Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt!
If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!
- The hunt BEGINS on 10/15 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com.
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- There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 10/18 at midnight MST)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books and learn new things about them.
- Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the Rafflecopter form at the final stop, back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!
I’m so glad you’re joining us! I’m Roseanna M. White, writer of historical romance that always seems to include spies or war or mayhem of some sort…which is ironic, because my life is ridiculously ordinary. (Well, if you discount the fact that I have all these stories in my head. Which, if one can trust my 12-year-old son, you should definitely discount.) Most of my books are set in Edwardian/World War 1 England, but I also have a few American-set stories and some biblical fiction too. I hope you take a minute to look around and even check out my book-themed T-shirts, tote bags, and tea parties!
But today let’s focus on my latest release, A Portrait of Loyalty.
Set in 1918, this final book in the Codebreakers series (it can be read alone, don’t worry!) has a heroine who’s a photographer working for Intelligence and a crytographer hero who just escaped to England from Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution…though of course, his enemies aren’t about to let one of their Intelligence’s highest ranking officers leave without a fuss. We’ve got war, betrayal, questions about propaganda, the purpose of art, the Spanish flu, the biggest aerial raid of the war, and of course a love story all packed in these pages! (Click on the book cover to see the actual description here on my website.)
As I did my research for this series, I knew I wanted to write a book about the photographers that did so much work for the Admiralty during the war, especially when I learned that a fake photograph played a huge part in the end of the war. But how, I wondered, did these photographers even do what they did?
How You Photoshopped a Picture Before Photoshop
I’m a book cover designer and graphic artist in my (ahem) spare time, so I do a lot of photo-manipulation…but I do it all digitally. I’ve always wondered how people did the same work before the advent of computers, and when they even started doing it.
The answer: they’ve been doing it since the dawn of photography! Some of the earliest examples we have of photographs include touch-ups, cut-outs, or inserts. And some of the most famous ones too. (Like quite a few of Abraham Lincoln.) But how?
For small changes–blotting out a figure they didn’t want in there, smoothing out flaws, that sort of thing–the retoucher would go in with a paintbrush and simply match the shades of the surrounding items (keeping in mind these were in black and white) to make items disappear or change. But this took skill, especially if you were trying to work on a person–to remove scars or freckles or otherwise “airbrush” a figure. Too heavy a hand, and the people would start to look fake. (Leading to an outcry in the photography community against any retouching at all.)
Complete self-instructing library of practical photography via Archive.org // Public Domain
But then there were the more extreme examples, when an artist was called upon to combine images to create a new one. When I’m doing this work in Photoshop, I always select what I want from one image, cut it out, paste it on a new layer. Well, go figure, that’s exactly what they did then too! They would literally cut one image out of a print and paste it onto another photograph, then reshoot it and develop it as a single image.
Of course, a skilled eye could detect this work–it left small edges, or evidence of where the two layers met. Sometimes there would be a shadow between the old and new or you could see where the paper had bubbled from the glue. But the best artists left little evidence of their work…and of course, my heroine is the best of the best. 😉
A retouching desk. Image credit: Finishing the Negative via Google Books. // Public Domain
Here’s the Stop #8 Basics:
If you’re interested, you can order A Portrait of Loyalty on Amazon,
Barnes & Noble, ChristianBook or get a signed copy from my store here!
Clue to Write Down:
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Link to Stop #9, the Next Stop on the Loop:
Robin Lee Hatcher’s site!
Giveaway!
I’m giving away a signed copy of my book PLUS your choice of a Bookish Tote bag from my store to one US winner ~ or a copy of my book sent from Book Depository to an international winner!
Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.
enjoy the treasure hunt, thanks for your writing gift
i love taking landscape pictures…..some of them are so pretty…….Thanks for giving us a chance to win
I like taking pictures, but don’t take them often. My dad takes about 500 pictures a day whenever possible. On a slow day he takes about 100.
Yes I enjoy taking photos especially of my kids
I love your books! I’m also very interested in photography, so I can’t wait to read this one.
I do but I am not very talented at it!
I like to take photos but I am not very good at it.
I like taking pictures to remember things or share but I’m not a photigrapher. Thanks for the interesting facts and chance to win a prize.
I love taking photos! I have used a DLSR as a hobby for several years. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love taking pictures but not selfies
I’ve been hooked on your books since the Shadows Over England series. I’m currently reading A Portrait of Loyalty, and I love it!
I enjoy taking pictures, but sometimes I go a long time without taking any.
