Quick Tips to Improve Photos Video

 video, narration, beats by Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com
photos by Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com, The Beaumont Enterprise and/or The Dallas Morning News

Please watch and share “Quick Tips to Improve Photos.”
The companion "cheat sheet" on this blog is located here: quick-tips-to-improve-your-photos.

This version is visual hot sauce to some. There is a slower version to savor each frame. It's located at "Savory Tips to Improve Photos."

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Although I will do some additional work in the future, this is my Magnum Opus.

Enough for now,

Instagram Posts - May 2018

video, photos and SoundStripe by Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com

This is the recap of the May 2018 Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/mark.m.hancock.

This month included some images from warm San Diego, California and rainy spring days in Detroit, Michigan along with lots of tasty food. All photos made with an iPhone.

San Diego - Art

photos, soundstripe and video by
Mark M. Hancock / © DFWmark.com

Various modes of art imbue the Southern California city around San Diego on April 8 to 11, 2018.

This is the second of the San Diego series. Please subscribe and be the first to see additional slideshows about San Diego’s Animals, Art, Architecture and Aquatica.

Included in this slideshow video are images of various art: public art, statues, landscape, flowers, mosaics, tile, steel, chrome, food, culinary, cuisine, graffiti, kitsch, functional, municipal, fountain, waterscape, wrought iron, colorful pinwheels, windsocks, kites, fountains, abstracts, performances, corporate, glass, safety, camouflage, natural, transportation, tourism, plaza, dessert.


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Mardi Gras World Tour

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Artisans work while tourists are guided through the Mardi Gras World fabrication areas and float den in New Orleans on April 13, 2015. The facility prepares and manages more than 500 floats. Artists work all year, and tours are available every day except Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and Mardi Gras Day (Fat Tuesday).


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Good Morning NOLA!

© Mark M. Hancock / DFWmark.com

An oil tanker and ferry cross paths on the Mississippi River as the sun rises over New Orleans on Monday, March 21, 2011.

Autos in the Park show

photos © Mark M. Hancock and The Dallas Morning News

Chrome shines on an antique Cadillac during the 3rd Annual Autos in the Park car show at the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Exhibit fees were donated to the Cooper Institute and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.


Ken Godden of Tyler (left) has a laugh with Bob Bishop of Van Alstyne (right) next to Godden's 1926 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 Estate Car during the car show.


Jeff Ruff dusts his 2005 Ford Mustang during the car show.


Visitors examine fine examples of European engineering during the Autos in the Park car show at the Cooper Aerobics Center.


Sun reflects on the hood ornament of Bill Kimball's 1941 Cadillac Convertible.


Evelyn Godden (left to right), Bob Bishop and Ken Godden have an original tailgate party under the trees next to Godden's 1926 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 Estate Car.


Bill Norris' 1934 Ford rests quietly under a tree during the car show.


Kathryn Cantwell of Flower Mound (right) talks about a new Mercedes SLK 300 with Jed Siddle, parts manager of Park Place Motorcars of Dallas, (left) during the car show.


Joe Fernandez of Garland (right) takes a break with Mars, his 3-year-old Doberman pincher, (left) during the 3rd Annual Autos in the Park car show at the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas.

Dewey spider

Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise

A spider waits in a dewey web in Tyler County on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. Wednesday morning's thick fog made driving difficult throughout Southeast Texas.

Award Winner:
2nd Place, Feature Photo, Texas Press Association

This image is also the final image in this slideshow. You're not seeing double.

Fair-well

Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise

Fairgoers take in the rides and food during the last weekend of the 2007 South Texas State Fair at Ford Park in Beaumont on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. Sunday is the final day of the fair.

Award Winner:
2nd Place, Feature Photo, Texas Press Association

Fair sky

Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise

Fairgoers ride the Carousel Swing during the South Texas State Fair at Ford Park in Beaumont on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. The fair continues through Oct. 21.

Football finishing touches

Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise

West Brook High School linemen work on drills during football practice in Beaumont on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007.


West Brook High School senior kicker Anthony Pileggi gets a drink of water during football practice at the school in Beaumont. Football season begins this week for Texas high schools.

Exploration rigs

Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise

The sun sets behind off-shore rigs under construction near Sabine Pass on Wednesday, May 16, 2007.

Flamingo grooms

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A flamingo grooms itself inside a sanctuary at Moody Gardens in Galveston on Monday, April 9, 2007.
 

Carnival im Mondschein

Carnival goers scream as they ride the Power Surge in the parking lot at Parkdale Mall in Beaumont on Thursday, March 22, 2007.

Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise



Flowers sleep silently as carnival goers scream on rides at a carnival in the parking lot of Parkdale Mall in Beaumont.

The point of pointe

Emily Larkard, 21, of China goes on pointe before practice for "Cinderella" at Bonnie Cokinos School of Dance in Beaumont on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. Ballet, particularly pointe, can be dangerous for the long-term health of ballerinas' feet.

Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise


I posted this for the folks who don't like basketball. Considering I'm shooting not one, not two, but three championship games today (plus two days of semifinals), expect a LOT of basketball images this week.

Happy Valentine's Day

© Mark M. Hancock / NewsEagles

A neon heart glows around a diamond-shaped sign at Robson's Jewelers in Baytown on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007.

I saw this sign on my way home from a basketball playoff game in Baytown and knew I had to post it today or wait an entire year.

Boomtown scream

Maddie Thomas, 6, of Kountze screams as she slides toward the pool at Boomtown USA Waterpark in Vidor on Tuesday, May 31, 2005.

Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise