***This giveaway is now closed.***
Just like most things house and home, we enjoy DIYing our family pics. I really prefer candid photos versus the ones with fake scenery. This year I had big plans to have them taken outside with nature in the background. I got my younger sister to stop by on her Thanksgiving break {she’s in college} to snap the photos. One problem…it was raining. But it was our only chance to have a third party available as our photographer. So, we just went with it. I gave my sister a quick tutorial on my camera, slipped some rain boots on the boys and grabbed an umbrella. Then we headed outside into the rain. We didn’t make it too far – barely out of the driveway. I gave the boys the umbrella as a prop {and a distraction}, told Handy Hubby to kiss me and told my sister to click away. Handy Hubby joked that it was the most I’d kissed him in our last 8 years of marriage. {Funny, but not true.} Four minutes later, we were back in the house. Surprisingly, we got some good shots in that short amount of time. {Thanks Nanny Lina!} After a little editing and playing around over on Picnik, here’s what we ended up with.
It’s not perfect but neither are we…so why try to pretend? Picnik is a great tool to improve the look of just about any photo. You can resize and tweak all your pictures ’til your heart’s content. Then you can save them to your own computer or share them with friends. All those collages you see on this blog? Yep, I made them with the help of Picnik, too. And today, Picnik is offering up a FREE upgrade to Picnik Premium which allows you to do more than simply resize, brighten and crop. You get access to a larger arsenal of fonts and special features {like those wintry snowflakes you see in the picture above}. Sound like something you could use? Great. See the giveaway details below.
- PRIZE: one FREE year of Picnik Premium
- RULES: Must be at least 13 years of age to enter. One entry per email address. Live outside the U.S.?…that’s okay!
- HOW TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this post proclaiming “GOING ON A PICNIK”
- DEADLINE: Enter before Wednesday, December 8th @ 8:00 p.m. EST. The winner will be picked at random and announced on Thursday, December 9th.
- WHILE YOU’RE AT IT: Besides picnics, tell me what else you’re missing about summer. In a warmer weather climate right now? Then tell me what you’re missing most about cooler weather.
Good luck! And just for fun, here are some outtakes that didn’t make the final cut. {Everett’s boots fell off about 12 times during our 4-minute photo shoot.}
FYI – I was not compensated in any way for this post. I paid for my Picnik Premium upgrade with my own moolah and loved it enough to contact Picnik for a giveaway.
images: all Nanny Lina, we love her!
DIY, kid-friendly