FOTD – May 12 – Adventuring with neural filters I am surprisingly unadventurous in photography. I do what I know how to do and rarely try out new stuff. I used to, but I seem to be getting busier every… Read More ›
Photoshop
SKETCHBOOK 74 – A GOLDFINCH AND SLEEPING DUKE
I have been flummoxed by Photoshop for years. I use it, but I’ve never quite figured out more than a very limited amount of its potential. But today, I really needed to cut out images and paste them onto clean… Read More ›
CHANGES BUT NOT MANY
As I plod my way through the new Adobe applications, I’m not shocked by how much has changed. I’m more surprised at how little has changed. Considering that the most recent version of Photoshop I used is more than 10… Read More ›
CHAOS AND ORGANIZING
I absolutely needed new software if not for the tools — which aren’t very different than the ones I have from 10 years ago — but because I’ve been avoiding doing this forever. I knew it was going to be… Read More ›
IGNORE THE FLOOD – THE CLIMATE IS NOT CHANGING
I got up to go to the bathroom this morning and there was sunshine! Sadly by the time I finished washing my hands, the sun was gone. Now, it’s 2:30pm and it’s dark. It feels like evening. The trees are… Read More ›
I WOULD NEVER LET THESE LOVELY CREATURES ANYWHERE NEAR MY UPHOLSTERY
Don’t sit on the upholstery More birds. Today was the day I figured out why my camera was taking pictures in RAW which I never intended to do. I found the setting! Yay! I also did a little bit of swapping… Read More ›
AND SO THE WHITEWASH BEGINS
Any number of you wondered when the whitewashing of yesterday’s mob insurrection in Washington D.C. would begin. If you haven’t already heard about it, let me be the first to inform you that the night was not over yet when… Read More ›
ORDER!
“Order in the court!” The judge banged the gavel and the audience sat up, almost at attention. “There will be a quiz on Friday,” announced the biology teacher. The classroom came instantly to order. My life is not orderly or… Read More ›
COMPOSE YOURSELF 24 – BLACK & WHITE POST EDITING
Cee’s Compose Yourself Lesson: #24 Black and White: Post Editing These are difficult for me to do because I don’t use the same process all the time or even most of the time. I don’t use Lightroom at all. I use a… Read More ›
OIL PAINTING BY PHOTOSHOP
One of my favorite effects — certainly the one I use most often — is the oil painting filter. It softens the focus slightly and adds a texture to the surface. It’s subtle and a bit other-worldly. Very flattering for portraits,… Read More ›
NANCY MERRILL’S PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE – ART EFFECTS
A Photo a Week Challenge: Artsy I was delighted to see this challenge … until I realized that I often — okay, usually — don’t remember how I made a picture look “that way.” I wing it because, in Photoshop, I… Read More ›
SELF-EXPRESSION – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE
Late January. The woods, my Olympus PEN E-PL5. The shadows of the deck railing forming strips. Bright sun in woods … and a photography challenge. Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself