It is 2010, can you believe it? While I was on holiday in Portland I was graced with a day of snow. Sadly, the snowflakes didn’t come on on Christmas day but a few days after. Immediately I grabbed my point and shoot camera, my pup, Jake, and my sister for some winter family portraits. Jake was not a happy camper and a bit of a spoil sport. But he couldn’t put a damper on my fun!
I have never had a point and shoot camera, never. Instead I have gone from advanced film to digital slr, always caring around with me this bulky camera that no one knows how to use besides myself. Always the photographer, never the photographed. Sigh! But this Christmas my family sought to change that by giving me my very own pocket sized camera. I have taken some pictures and cringe at the quality. The images are beautiful for a pocket camera but nothing can beat a professional canon. However, I am not detoured and have put my editing skills to the test to level these suckers out.
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With these images I went with a 70′s retro theme inspired by the photographs my parents try to hide from me in the garage…I am not sure why they regret their long shaggy hair with short shorts days. [And don't even get my started on my mom 
] This editing can be mostly done in color balance by doing small adjustments to the hues. I wanted my colors to be toward the reds and greens to give it the old Polaroid look. Other edits were found in adjusting the levels and a bit of lens correction.
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