#36 Faith

I chose this photo of my church, Seeds of Faith, as my visual description of the word "Faith". I realize that a building does not define a person's faith, but much of my strength comes from the people in this building.

I edited this photo on iPhoto, adding some clarity and contrast and finishing with the "vignette' setting under "effects".

#21 TIME

I chose this photo of pansies to represent "Time".....not in the ordinary sense of clocks or watches, but simply a time in my life....a time when mom was here, a time when we would sit in her back yard, near her planter of pansies, often the time around Sunday afternoon, enjoying coffee, laughter and "time" together.

I applied clarity, saturation and contrast to the photo, actually taken on the Drake University Campus. I LOVE the water droplets on the left side of the photo and the intense contrast between flowers and background. Take Time to Smell the Flowers!!

#14 Spring

This photo was taken at Orange City,Ia at the Tulip Festival. I chose this photo to describe "Spring". Tulips are so fleeting, staying only for a short time at the arrival of "Spring".

This photo was simply edited on iPhoto, enhancing color and contrast under button, "adjust", and adding the "edge blur" under "effects".

#35 WORK

This photo reminds me of work, all the hard work and dedication and sweating out in the blazing sunlight it took and continues to take to make a good team.

I did all edits in Photoscape, superimposing one picture on top of another and making it as transparent as possible so it would not mask the photo beneath. I raised the saturation and contrast and added the dark edges in a task called "vignette". The lettering was also done on Photoscape.

#12 Spirit

This was taken during a recent baptism and says "Spirit" to me!
Spirit of the living God, One Body, One Lord, One Hope, One Faith, One Spirit....


I cropped and enhanced contrast and color on Photoscape. That's it!!!!

#16 UP

I took this photo from the top of a look out tower in a rest stop on an Iowa Interstate. I well remember the feeling of being UP!!! I was actually up too high for my liking!

This photo was cropped and enlarged and a little added contrast and clarity and that is it! I think the tilt of the photo helps add to the feeling of being off the ground and very high UP!

#38 Movement

This photo was taken earlier this school year when I gave the assignment "Scenery". I chose this photo to describe the word, "movement". I LOVE the crisp colors in this photo and I LOVE how the water looks like it is rushing over the rocks.

I edited this photo in iPhoto, upping the saturation and contrast and using a tool in the category called "Adjust" where I moved the "sharpness" bar to the right increasing the clarity of the photo.