Yes, I enjoy taking photos even though I’m not very good at it. I have really enjoyed all of the scavenger hunt stops, thank you for having this giveaway!
This is so exiting!!
Love this article! My sister loves photography, so I’m looking forward to sharing this with her!
I’ve dabbled in photography. But I never really edit or photoshop anything. This probably makes me sound like I live under a rock, but I was surprised when I learned that professional photographers edit their photos. I thought all you had to do was get the right angle when you took the picture.
I love taking photos, but I try to live by the ‘live in the moment’ slogan, so I try to keep my phone off for the really big moments.
Loved the Codebreakers series and the background on photography during the war was fascinating!
Can you imagine what a steady hand & what artistic skills were needed for painting & matching those early photographs? I had no idea they were able to do such things that long ago! Thanks for sharing that interesting piece of history with us. I wish I knew more about photoshop.
I love taking photos! I found the information about historical ‘Photoshopping’ fascinating. Thank you for sharing!
I do photography as a side gig. My favorite thing is getting people to get comfortable for the camera!
I loved this series! I am a Web Developer and photographer, and I found the photography techniques fascinating.
The rafflecopter form would not let me enter, but I already receive your newsletter and follow you on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads and Bookbub! Love your books!
How interesting!n I can’t WAIT to read this one!!
I love taking photos i am battling a disease rsd so i have asked for a better camera as i haven’t taken any in awhile as it is too hard to use as fingers are crippled. Want to take the photos for my kids who live in Ca and their kids which there is 5. love to read and review books as my past time
I love to take pictures just for fun! I have several family members who are photographers.
I’m not much of a photographer (certainly not as much as my sister), but I am fascinated in all things historical, and historical photos are the best! Too bad you can’t even trust those …
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So excited to learn about all these new books and authors.
I love taking photos! They’re not professional quality, but I enjoy it none-the-less.
Would love to win one of your books!
I love”antique” feeling stories intertwined with history. And the pictures you’ve posted are so fascinated. I love them and am looking forward to reading your book. Thank you!
I enjoy taking pictures, but they don’t always turn out. I really enjoyed your historical info about photoshopping.. thanks for this giveaway!
Yes. I like to take pictures. I have boxes of pictures of my 8 children and grandchildren. Years ago my oldest daughter and I took a photography course and learned to develop our own pictures. Now I have digital photos.
I enjoy taking pictures to capture memories, but I am no photographer or anything. I wish I was though!
I’ve read the first in this series, have the second on my TBR list, and excited about this one! Plus, I adore photography! Can’t wait!
Ooh! Leave a blog post comment. What to write, what to write…
Well how about a little story?? My heroine is Jessica of New Zealand and she actually wins a few books from a far away world called America. Jessica lives happily ever after.
The end!
Yes, I do actually take photos as a hobby when I was 13. I used to do wedding photography but eventually decided I needed to spend my weekend with the family. This year I began photographing birds in my backyard (thanks to COVID!) and the kids have learned to identify so many birds. It has been a blessing.
I love taking pictures and putting them up all around my house and in albums.
I love taking photos 🙂
It was really fun reading your post about pre-Photoshop editing! I recently read The Painter’s Daughter (Julie Klassen), so it was neat to see an actual photograph of what Sophie and her father did in the novel!!
I am looking forward to reading your books. I do love to take pictures.
I do like taking photos of people I love! I tried to sign up for your newsletter, but the link did not work.
Roseanna I’m trying once again to comment, I tried a few hours ago and it said I had already commented.
Thanks for being part of this great Scavenger Hunt. Thanks for the bonus giveaway! Those bags are so fun. I think I need one that says I’ve run out of room on my 4 kindles. I no longer collect just regular books, it seems I collect kindles filled with books!! 🙂
My sons are the cameramen in my family since their dad passed. I can take a pic without cutting off heads but that’s about all I can say!! lol
I tried to subscribe to your newsletter but the sign up page was not working and I couldn’t get to it. I provided my email in the entry. Please subscribe me, to make it an “honest” entry. Thank you. I am really interested in the things you write about. Thank you for this opportunity to win.
I love taking photos! I wish that I had taken a photography course while in college to teach me how to take better pictures. But I love having that photo to remind me of different events/experiences throughout my life.
I love taking photos and I take a lot of them. People at church don’t mind as I also make personal birthday cards using pictures that I have taken.
Love taking pictures!
Love taking photos
I just “discovered” you this year–a combination of a friend’s review of one of your books, which I added to my overly long TBR list, and a Kindle sale. I read the first in the Shadows over England series and LOVED it. I bought the next two audiobooks in the series, sped through the second one, and just started the third one today.
