Friday Foto Fun 23

Tall Trees, originally uploaded by philputnam.

Well, I'm finally starting to process the photos from a great hike I took with some good friends to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. There's lots more where this came from, just have to do the work of making them Blog-worthy.

Have a great weekend!

Friday Foto Fun 22

Sad Clown, originally uploaded by philputnam.

Another long hiatus, but I'm back with new materials. Today's entry is a shot of a friend of mine who was nice enough to pose for me at my son's 4th birthday party. I'm also going hiking in the Smokies next weekend, so hopefully I'll have some fresh shots to post in a couple of weeks.

Happy Friday!

Friday Foto Fun 21

Blue, originally uploaded by philputnam.

Been a few weeks, but I got out last weekend and found my muse again. Bluebonnet season in Texas was great this year, and I got a few shots from a weekend shoot at magic hour.

It's a cliche kind of shot here in Texas, Bluebonnet photos are standard fare, but most of them don't have women this beautiful to do them justice.

As usual, you can see more pictures at my photo blog. You can also check out my Flickr page.

Friday Foto Fun 20

Abigail 6 months, originally uploaded by philputnam.

My youngest turned 6 months old this week.

Friday Foto Fun 19

El Morro, originally uploaded by philputnam.

In Old San Juan Puerto Rico, this fort has guarded the harbor entrance since the 1500's. I applied a fake lomo effect in post production.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

Don't forget to check out my photoblog where I (mostly) regularly post new pictures, and my Flickr page.

Have a great weekend!

Friday Foto Fun 18

Grand Canyon, On The Tonto, originally uploaded by philputnam.

I know, I know. Been a while.

This was from the Grand Canyon Royal Arch loop that I (barely) hiked 2 years ago. I went through some of the shots from that trip, and this one was pretty dull, but had potential. A little Photoshop magic, and we got ourselves a photo.

Look closely for a little white dot in the middle right third of the photo. That's a helmet on the back of one of my hiking companions.

Friday Foto Fun 17

Break of Dawn, originally uploaded by philputnam.

This was the same trip as my infamous Sand Cave photo. The clouds finally broke after a long weekend of not being able to see beyond 100 feet. At least they broke for 20 minutes, long enough to take this shot and a couple others I'll add soon.

This is also the first shot that I used for my before and after case studies on my photo blog. Go visit to see the "before" status. It's a pretty remarkable transformation.

Have a happy weekend!

Phun with Photoshop

Over at my photoblog, I've begun posting some before and after samples of some of my shots. I'm always amazed at what a difference Photoshop can make to save an image that has good composition and colors, but are hidden by digital interference.

Go check it out if you're interested.

Friday Foto Fun 16

Man's Best Friend, originally uploaded by philputnam.

Well, I haven't posted a Friday Foto in many moons. Here's a shot I took for some friends for their Christmas card. If you weren't lucky enough to be one of the 25 people that received one, you can still enjoy it through the magic of the internet and Flickr.

On another note, I've finally converted Theep Doughts to the new Blogger . I like the ease of editing layouts now, but I'm dumbfounded that they didn't roll out new templates as part of their new service. How do you do that? I think the template choices are identical to when I started this blog 2 years ago. Not one new option.

Google, take note. The snazzy new features are nice under the hood, especially for the user. But people want some new things to look at after a few years, and this is the perfect time to give it to them, when you're unveiling shiny happy additions to your service. A missed opportunity in my humble opinion.

Bad Dog!

Bad Dog!
Originally uploaded by philputnam.

Well, we finally made it through the holiday season. I hope yours was good. Ours was very eventful, and we're very happy to finally be home, and ready to jump into 2007. Bring on the New Year!

To get things kicked off, here's a picture for you from our Christmas trip. And don't forget to visit or subscribe to my photo blog for more frequent photos.

Happy New Year!