A couple years ago while driving near downtown Riverside, I noticed a light pole that appeared to be wearing a sweater. Dustin informed me that that was a Yarn Bomb-- a form of street art where people go and knit cozy little blankets onto things in the public view. The idea of somebody sneakily bringing their yarn and knitting needles in the dark of night to crochet a colorful sweater on a light pole just made me smile. Unfortunately, I didn't go out and immediately shoot pics of the one I'd seen, and by the time I got back there it was cut down (really? Someone thought it needed to be removed?!)
Then, this summer, while shooting pictures of my sister in Wisconsin, I stumbled upon another bunch of yarn bombs. Needless to say I jumped right out of my skin I was so excited. The first two here were on a bike rack at our first shoot location. Little monster feet! How adorable!
Now for the Instagram part. I was finally convinced to download it onto my phone, and have been having fun playing around with the different effects. I'm a dedicated Photoshop user, and I'll admit that at times I've discouraged students from taking the "easy way out" with online photo editors. But, sometimes it's nice to be able to edit on the fly. Today, for example, I took, edited, and posted a photo while sitting at Burger King. Today, Mr. B sent me a link to some Instagram look-alike actions that can be used in Photoshop, and I tried them out on these pictures. I think they're pretty neat, and worth downloading if you enjoy the Instagram look, but want to be able to use it in regular old Photoshop.
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