I’m a graphic artist as well, so I found this really interesting! I also enjoy photography.
These details about early “photoshop” are fascinating!
I’ve loved this series so much! I can’t wait to read this next one.
I love your books! Your style of writing and how you seamlessly combine fact with fiction is phenomenal. Most of all I enjoy reading about how each of your characters comes to terms with the need for faith in the Lord! “Number of Love” is my favorite of the code breakers series. Can’t wait to read the final installment, and I pray you and your family are safe and healthy during these difficult times. Keep the faith! 🙏😁
Roseanna I loved reading about “photoshopping” way before that was a thing. My hubby was the one that took the pics, now that he is in Heaven, my sons usually take them for me. I do ok, I don’t cut off heads or anything. 😉 lol They just do a much better job than me.
Thanks for being part of this fun Scavenger Hunt. I see I need to catch up on your books.
I wasn’t sure what to put in box for GoodReads credit so I did my user name. I do follow you on there. Fingers crossed that was ok. lol
Love, Love, Love those fun bags, thanks for offering them for a bonus giveaway. I ran out of room for “books” so I have collected kindles that are now full of books. lol
I do enjoy taking photos of family and friends.
I have always enjoyed photography! I just wish I had a better eye for it! I love that bag that says I need more shelves. hahahah
I DO enjoy taking photos! 😁 #Bookstagram is my favorite!
I love taking photos – but I usually steal my husband’s phone if I want to take good ones, LOL…
My daughter and I love all your novels! Can’t wait for this one as well 🙂
I do enjoy taking pictures! My family is big into photography and is always taking lots of pictures.
My sister has shown me some of her photoshop techniques. Its really fascinating!
This series sounds fascinating to me. I definitely want to read them!
Your books were one of the most delightful results of participating in this scavenger hunt! I binge read just about all of them this summer and really enjoyed learning more about the World War I era. Thank you!
I love to take photos! Growing up, I wanted to be a photographer, but the Lord lead me in another direction. I still share a love for the hobby and use that to inspire my Bookstagram posts.
I have not read you books yet, but look forward to it! Love these scavenger hunts to find new authors!
I mostly just take snapshots of my kids on my phone. For the grandparents!
I like to take photos.
I’m so sorry I started reading your books because now I can’t stop!! 🙃 I started with The Number of Love and was hooked. Couldn’t wait to read Wings of Devotion, then saw in the Author’s Notes that there were previous books! Loved finding out about Brook and friends and Barclay and family and how they all reappear from time to time in the later books. Thanks for so many delightful hours of reading. Can’t wait to read Portrait of a Lady.
I love good photos and enjoy taking them (very amateurish though) of God’s creation in nature and animals.
I have read the first Codebreaker series book and am excited to read the rest of the series.
What an interesting sounding book! I can’t wait to read it!
Really looking forward to this new book. Loved the other ones in the series!
Loved the first two books in the series. Looking forward to reading the conclusion.
I love taking photos , but none of myself.
I love taking pictures and I love hanging pictures in my home. I’m not great at it but I do ok.
Excited to start reading your books.
I do like taking photos. 😊 I also like editing them, though not like Lily does—just enough to bring out the best colors. 😊
I love taking pictures. Your book sounds interesting. Thank you for the giveaway.
I love to read Roseanna’s books! They are great reads.
Yes, I enjoy photography, and I use photoshop, also! My A.S. degree is Graphic Arts Technology, and your post interested me very much.
Romans 10:8-13
I’m on a hunt right now, can’t take pictures 🤗 – Good Luck to all!
The “Today I … read a book” bag is really cute!
I don’t like taking photos. I’m terrible at it.
Your book sounds so intriguing. Thank you for the opportunity. God bless you.
Love your Codebreakers series! Can’t wait to read this one. 🙂
Thank you for being a host for the hunt!
I haven’t read in so long (I have a 1 and 2 year old), but this hunt has me excited to get back into it!
I love taking pictures of anything pretty, interesting, and whatever else catches my eye! Can’t wait to read your latest release.
Thanks for all the options. I joined a couple of places I had not yet found.
I just ordered the Codebreakers series with Amazon’s 2 for 3 deal – can’t wait to read them!
I have been so excited to read this one! Can’t wait! I love all your books!
I don’t consider myself a photographer, but I enjoy beautiful photography. I’m so excited for this book!
