This festival goes for 4 weekends straight, but the last weekend is the one I enjoy the most. There's a Wine Festival, parades, Sand Sculpture Competition, Surfing Competition, vendors for miles, food for miles, bands all day and into the night... up and down the beach, and photo opportunities galore! I must admit, I do also enjoy "people watching" from my balcony, it's amazing what people do when they think noone is looking! This year while there, Gabby Douglas was home being celebrated by her home town, and let me tell you, they showed MAD love for this Gold Medalist...so proud!!
So, I'm sharing today, some of the more colorful photos taken that weekend. For this post, I was playing around with enhancing my colors and adding a filter. I think they came out pretty cool, as color always makes things more fun!
Hopefully soon, I'll get around to posting a few of the sand sculptures...INCREDIBLE!! First, I would like to get rid of the "mess" in the photos before posting. Below is one that I cleaned up, I have many more to go!
Before
After
Lesson Learned:
Enjoy life, have fun sometimes and take a "me" break away from work, life and the kids every once in a while, you'll be a happier camper! Oh....Photoshop Elements make playing with color fun!
Unveiling at the Beach,
Dee
Now THAT looks like FUN! I don't blame you for wanting some 'me' time; I don't care who you are, that's a needed part of life for EVERYONE now and again.
ReplyDeleteThose colorful photos make me feel like I'm there enjoying everything with you. Or maybe that's just my longing to be on the beach :)
It really is fun and Virginia Beach is one of those place, I go to so often, i don't mind traveling alone!
ReplyDeleteOh - I wanna go!! This looks like so much fun and your pics turned out really cool! Love all the colors and you did a great job w/the filters,...I am trying to learn some photoshop elements stuff via classes provided by Brandi over at BrandiGirl Blog - hopefully I'll get it down and mine will turn out good like yours!! Oh - and from one mom to another "woo hoo!" on the 'me' time - you are spot on w/that one! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Shel, I'll have to visit Brandi's blog, there's always something new to be learned with Jewelry making and photography! Thanks for stopping by!
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