Quick Tip: Getting the right color when photographing your art
One of the complaints I hear most often from artists is that they can’t get the color of their art/craft project to look on the computer the way it does in real life. This is a super-quick technique...
View ArticleNigella Nebula
Maybe it’s just all the summer flowers in bloom, but I started making my floral space whimsy pieces again and I’m not inclined to stop. Here’s how the latest one evolved: I was reviewing some shots...
View ArticleBlech.
You’d think, as often as I am matting pieces, that I would remember to go get a water dish for the linen tape before I end up with the taste of glue on my tongue. (I’ve tried the “self-adhesive”...
View ArticleCalling my fairy godmother…
If someone showed up right now and offered me one wish (and, you know, world peace and good health weren’t options) I would want to *poof* into my studio any one of about 10 photographers who know me...
View ArticleChanging your world via photoshop
This video from David Yoon’s “Narrow Streets” project (which I found via photojojo) is a marvelous example of compositing, in this case to realize a vision of Los Angeles as a smaller city. I love that...
View ArticlePhoto Friday: Bloom (Lumen Prints!)
Since my only digital camera is currently dormant and awaiting the delivery of a new battery charger *sigh* I had to go a little more … old school for this Photo Friday (but how could I miss Bloom,...
View ArticleFix-It Friday #70 (my first)
This is my first try at a Fix-It Friday (from “I Heart Faces”) We started with this adorable color image (straight from camera) of a little girl by Amy of Atomic Egg Photography: And this is what I did...
View ArticleHow to improve the legibilty of an image using Lens Blur (photoshop tutorial)
I’m currently constructing an album for my friends Tree & Marcus’s handfasting, and one of the shots of mine they selected for inclusion was this shot of Marcus putting the ring on Tree’s finger....
View ArticleHandout for “A Print by any other Name” (Norwescon 2013)
Since last year the discussions got technical, I’ve made a handout covering some of the vocabulary and issues, with links to various tutorials and resources. Notes on making art prints/reproductions...
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