Photo Title:	Peaceful Thoughts
Photographer:	Jason Weiesnbach
Location of Photograph:	Wagoner, Oklahoma
What the photographer likes about the image:	This photograph is particularly meaningful to me, since the main subject is my oldest son. The clouds were shot right after a very nasty storm, when the sun was just peeking out. This is what I think gives it the overall "easy" feeling.
Techniques Used:	I used a number of different techniques on this photo, mainly because I had just gotten the Arcsoft Photo Studio 2.0 and was trying out different techniques within the program. The clouds were swirled using the "whirlpool" filter of the program. Originally, I hadn't planned on keeping this photo, so I wasn't too exacting. As a result, the nose on the boy had to be partially reconstructed, using the airbrush and cloning features, along with a slight amount of blurring.
Things to notice:	The face is partially transparent, not enough to let you actually see through it, but just enough to soften it into the background nicely. A little bit of special effects takes this picture beyond an ordinary snapshot and into a work of artistic expression.