Sure, you just use online photo editing tools in Flickr for a quick crop, color adjustment or the like but if you need real Photoshop Power? What if you need to clone your ex out of a photo on Facebook pronto? Or paint in some well placed horns?

Now there’s an alternative online alternative to Photoshop. It’s name is Pixlr. Layers, cloning, painting, type and even filters.

Crazy great, right? Non-photo friends, trust me here. It’s crazy great.

You Want Your Damn Lightroom?

Disdain cloning and painting? Are you a purist who only danes to shift colors and exposure and make a perfect crop? Then check out the beta of MugTug Darkroom.

Here’s a look at the easy interface for editing on Picnik.

A crop I like better is here: http://www.briangerry.com/imagery-2/ Click on the thumbnail for the full view.  The image was shot a couple weekends ago out bowling with family and friends.

Self portraits are just uncomfortable business. But then again so is putting up a blog and sharing imagery and thoughts. All part of this experiment’s learning process.

I like this shot ok.  But it’s only just passable.  And really it’s only passable because I put four shots together and created the frame to make it semi-interesting and passable.  So again another learning experience for me but not a shot I’m particularly proud of.

In my next post I hope to be sharing something that works out better.  Perhaps I can someone to let me take their photograph. I also want to comment that this one photo post per week for this year is a little harder than I thought.  Or at least harder to get great images that I’m proud of.  So it maybe it’s time to mix things up a little more.

I think that shooting with a purpose is a good way to mix it up here.  And maybe also adding in more fun.  Photography is fun, dammit.

Photo by RonAlmog

Geek Side Note:

This is one my first shots with a gorilla pod which looks like a robot but even better than that works really well.  Thanks for the recommendation Mr. Nada and a double helping of gratitude to my wife for the Christmas gift.