“May God bless you and yours, as He has ours”
It’s the holiday season…I’m going to be busy with shopping, wrapping, and playing Santa Claus. Rather than regaling you with wordy articles concerning Italy, I thought that I’d just focus on photography, instead. To be specific, I’m going to spend the next couple of weeks presenting some transformation of blah snapshots into fine art photos.
So, grab your coffee, hot cider, or whatever you enjoy in the morning, and spend some time just looking, without having to give much thought to what you are seeing.
As we stroll through Italy, I often take photos like the one below, where there really isn’t much of interest…or is there? At the time, I thought I could do something with this snapshot. You be the judge.
With just a bit of cropping and distraction removing, here is where we find ourselves.
The shutters are just too blah for me…so I’m going to jazz them up just a bit.
Crop the top, please. And add a bit of patina.
Next it is time to straighten the stonework just below the tiles. And that’s it.
That’s all folks. I hope you enjoyed this short journey from blah to ahhh.
For me, 2020 will go down as a year with both tribulations (my serious battle with Covid) and blessings (my successful recovery from that Covid). All-in-all, blessings won out over the tribulations!
My hope for you this Christmas season is that you will focus on peace, relaxation, family, friends, and the Reason for the Season. May God bless you and yours, as He has ours.
Ciao for now and Merry Christmas,
Steve
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