June 16, 2009

Got a shot today playing around in the backyard after going to the beach and pool.
Just was trying to make a shot out of nothing. I did not bring all my photo gear, this is a family vacation and not a photo outing, so I did not have the close up tools.

June 15, 2009

Arrived in HOT/HUMID Florida today, a lot different than WV, but will have to suffer with the beach and other things.
Went out in the backyard to see if I could find any spiders, nope, so I took a shot of a flower and headed back to the AC.

June 13, 2009

I have been working on some photoshop techniques from people like Mark Johnson, Bert Monroy, etc and trying to understand Calculations, Vectors, and other things I don't use, but would make life a lot easier. You also pick up great quick tips for doing something you use a lot that you didn't know like, how to copy a layer effect to 100 layers all at once, so you don't have to drag effect to each layer. By the way, it is under copy layer style and you shift click on all the layers and then paste effect from the menu.
Here is an example of what it can do with a simple click and using define pattern that I have never use.

June 12, 2009

I am getting ready to leave for Florida and was just playing around with some images and saw a Bert Monroy tutorial on how to make a old car look different so I tried the effect and liked the end result.

These were done with channels and using them to select an area and then applying a color layer then using a duplicate background layer smart blur in normal and find edges and adjusting to what you like

June 7, 2009

Liked the look of this sky so I took a picture. Should come in handy if I ever want to add a cool sky to a picture.

June 4, 2009

Weather and my time have not been working to allow me to get out and shoot some shots, so I just went and picked a shot I love that I took in Acadia, Maine.
This was taken on a lighthouse cruise and was shot with a 100-400mm lens.
Loved the color and the charm of the area.

June 1, 2009

Been trying to work on some Black and White shots. I really have a problem making them "pop" the way I want. Here is one taken just outside of Charleston, WV