to be afraid to take the "fix" even further, and possibly try something completely different/new to you... as shown in the following example, created by my fellow TDP creative team member Christelle...

In her example, above, she has "corrected" her less-than-perfect photos by creating a pop-art look. Isn't it great? If you love this look, but have no clue how to do it in your photo editing software.. tune in to The Digital Press blog this coming Tuesday, March 5th, and she's written up a tutorial!
Here are the rules/requirements:
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This challenge is all about just that -- those photos we love, despite the fact that they have turned out less-than-perfect. Sometimes they are too blurry... too dark... or they have distracting backgrounds... or even worse, maybe even photo-bombed by a perfect stranger... you get the idea.
For this challenge, instead of tossing those memories out because the photo wasn't perfect... let's clean them up and use them anyway! For instance, HERE is a blog post with ideas on how to scrap with those imperfect photos that we still really love.
This next photo was one of my favorite photos... taken on a beautiful summer day last year when my granddaughter, Everly, stayed with me for couple weeks. OF COURSE it was the only photo to not turn out correctly that day; something in the lighting caused the whole image to have a green tint. For this challenge, I decided to fix it so I could use it anyway. I love the option to turn photos to black and white (or sepia), as that often cleans them up... so I am choosing to go black and white. I’m extremely OCD about photos being pleasing to the eye on my layouts, so this challenge was exciting for me!
Here is a look at my photo before I "fixed" it...

...and here is my cleaned-up image, added to a scrapbook page...

[ for this example, I used Midsummer Day by creashens ]
Isn't that fun?
Additionally... I encourage you not to be afraid to take the "fix" even further, and possibly try something completely different/new to you... as shown in the following example, created by my fellow TDP creative team member Christelle...

In her example, above, she has "corrected" her less-than-perfect photos by creating a pop-art look. Isn't it great? If you love this look, but have no clue how to do it in your photo editing software.. tune in to The Digital Press blog this coming Tuesday, March 5th, and she's written up a tutorial!
Here are the rules/requirements:
- Your creation must be a new project (digital or hybrid) that includes at least 1 imperfect photo you have fixed and also include the imperfect photo as it looked before you changed it as I have to show the difference you have made.
- You must use 100% TDP products, and your layout or project must be loaded into the gallery no later than 11:59 pm ET on March 31, 2019.
- Once you've loaded your project image in the CHALLENGE GALLERY, please leave a comment in this thread and link us back to your project in the gallery.
- Once you've posted your project here in this thread ... copy the URL to that post and add it to the MARCH 2019 TRACKING THREAD.
- Have fun!
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