Color Correction and Me

Yesterday a small need took me on this huge graphics adventure. I was thinking about taking headshots for a friend of mine, and I wanted to know if I could put that cool headshot-edge thing on the edge of the picture. I had no idea HOW but I knew it was possible.

So I downloaded this free bare-bones Photoshop-type program called The Gimp, and I started on a tutorial and learned how to do it. It took several hours, but I was fascinated at the capabilities of the program and learned a lot more than I meant to.

One of the best features of the program is photo retouching/color correction. Take a look at a view of the New England Fall Colors I took about a year ago or so:



Then, after using some of the Gimp tools:



The picture, not very good to begin with, really comes to life after some fiddling. This is really fun!