LITTLE COLOR CHANGES TO A PICTURE COULD GIVE DIFFERENT READINGS

For those who are familiar with biology, I am sure you must have heard of a blight. It is a disease that ravages plants, caused by bacteria, fungi or viruses and discolors the parts of the plant such that they appear brownish or slightly so.

When I took a look at this picture, of the parts of a leaf, I wondered if I could make a blighted image of it.

The original photo

Although the leaves looked fresh, but at some edges they looked worn out. So I took out my photo editing software, open source mind you, and called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) and tried my hands at blighting the image above.

Since I wanted to change only one color, the yellow colors on the green leaf, I decided the hue-saturation tool was good for the job. I reduced the hue of the photo to -30 until I got one of the primary colors I wanted, something brownish. I then chose that as my primary color. I then increased the darkness of the photo by reducing the lightness to -30 and the saturation to 70. You can see the result below.

The blighted leaves photo

How powerful photo editing is.

On a wishful note, I wanted to convert the photo to the parts of a leaf that were fresh, green and somewhat tender.

Back to the hue-saturation tool again. This time, the primary color was not specific but just the master. I wanted the greenness to be outstanding, so I increased the hue to 20 and increased the lightness to 27. The photo shone brilliantly like green parts of a leaf in spring. It looked so fresh that one could almost touch them. If I wanted the green leaves to appear old and not fresh, I would have darkened it a little with the lightness feature, especially at the edges. On a last note, I decided to reduce the intensity of the color by reducing the saturation by 5, that is, -5.

The result can be seen below.

The leaves looking fresh, after editing

You can make a photo look sick or fresh and healthy, depending on what filters you apply to it. Voila.

WHY ONE COLOR CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH IN A WORLD WHERE LIFE IS FULL OF COLORS

Most of the pictures you encounter on the social networks you visit are usually in colored. No fault of the poster, because we all want our life to be colorful. But if you do appreciate colors, you would realize that sometimes we want even those colors to be varied sometimes, or to be defined within some fixed ranges, especially for some of us who have color problems.

Color also reflects our mood and feelings; just like poetry. Both fields feed on the artistic nature of the human; both fields can never be dull of monochromatic, else, no one would patronize them. At Engagement Ink we are conscious of this fact and constantly are looking for ways to increase the range of colors you can spice up your images with, while at the same time, increasing the scope of colors you can chose from. Why not visit the colors and tones albums and see for yourself.

For example, while Black&White photos are most favorable for old or historical photos, sepia tones (they are those pictures you think were tainted with light or dark brown colors) are loved by people who want to keep their photos for archival purposes. At the colors and tones album, you can feed your eyes on the panoply of colors you can apply to your photos. All this is to increase the value of your photos and make your family and friends appreciate them more; the same way as you do.

Is there a tone or color which you would like to see added to the list? Send me a message on facebook or email me: nnaemeka.david@gmail.com, and I will surely get the filter for it and include the color or tone in the gallery.

Partnership needed:

Engagement Ink is still growing. If you are a photographer, shoot videos, are into wedding planning and events planning, or even deal on accessories that are linked directly or indirectly to weddings like Wedding Gowns, Suits, rings, invitation cards, you can derive a lot of good by partnering with us, or even adding Engagement Ink’s services as a subsidiary service your company provides and increase your revenue base while adding more value to your product offerings.

Facets:

These are the three facets of engagement ink:list of wedding pages , photo portraits and frames and then, color and tones. These three facets when considered together gives a complete picture of how couples can derive value from having a wedding page.

ENGAGEMENT INK IN LESS THAN 500 WORDS

Because our newly-wedded couple deserve value for their money, and have to consider the sacrifices made by their family and friends to honor and celebrate this sacred and historic occasion, Engagement Ink created this service so these newly-weds can derive value from adding social networking and the cost advantages provided by social networking and the Internet in their pre- and post-wedding plans, as well as marketing the wedding day as an event that wedding Saturday.

Pre-wedding:

the About To Wed couple can scan every necessary wedding information material that is created for their family and friends – invitation cards, menus etc and post it on their wedding page. The cover page for the wedding page would bear amongst other things, “About To Wed”, in line with the tradition and the accepted custom in Nigeria.

Wedding Saturday:

Engagement Ink recognizes the work and effort put in by gown designers, wedding planners, suit designers, hall decorators and lots of people to make this day a success. But on the other hand, we realize that no one has thought of our family and friends who are not able to see all these; those that were invited and would not be coming maybe because of geography or other considerations. Making the wedding an event can close this gap. As an event, those who failed to attend can follow the proceedings, right from when the couple arrive the wedding venue and down to the evening when every leg is tired, bleary eyed and willing to tell the newly wedded couple: “Welcome to the club."

Post-wedding:

Whether there will be a honeymoon or not, that is left to the couple, but there will be photos shot during the wedding and videos also shot during the wedding for the couple to distribute to their family and friends who have all gone back to their destination. Who can do this? No other but Engagement Ink. You should not spend all that money just to keep those photos and Video CDs in a drawer to gather dust and be forgotten. Make your family and friends see them, comment on them and tell you what they enjoyed that Saturday.

Thanks! This is what Engagement Ink is all about in less than five hundred (500) words.

Partnership needed:

Engagement Ink is still growing. If you are a photographer, shoot videos, are into wedding planning and events planning, or even deal on accessories that are linked directly or indirectly to weddings like Wedding Gowns, Suits, rings, invitation cards, you can derive a lot of good by partnering with us, or even adding Engagement Ink’s services as a subsidiary service your company provides and increase your revenue base while adding more value to your product offerings.

