Jose

Kelly Bordner

This picture of my sons was taken in Mexico this past summer. Jose was our waiter every night at dinner. He was always joking around with the boys and making them balloon animals and swords. On our last night there, they wanted their picture taken with him.

I used the GIMP program to edit the picture. I had some trouble downloading the software. It was a very different process from any download I've ever done. I wasn't able to get the Help portion of it, but I did find directions for using GIMP from Annette which were helpful. (I don't remember where I found them)

I first resized both images using the resizing tool from the Image menu, then selecting Scale Image. My original picture was very dark, so I used the Brightness/Contrast tool under Layers, Colors. I also adjusted the Hue Saturation and Color Balance under the Color tool. Lastly, I cropped the photo choosing the Selection Tool from the Tools tab. I drew a rectangle around the portion of the picture I wanted to keep. Then I went to the Image menu and selected Crop Image. The picture is still a little fuzzy, but I do feel it is better than before. You are able to see more detail in the photo, and the boys and Jose are more visible.