Roseanna
I just finished The Number of Love and I felt that your writing style resonated with me so much. You are so creative to have Margot think in numbers and I was heartbroken when she couldn’t… I also loved her faith and how she continued to wait to hear from God. A true reminder for me. As well as to ask the right questions
Taking photos is okay now, but when I was younger, I’d take them all. The. Time. I’d bring my camera to any social event and, rather than participating in the event, take photos of it! I don’t mean to brag, but I ended up having a photo display at my local library at the age of 14. As you may imagine, I was quite proud of myself! 🙂
Nowadays, I do photography in an almost businesslike way. I’m not hired; however, I am sometimes still asked to do photos for a yearbook or friend’s blog post.
A Portrait of Loyalty looks AMAZING! The more I read the description, the more I became interested! I so hope to win! 🙂
I like taking pictures, but don’t care to be in them! However, I’m a terrible “poster” of pictures. I prefer to be in the moment vs documenting a vacation or special event…or really just daily living.
I love taking pictures on my phone. I have tons of albums with pictures printed out. My family thinks I’m the crazy picture-taking lady but they’re glad when I can produce pictures from certain events they want to remember. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of your book!
I love taking photos! (Just finished taking a series of autumn in New York this morning.). 🙂
So KOOL! I worked for a Photography Studio for 10 yrs & learned about Photoshop & digitally editing pics before Adobe Photoshop! I have been taking pictures since I was about 15 yrs old & REALLY LOVE Nature photography.
I loved A Portrait of Loyalty. I played military Monopoly with my grandson right after reading it and had to buy the Code Breakers property. LOL Thanks for many hours of delightful reading.
I enjoy your books
I do like taking photos, but I am definitely not a photographer. Wish I had a better camera!
I enjoy taking photos with friends that I don’t see often.
Now, that I have a new granddaughter. I love taking pictures! 🙂
I have a 1 and 4 year old so my phone camera takes a ton of photos… that we rarely ever look at.
I love photos, old and new. They tell a great story, record events, visits, people, in a tangible way. I am very into ancestry research, and love the photos that tell a story, show a face etc. I wish I was a better photog myself. I have enjoyed your previous codebreaker stories as well. I look forward to reading this one too.
This is so interesting! I’m going to have to look up about Abe’s touch ups now! Lol
Your book sounds wonderful.
I love taking photos! There is something amazing about being able to capture a moment in time that you can always look at again. My favourite picture that I ever took was at the Thiepval monument in France. I took it looking up the steps to the grave of remembrance and the sun had broken through a thick layer of clouds, flooding the picture with light and making the stones themselves seem to glow.
I Love Taking Pictures! So Looking Forward to Reading your Book, It sounds so good!
I love taking photos of my new grand baby. Thanks for the chance.
I love photos – old photos especially – and especially old family photos! 🙂 Would enjoy your book!
Yes, I like taking photos. It has been fun to come up with pictures for the Instagram and my blog of books I have been reading.
I love taking photos.
I am really enjoying your books. 😁
Thank you
I love making photos! I have been lucky to have grey foxes visiting my back yard for 2 summers–my camera caught them kissing, washing ears, sleeping and of course stealing cat food.
I love taking pictures!!! Pictures are a great way to “remember” memories!
I loved The Number of Love and am so excited to read this one!
I do love taking photos! Especially when I have beautiful scenery around me. But it’s nothing professional or ambitious haha.
Can’t wait to read this one! thanks for the giveaway :))
I enjoy taking photos and scrapbooking them to preserve the stories of my family.
This book sounds so intriguing! I’m looking forward to reading it.
Just need this final book to complete the series!
I am not too much of a picture taker.
I like having photos, but not particularly good at taking them.
I love taking photos but it’s more of a hobby at this stage. I really enjoyed your blog post. Thank you for the chance!
I love all of your books, I love darkroom work, it’s so exciting to see it in a story. Thanks and I’m always looking forward to your next book!
Thanks for the giveaway
I love taking photos , but I’m not terribly artistic. I do take pretty good photos of people though.
I love your writing and your stories! I was first introduced to your books with A Stray Drop of Blood which has stayed with me to this day. I’ve read many other of your books, and I’m looking forward to reading the last Codebreakers book. Also, I took photography classes where we had to develop our own photos and do all kinds of special effects manually. It was very challenging, and it taught me so much about photography. I still love photography, but I use digital now as well as using Photoshop. 🙂
This post is fascinating! I had no idea they could do so much ‘photoshopping’ before photoshop was around. Even more eager to read A Portrait of Loyalty now. If that’s even possible 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you for the opportunity!
