Too Many Shadows on the Subject

1. This is a typical problem of photos taken in the summer: the ocean (or other landscape) looks bright, but the person standing in front is cloaked in shadows.

2. Click on Photoshop’s “Shadow/Highlight” tool.

3. Left click “image” and move mouse pointer to “Adjustments.”

4. Left click “shadow/highlight.” Drag the Shadows slider to the right to reveal the detail hidden in the shadows.

5. Save.

Washed Out or Overexposed

1. Open the photo in Photoshop.

2. Left click on “Image” to show the drop down menu.

3. Move mouse pointer to “Adjustments.” Left click the “Autolevels” command.

4. If you think you’ve overdone it, click “Edit” and select the “Undo” command.

5. You can stop here if you’re happy with the results, but if you want an extra boost, go to the “Layer” palette. (Can’t find it? Left click on “Window” and select “Layers.”)

6. Drag the background to the new layer button on the layer palette to duplicate it.

7. Change the blend mode for the duplicate layer to “Soft Light.”

8. If the results are too dark, lower the layer’s opacity.

9. If the photo is still too light, drag the copy to the new layer button to duplicate it again. Adjust opacity as needed.

10. Save.

Cropping Photos

1. Cropping a busy or cluttered background changes the focus of an image. This helps you to zero in on the subject.

2. From the Toolbox, select the “Crop” Tool.

3. If you already know how large you want your photo prints to be, select the cropping size: 4x6 inches for 4R and 5x7 inches for 5R. You can also experiment with different values for height and width.

4. Set the cropping resolution to 300 pixels/inch.

5. Position the mouse over the area of the photo you wish to crop. Click, hold and draw a quick selection around the image. When you release the mouse button the non-selected area will gray out.

6. Happy with the selected area? Press “Enter” or right-click and select “Crop”.

7. Made a mistake? Press “ESC” or right-click and select “Cancel” and repeat step 5.

8. Always save under a different file name.

Dr. Jose P. Rizal's Birthday

It's holiday today here in our place since I live and work in our national hero's hometown. I was supposed to report for work but a lot of things happened today. First, JM woke-up 2am and did not sleep until 3:30am which means I also need to stay awake until he sleeps again. He poops after he finish his milk but after an hour he vomits most of the milk he drink. When I was about to sleep na rin my ate who takes care of JM send me a text message saying the she was in Lucena Doctor's Hospital for he's eldest brother. Kuya Marciano was confined and was declared comatose, he's bp was 220/180 and it was seen in the ctscan na may ugat na pumutok sa kaliwang part ng utak nya =(. So I thought ate glo will not be able to come back na, and texted my boss that I will not be able to report for work na. But ate came back before 8am but I was already late for the service na. I just took the opportunity to settle everyhting na lang. While I was out, ate glo texted me that she was asked to go back to Lucena and she cried when I came back, she wanted to know the status of kuya so I called my ate eve to check. She told me that it's only the machine who keeps our kuya from breathing and they decided to discharged him na lang to save on cost.

Grabe, masyadong maraming nangyari sa araw na to. While the other people are enjoying the parade in celebration for Rizal's birthday, ate's family naman is facing a major problem.

Update on JM's diaper rash

Last night we tried to use disposable diaper on JM to make sure that he sleeps un-disturbed. But this morning we saw that he's balls becomes reddesh in color which is almost dry last night. Tonight we will try not to use disposable diaper until the diaper rash healed. I just hope na hindi kami mapuyat pareho ni baby.

Diaper Rash

My Ate who’s in-charge of taking care of JM texted me and asked if I noticed something on my son’s balls when I changed his diaper this morning she noticed daw kasi that my son balls is somehow red in color. We’re using cloth diaper in the morning kasi when he woke up which is normally around 5:30-6:30am and change it to disposal diaper after he took a bath so he can sleep without worrying of getting wet.

She think it’s a diaper rash since there’s no sign of “pantal” in case nakagat ng langgam. She also noticed na parang may gasgas yung balls ni JM.

Parang gusto ko na tuloy agad umuwi at dalhin sa pedia si JM para malaman kung ano talaga ang problem. But the problem is I don’t have a driver so I can’t bring JM to his pedia, so I will visit his pedia na lang to seek an advise and to ask for an ointment for the rashes.

Ganon pala yung feeling na parang biglang nawawala ka sa focus sa work when you learned that your child has a problem. Which in my case mas kami ng ate ko ang namomoroblema, according to my ate wala naman daw sign of irritation sa part ni JM, parang kami lang 2 ang na iirita sa rashes nya. Ha ha ha

Sana bumilis na agad ang takbo ng oras para makauwi na ako.

Pix Bad Photos

These are the things I got from WorkingMom May 2009 issue.

Thanks for sis Pia ni Jeff for the article.

I will just enumerate the topics and will post the details tomorrow.

1. Cropping Photos
2. Washed Out or Overexposed
3. Too Many Shadows on the subject
4. Red Eyes
5. Dark or Overexposed Photos

Wala lang

I have a lot to blog about but can't find time to write.

Masyado yata akong nawiwili sa pag aalaga kay JM kaya kahit tulog sya hindi ko pa rin maisingit ang pag blog.

I hope na makabawi na ako soon....