Will be back in a week or so. Monday is moving day! Bigger place, a studio for taking real professional portraits! And hopefully finally my darkroom! Yay!
I will not however have much time to dedicate to the site for the next week or so though so I wanted to leave a link to check out. I have ooohed and aaaahed tons since finding this link. I am so going to try some of these tricks!
Alternative Photography
Enjoy :)
Day 5 - Look to the past
Photography is, as Photography was.
You know your a true photographer if you trust in yourself enough to pick up a 35mm and use patience to get... just... the right..... SHOT!
Study the masters, read up on how they got famous, their styles, their techniques. Talk about truly inspiring!
My favorite artist to study is Ansel Adams, even though I do less then half of my photography in black and white, his style still impresses me and he is still a god in the photography world. I view his images and try to put myself in his shoes, imagining his perseverance in waiting, for the exact moment for the perfect image.
Do I brake out my 35mm and test myself? Yes... and will be more once I have my darkroom set-up. There really is no more awesome sound then the click whir of a 35mm as you take a picture.
You know your a true photographer if you trust in yourself enough to pick up a 35mm and use patience to get... just... the right..... SHOT!
Study the masters, read up on how they got famous, their styles, their techniques. Talk about truly inspiring!
My favorite artist to study is Ansel Adams, even though I do less then half of my photography in black and white, his style still impresses me and he is still a god in the photography world. I view his images and try to put myself in his shoes, imagining his perseverance in waiting, for the exact moment for the perfect image.
Do I brake out my 35mm and test myself? Yes... and will be more once I have my darkroom set-up. There really is no more awesome sound then the click whir of a 35mm as you take a picture.
Day 4 - From Russia with love
Or well, any country really. I love Euro photography in particular. I live in America, home of the free, land of the brave. But how about looking through the eyes of someone from another country for inspiration.
For todays inspirational ideas, look outside of not only your box, but outside of your country. Maybe a little spicy Italian, or white washed shabby chic french photography will kick you into high gear.
I have many friends on flickr, from many nations and I just get so inspired by the works of people from other nations. I notice small things that they do differently from what I see from photogs here in the States. I can't put my finger on it. I *feel* that it is because they don't have the income that we do to buy every shiny object that we see that we want to use in our photography. They use what is around them, I akin their photography to our high school photogs. Out of the box and extraordinary on so many levels.
One of my favorite artists to watch on Flickr is Lero! She is from Russia and her photography always makes me stop, and ponder. Her works are all copyrighted so as much as I would love to share them with you here... , please head over to her flickr to check them out! Maybe they will inspire you as well. Look around try to spot differences in photo techniques between countries as well and maybe try to incorporate them into your workflow now and then. Doing something totally different can really spice up your art.
/mood frustrated
So, I am going to be a mere hour from the next Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 Down & Dirty Tricks Tour with with Corey Barker.
For those of you who are interested check it here Down & Dirty Tricks Tour
I want to beat myself with a photoshopped wet noodle for not getting that NAPP subsription, like I have planned on doing, every time I think about it. (which is almost daily and there are so many discounts that depend on it!) The one thing that sooths this ravaged soul is that Scott Kelby won't be hosting the party at Phoenix. For $100 I want to see the man, the myth, in the flesh. Not that Corey Barker or Dave Cross are artists to sneeze at! But to lose my seminar cherry is going to require a name I have known to be synonymous with photoshop since I first discovered it.
So, maybe next year they will hit Phoenix again. Maybe next year I will have the fundage to actually go. Maybe next year I will finally remember to join NAPP!
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For those of you who are interested check it here Down & Dirty Tricks Tour
I want to beat myself with a photoshopped wet noodle for not getting that NAPP subsription, like I have planned on doing, every time I think about it. (which is almost daily and there are so many discounts that depend on it!) The one thing that sooths this ravaged soul is that Scott Kelby won't be hosting the party at Phoenix. For $100 I want to see the man, the myth, in the flesh. Not that Corey Barker or Dave Cross are artists to sneeze at! But to lose my seminar cherry is going to require a name I have known to be synonymous with photoshop since I first discovered it.