Facets:

These are the three facets of engagement ink:list of wedding pages, photo portraits and frames and then, colors and tones. These three facets when considered together gives a complete picture of how couples can derive value from having a wedding page.

WHAT A WEDDING PAGE REPRESENTS

Wedding pages are the sum of a couple’s married life, starting from that day, as profiles are to individuals and groups are to groups of persons sharing the same interests. Wedding pages are forums where married people can share the joys, tears, celebrations and anniversaries of their married life with their family and friends, using photos, videos, notes and events. They serve as a bridge between isolated singleness and communal groups. See a sample wedding page for couples:note the hall of fame entries at the photos app.

At the bottom of this timeline,see how wedding pages are spiced with artifacts of the weddings, even before the wedding. If you are ready for marriage or already married, avail yourself of a wedding page through Engagement Ink.

Not another website:

You don’t need another profile page after you have a wedding page. This is to reflect your change in status, from a single to a married. You should encourage your mate to post on the wedding page with you, as often as possible, so your family and friends, will be able to understand the changed status both of you are having.

Partnership needed:

Engagement Ink is still growing. If you are a photographer, shoot videos, are into wedding planning and events planning, or even deal on accessories that are linked directly or indirectly to weddings like Wedding Gowns, Suits, rings, and invitation cards, you can derive a lot of good by partnering with, or adding Engagement Ink’s services as a subsidiary service your company provides. Thereby increasing your revenue base while adding more value to your product offerings.

Product Highlight: Wedding Pages on Facebook (WPoF) pages: Post-wedding picture frames and cover pages.

Engagment Ink’s “Wedding Pages on Facebook (WPoF) pages: Post-wedding picture frames and cover pages” consists of three items which have been organized into two packages.

The items are the wedding pages, the colors and tones, and finally the frames for the photos. You can find all of this by paying a visit to the Engagement Ink’s Facebook page Photo app.

The packages are:

The Basic package:

This offering comes with a maximum choice of 3 colors and tones for toning your pictures, a maximum choice of 5 portraits and frames and any choice of cover pages from our gallery or other galleries, or your own idea. The Basic service accepts a maximum of fifty (50) photos. The Basic service costs seven thousand (N7, 000) naira.

The Premium package:

The premium offering comes with an unlimited choice of colors and tones from our colors and tones gallery on Facebook, an unlimited choice of portraits and frames and a maximum of hundred (100) photos. You can choose any cover page idea from our gallery or any other gallery, or even propose your own ideas. The premium service costs eleven thousand (N11, 000) naira.

For further information, please, do download this document, “Wedding pages on Facebook.”

LIST OF WEDDING PAGE

The list below, along with the links that accompany them lead, when clicked, to wedding pages that have been created by Engagement Ink on Facebook. The cover pages reflect different moods and wedding outlook. I believe Engagement Ink has a cover and wedding page that reflects what you want your family and friends to remember about your wedding and subsequently marriage life.

Also, see a list of portraits that can spice your wedding pages and wedding albums. You will surely love them.

African Soil

AFRICAN SOIL.

This was for a couple who were my first client. The pictures were taken from a one and half year old video cd of the wedding. I tried my best to sharpen and remove much of the faults in the images. The link to the photos pages are here. Note particularly the Hall of Fame albums. The five album series is a pictorial story of what happened that Saturday, 18th December, 2010.

Bright Soils

BRIGHT SOILS.

This was for a couple who were my second client. The wedding took place on the 21st of April, 2012. The wedding page is still work in progress. See the bottom of the timeline for a pretty invitation card photo.

Clashing Lights

CLASHING LIGHTS.

This wedding page was designed with lights overcoming darkness. It was designed for any couple who think on the bright side of life. I played with lots of lights on the cover page.

Black Grass

BLACK GRASS.

This wedding page is just a sample copy of a design with freshness greenery in mind, although I chose to make the grass dark. It is for any couple who believe the wedding day and their marriage should be memorialized with fresh artifacts of daily life like flowers, blue skies etc.

Stars

STARS

As glory is but some emotion, so also will this page reflect on couples who love the fast lane and enjoy the bright light of fame and stardom.

About To Wed Guinness Template

ABOUT TO WED GUINESS TEMPLATE.

This is the first About To Wed Facebook page and will serve as template for all others. The template was inspired by the Guinness stout poster scattered all over Lagos. It gives the idea of power but one that is dynamic, in transition and fearsome.

Reflections

REFLECTIONS.

I did the cover page for this wedding page with reflection in mind , like the reflection images of water and glass. I believe reflections show us a second side of what we are, as it should for any couple.

Bridges

BRIDGES.

Ever thought of rare luxurious vintage wine? That is the emotion this page inspires. This sample copy was meant for couples who love to live their life to the full.

BUTTERFLIES

BUTTERFLIES.

Ever had butterflies in your stomach? Ever wanted green lawns with all the beauty of purity and chastity? Butterflies shares such emotions with couples as they begin marriage.

SPIRAL FLOWERS

SPIRAL FLOWERS

This wedding page inspires motion and action. Like a wind strewing flowers, which happens often in my neighborhood. It evokes fast paced spiral movement. Good for couples who like things digital.

AWAKENING

AWAKENING

When the sunrises, a new day is heralded. This wedding page makes every day of your marriage to seem fresh, and bright. Couples who love lights and playing with lights will find this page to their taste.

Also, see a list of portraits that can spice your wedding pages and wedding albums. You will surely love them.