Sunday, 15 August 2010

Dumpr Fun

Although I'm always looking for ways to take better photos, it's true, I'm also always on the lookout for things to do with the (very) many poor photos I already own. I'm not good at deleting them (it's so final). I keep them, hoping I'll find a way to offer them a reprieve. And today I have one! It's Dumpr. I hadn't ever really played with silly photo effects until I found this. It's not a new idea, I know, but these are fun and quirky - and great for a disguise.

A very badly blurred shot in bad light?

Make it a sketch
A portrait with too much in the background?

Crop it tight and make him a star
A horse with an ego the size of a house?

Let him believe people really are looking
The very worst of the worst?

Little E, you've been papped
There are other things you can do too: I like Rubik's Cube and Christmas Ornament. But what I like best of all is that if you print them out, you have a story to tell. Maybe not the one you thought you had, but a story all the same. And you can scrapbook it.

21 comments:

  1. totally cool. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. that looks like a lot of fun! i am not a good photographer so i know i have plenty of bad photos. :-)

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  3. How on earth do you find these sites? Brilliant! I will definitely be having a go on this!
    Fancy Horsey making it into the Tate Modern ;-)

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  4. Now we all know that horsey deserves a place in the Tate and I for one have put his name forward for a spot on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square!

    Love that site and most definately one I will use thank you.

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  5. i'm a newbie to scrapping for bloggers. Loved this post. Went away and made some pretty cool birthday cards. Thanks, Lorraine

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  6. They look brilliant Sian, of course I blame you now as I can see I'm going to be spending time playing now.

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  7. wow the tall one is looking incredibly handsome in that photo, any new york girly would fall in love immediately. of course horsey comes a close second, and on my travels yesterday there was a village named after him!!!!!!!
    Jo xxx

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  8. Very cool. Gotta love a horse with a healthy ego. LOL!
    Rinda

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  9. Brilliant, Sian! What a find - thank-you for the introduction! I can oodles of uses for this ... :)

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  10. This looks like a lot of fun! thanks for the link!!

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  11. How clever is that!? I love the one of Horsey, so cool. He's been very quite of late, hasn't he?!

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  12. Hmmm, a very good idea - now you have my mind spinning with more stories!

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  13. Wow! Thanks for the link and your photos are great! I love the Horsey one too. LOL

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  14. That is such fun, Sian! I will definitely investigate. You find the Best sites for us - thanks for sharing.

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  15. This looks brilliant - must definitely have a play with it x

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  16. Brilliant! :P I've tried sites like this but this is a new one - I'll have to go play later ;)

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  17. thanks for sharing a fun looking site!

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  18. So clever, so cool! Thanks for sharing :-)

    Is Horsey totally unbearable now? xx

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  19. I had a little go at this.. thanks for sharing this, Sian! I think I've sent you a trackback from my blog.. first time I've tried doing that so not sure what happens!

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