So, maybe next year they will hit Phoenix again. Maybe next year I will have the fundage to actually go. Maybe next year I will finally remember to join NAPP!
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Day 3 - Textures
Taking this idea from Epic Edits, I am playing with textures today.
Textures have been a very large part of my photography life since I discovered Photoshop and all of it's abilities. As much as I <3 {OOC} Photo's and the flair and knowledge that it takes to create un-adultered photos. My weakness is still photoshopped images.
I used the same photo for both of the following pictures to show examples of two different types of texture techniques that I use.
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This image I simplified by layering a gerbera daisy on top of a texture that I found on the web.
I should take a moment to say, if you collect images that are free to use in your photography, it's a good idea to either edit the name of the photo with the original creators name or web address, or edit the EXIF data on the image. I have so very many textures and overlays from artists who give away their creations for free with only a request of recognition. This image however did not get the edit info and as such I have no idea who the original artist was :(.
This second gerbera I went a little out of my normal safety level and used a texture from Graphic Authorities Urban Youth kit. I set the texture to Overlay and then set fill to 54%. I could have taken it a few more levels but I was leary of losing the nice bokeh effect that was still present.
Day 3 proved to be fun, I brought out an old picture from early 2008 not long after I first got my Canon XTi and was learning painfully slow how to use a camera again.
Reminiscing, Inspiring, Learning.
It's what this is all about.
TEXTURE
If texture is a big part of your subject, make it stand out and make it obvious. Match up the textures between your subject and your background. You might even try texturizing the entire photo for additional impact.
Textures have been a very large part of my photography life since I discovered Photoshop and all of it's abilities. As much as I <3 {OOC} Photo's and the flair and knowledge that it takes to create un-adultered photos. My weakness is still photoshopped images.
I used the same photo for both of the following pictures to show examples of two different types of texture techniques that I use.
[caption id="attachment_51" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Double layer textured image"]
[/caption]This image I simplified by layering a gerbera daisy on top of a texture that I found on the web.
I should take a moment to say, if you collect images that are free to use in your photography, it's a good idea to either edit the name of the photo with the original creators name or web address, or edit the EXIF data on the image. I have so very many textures and overlays from artists who give away their creations for free with only a request of recognition. This image however did not get the edit info and as such I have no idea who the original artist was :(.
This second gerbera I went a little out of my normal safety level and used a texture from Graphic Authorities Urban Youth kit. I set the texture to Overlay and then set fill to 54%. I could have taken it a few more levels but I was leary of losing the nice bokeh effect that was still present.
Day 3 proved to be fun, I brought out an old picture from early 2008 not long after I first got my Canon XTi and was learning painfully slow how to use a camera again.
Reminiscing, Inspiring, Learning.
It's what this is all about.
Weekends are for rest...
Yeah right...
So I finally have the gallery up. Kudos to Photogallerycreator on creating a free and amazing gallery for wordpress! I was trying all sorts of hand coded galleries and then stumbled upon the FIAGallery. I am a happy camper now :)
So now that the site is up and almost to my standards. (Not to sure about the pink frou frou look yet. It's me, but not sure that I want that to carry over to my photography persona. I found an amazing wordpress skin on a photographers site from Hawaii... I wonder if she would share it with me! Well... after I make a ton of changes to make it more "Me" that is :D.
So tomorrow starts back up my 60 days of Inspiration. For tomorrow I am going to be going with Textures from Epic Edits blog
So I finally have the gallery up. Kudos to Photogallerycreator on creating a free and amazing gallery for wordpress! I was trying all sorts of hand coded galleries and then stumbled upon the FIAGallery. I am a happy camper now :)
So now that the site is up and almost to my standards. (Not to sure about the pink frou frou look yet. It's me, but not sure that I want that to carry over to my photography persona. I found an amazing wordpress skin on a photographers site from Hawaii... I wonder if she would share it with me! Well... after I make a ton of changes to make it more "Me" that is :D.
