Check out these from my yearbook photos through the years.  1950 through 2000.  These are hilarious.  They were created using some sweet software over at yearbookyourself.com.  You just upload a photo on their site and adjust the zoom, rotation, and location and you can see yourself through the years. 

Pretty cool!  Everyone I showed got a big laugh from it.  

So many times I get “can you Photoshop this or Photoshop that” or “how did you get that shot or effect”?  I will admit that Photoshop is one of the two essential tools I use for editing and managing my photos.  Now while I use Photoshop for editing photos, it’s not what I completely rely on.  Photoshop is just a tool.  I create the image.  I must first see the photo and then capture it.  I strive 100% of the time to get as much correct in camera so to minimize the time editing in Photoshop thus being able to delivered my clients their images faster.  I usually only use Photoshop to take an already great photo and make it better.  Whether it’s popping the color, retouching skin, reducing the dark circle under eyes, etc.  The photo is taken to it’s full potential.

Now I’ll be the first to admit that Photoshop is not for everyone.  It has somewhat of a steep learning curve and knowing some technical terms helps in learning Photoshop.  I’ve spent years learning Photoshop and still learn new things daily, plus Photoshop can be down right expensive for someone who’s just editing images for fun of friends, family, and there experiences.

One new tool that the Adobe Photoshop Team has recently launched is photoshop.com.  Photoshop.com is basically an online scaled down version of Photoshop that’s available for use by everyone.  And it’s FREE!!!!  

Photoshop.com allows anyone to upload their images, adjust white balance, exposure, tinting, retouching, contrast and so much more.  It builds albums and slideshows that one can share with anyone (with a unique URL).  People can even download and order prints of the images.  It connects with Facebook, Picasa, Photobucket, etc.  I really think the Facebook connect is the best.  You can upload you photos to Photoshop.com, make any corrections or adjustments you want to your photos and then just drag over to the Facebook connection and presto Photoshop.com sends your adjusted images to your Facebook profile.  Isn’t that sweet.

Recently, the folks over at Layers TV talked about Photoshop.com and it’s abilities.  You can click here to view the tutorial (which starts at the 22 second mark) or click the photo below to see it.

You can also click here to see one of the galleries I created using Photoshop.com.

The movie “Fireproof” came out Friday nationwide.  Go see it.  You’ll be glad you did.  Here’s the excerpt from Apple’s Movie Site:

At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter’s adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. After seven years of marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb’s father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment he calls “The Love Dare.” When Caleb discovers the book’s daily challenges are tied into his parents’ newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened. Is it too late to fireproof his marriage? Caleb Holt’s job is to rescue others, but now he has to face his toughest job ever … rescuing his wife’s heart.