I haven’t been very faithful with this new blogging project of mine, but I blame it on the pressure of packing up, moving everything back to college, and then starting my all day, every day Office of Residence Life training. Since I don’t have much more than a few drafts written, I decided to at least put up some of the pictures from my Hugo photo shoot that I’ve gotten around to editing.
This is a sign in front of Blacksmith’s Lounge (a bar and grill) on your way into Hugo. It’s one of the first things people see when they drive in from the north, and it’s fairly well-known. This is edited, honestly, in Picnik.
This picture focuses on the old Hugo Youth Center right off of Highway 61. I attempted to utilize the tips given to me by my high school photography teacher and include a c-curve. I’m not sure what I used to edit this, but I think it was Picnik… again.
In Hugo there is an old Mexican restaurant which I used as the subject for a number of pictures in this series. I finally got access to a free trial of Lightroom so I used it to edit this one.
There’s nothing remarkably significant about this photo, but these things were resting up against a guns and ammo shop in town and they just caught my eye. I worked in Lightroom to make the changes I wanted.
The lock featured here was hanging on a side door of the Hugo Youth Center, near an old basketball court. I found it amusing that the door to what is supposed to be an escape for young people has a big lock on it. I know there are major enhancements to this photo, which I did in Lightroom, so I’m not sure if it’s over the top or not.
This cactus was originally standing outside the old Mexican restaurant, but time has kind of changed that. I got to use Lightroom to edit this one as well.
Oddly enough this chair was sitting on the porch area of the Youth Center. It had seemed to me like it was timeless, watching over the town. This was one of the first pictures I edited, so I used Picnik for this as well.
The shop pictured through this cinder block used to be called Nadeau’s and it was basically a small-town market that butchered its own meat. This was one of the first photos that I got to edit using Lightroom.
Thanks for taking a look, and I would love to hear some feedback!
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