This is a blog

A blog is a word which is short for web log. It's a diary so here is what I was doing today. My youngest son graduated from Chester University and the ceremony took place at Chester Cathedral today.

It is traditional to throw the mortar board in the air so this must be a traditional photo. He hasn't put too much effort into the throw because it is expensive headwear and it was caught off camera. If you don't recognise it the background is the cathedral and the photo on the right brings the emphasis to the foreground. The techniques to change this photo are fairly basic. Mask the area to be changed to monochrome and change it. A little work had to be done to 'feather' the border between the colour and the monochrome. Too much feathering blurs the boundary and too little means the boundary is not accurate and is obvious. This applies particularly to areas like hair. So it's not all about snapping - I should tell you how a great deal of skill is required rather than finishing with...

Happy snapping