So tomorrow starts back up my 60 days of Inspiration. For tomorrow I am going to be going with Textures from Epic Edits blog
TEXTURE
If texture is a big part of your subject, make it stand out and make it obvious. Match up the textures between your subject and your background. You might even try texturizing the entire photo for additional impact.
Playing with textures is one of my all time favs, to those of you not in the know, I have a group on Vox dedicated to using textures!
Well... since it is already tomorrow... take care and see you soon!
Day 2 - RTM!
Read the manual.
How many photographers have read their users manual when purchasing that shiny new camera? I know I didn't, not at first. I wanted to learn everything through use. Now I keep my manual in my backpack and refer to it as my cambible.
Todays second day of Photographic Inspirations once again comes from Photopreneur
How many photographers have read their users manual when purchasing that shiny new camera? I know I didn't, not at first. I wanted to learn everything through use. Now I keep my manual in my backpack and refer to it as my cambible.
Todays second day of Photographic Inspirations once again comes from Photopreneur
2. Read the Manual
It’s not just Photoshop that can do all sorts of things that you don’t know about. Your camera probably has more settings and functions than you know… or know what to do with. You might find a lot of new ideas in the middle of your camera manual.The following picture is totally OOC (out of camera). From reading my manual I was able to start taking pictures that turned out perfect totally OOC with absolutely no need for post processing, aka, no photoshop at all!
Day 1 Inspirations
So, we're going to try for a 2 month period of Inspirations, using the list on this site. As well as any other idea that comes to mind!
I have found Inspiration to be the driving force behind my work. I can sit and look at bridge for an hour, trying to pick out just the right picture to work on. But if I have no inspiration, no goal in mind, my day can end with me doing no editing at all. So onto day 1 of a trip to Inspirational photography
I have found Inspiration to be the driving force behind my work. I can sit and look at bridge for an hour, trying to pick out just the right picture to work on. But if I have no inspiration, no goal in mind, my day can end with me doing no editing at all. So onto day 1 of a trip to Inspirational photography
1. Play with Photoshop
So much of photography these days happens after the shutter release has been pressed. There’s probably a ton of things that you don’t know how to do in Photoshop. Learn something new and see what that does for your photography potential.
I chose to do a lite photoshop edit with this picture. I have had the song "Feeling Groovy" from Simon and Garfunkel going through my head the past few days and it just kept making me think of this one photo that I had caught on 4th street in downtown Tucson last week. A Vox/Flickr friend who lives down Tucson way invited the sister and I to go down for a fun photo session and I am thinking that there are going to be several of those pictures used in this theme.
A single grungy/pinkish layer was used. Multiplying the layer and then toning down some areas. I really wanted the lightpost to show, but it would have taken just too much lightening to get the full effect. This is probably about as simplistic as I get with photoshop editing. But it's a start.
See you tomorrow!
A true first, and inspiration
So for my first post, I though the best thing to do would be to inspire myself, and hopefully you dear reader. I spent the evening working on the blog and looking up all sorts of inspirational photography ideas. I finally decided that I am going to start with the first idea from this blog.
My sister leaves to go back home to overcast wintery snowy Chicago on Thursday. So I have decided that I will start my trip down inspiration lane that night. I am going to shoot for 1 inspirational idea a day, I can't wait to see how this pans out :D...
So, for a picture that has been inspiring me lately I leave you with some beauty.
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1. Play with Photoshop
So much of photography these days happens after the shutter release has been pressed. There’s probably a ton of things that you don’t know how to do in Photoshop. Learn something new and see what that does for your photography potential.
My sister leaves to go back home to overcast wintery snowy Chicago on Thursday. So I have decided that I will start my trip down inspiration lane that night. I am going to shoot for 1 inspirational idea a day, I can't wait to see how this pans out :D...
So, for a picture that has been inspiring me lately I leave you with some beauty.
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A New Beginning
A blog, just what I need. This will be edited out at a future date. Bear with me as I adjust to not being part of a large community!
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