I love taking photos, but not the best.
I love your books
I loved your latest series!!! Keep up the amazing writing!
My Dad was a photo interpreter for the Air Force and went to the Korean War, Vietnam War and many trips to Okinawa and Japan. I was always fascinated with his skill to identify targets and map out positions using aerial photographs. I hope to read your Codebreaker series soon! Thanks for writing!
My daughter is a professional photographer so I leave the pics to her.
I had no idea that editing photos was originally done this way! Now I am even more excited to Portrait of Loyalty!
Exited to read your books. 🙂
I’ve read most of your books and this is probably my favorite! It was excellent and I highly recommend it. I love taking pictures but I’m definitely no Lily in terms of quality I’m afraid.
Yes, I take picture with my phone.
Thank you
I enjoy taking photos and used to be pretty good at it. However, once we had children, I tended to be busy with them and my husband took over. I am the type to set up shots and wait until everything was just the way I wanted it. My husband is more of a point and shoot photographer.
I love taking photos! That is my hobby!
Thank you for the hunt and the giveaway!
Yes, I like taking photos, but I don’t do it real often because of work. My daughter is really great at it. She has been busy with college and not been taking as many photos, but when she does find time she is quite creative.
One of our favorite authors of our small library. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to your new books!
I took photography in high school and loved it! Wish I had more time to learn more! Also loved The Number of Love and am looking forward to reading more of the series!
Sounds like a great novel! I’m always looking for new books for my teenage daughter to read and she loves photography.
I haven ‘t taken pictures for years – no camera – but have so many from the 50s-80s! Wonderful memories.:)
I love taking photos–of people and scenery!
I love taking photos! Your books sound fascinating! Adding them to my TBR list!
I like taking pix. But, I like to read more! 🙂
Such fascinating historical information! I love your books and am looking forward to reading your latest!
I’ve never been much of a photo taker, tough I wish I was.
I like taking pics, but don’t like to have my pic taken!
I love your books and the covers are beautiful.
I’ve read and enjoyed your books; I look forward to reading more! 🙂
I love your books, find not only they’ve been heavily researched, but I always learn something very interesting. Thank you. And I don’t tweet!
I like taking photos of family especially my husband interacting with our little boy 🙂
I love taking photos of everything outside around me.
I do enjoy taking photos! Not very good at it, but it is fun. 🙂
I love taking photos of my first grandchild who was born in June.
I leave the photo taking to my kids…but this year, with a brand new grandbaby (weee!!) my phone is loaded!!
I love taking photos
This is going to be an interesting read!
I love taking photos, not that I am an expert 🙂
I love being the one behind the camera to take pictures. My camera is filled with flowers.
I’m a hobbyist so not professional by any means but it’s such a joy to go out and create! I love seeing these photos from early days!
I just learned about early photoshop and how women got the “wasp waist” looks!
Not so much now. When my son was young I took a lot. Thanks for the chance.
You are new to me. Looking forward to reading your books.
I loved reading the first chapter that you sent out earlier this year and can’t wait to read the whole book!!
I enjoy your books.
I love this series!
Yes take photo’s at least once a week of things I see.
Looking forward to this release! The history behind this book sounds so interesting!
Wow, thanks for spilling all the tea on photography and photoshopping! My history lesson and fun fact for today!
I love taking photos and took a class in college about how to develop the film too. This has been a great series so far! I love reading about the Codebreakers! Good job!
I love taking photos and took a class in college about how to develop the film too. This has been a great series so far! I love reading about the Codebreakers.
I can’t wait to read the Codebreakers series!
I DO like taking photos! Especially outdoors! It’s wonderful to capture some of the beauty I see outside!
I’m no good at photography or art, but my son got a degree in graphic design. Since he couldn’t find a job in that field, he’s a journalist.
Very interesting plot. Want to read!
Oh, I definitely love taking photos!!! The whole Codebreakers series has been one of my favorites.
I love taking pictures!
Thank you for this remarkable chance!!
I havent read your books before but i look forward to the new opportunity.
I am so excited to read one of these upcoming novels. I do enjoy taking photos, but never by myself.
I love taking landscape pictures
I am so excited to read these upcoming novels!
I definitely am a picture taker! As many as possible. I am more of a scenery photographer than a people photographer, though.
Can’t wait to read your new book!
I have to admit that the images are captured by my eyes more than the camera. I like photos by the way, but I am not sure if I enjoy the photographer role