Something was said to me this week that reminded me of a time and place in my past and with that reminder I needed to see a photo I had taken several years ago.  While looking in the files I came across a photo of our backyard when I was a teenager and I knew instantly with today’s photo tools I could alter the photo to make it something more.  (This photo was actually taken in 2009 before I knew much about my camera)

Here is the original photo. Nestled in the trees to the left of the white house is our house. My parents designed and built us the perfect home.  My beothers and I dreamed teen dreams on that shore, we spend hours in that lake swimming and partying and that lake is where I first taught my oldest to swim years later.  If you could pick a spot in your life to go back to, this would be it for me.

The before:

 

The After

 

and a crop to show you there really is a house in those trees.

 

Edited using Adobe Lightroom, Paint Shop Pro X4 and Topaz Labs plugins