Wednesday, July 7, 2010

'Patchwork' Photographing Everyday Objects

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When we were baking the other day we had great fun with a large pile of  flour and decided to play around with some kitchen utensils and see what came up as it looked like valleys, deserts and landscapes.  this one above was done with flour in a tray, flattened with a spoon and edited this time, in Picasa.
Give it a try yourself and see how many different combinations you can come up with based on using different things right from your own kitchen.

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'A Fall From Grace'

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I  thought  this piece of wood in the grass  would make a great shot -  it reminded  me of a fallen statue.

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Fiddlesticks - Close Up Of Bamboo

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Orange Fantasy - Macro Zucchini Flower

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Altering Digital Images - Photoshop Edited Artwork





I must say I was pretty surprised when this turned up in my inbox

My wife was playing around with her artwork and came across some of my portraits and couldn't resist adding the yellow and "pointy" bits on the top of my portrait of Marlene Dietrich.  I will have to learn fast how to edit hers :)

Editing, I have discovered can eat up hours of my time and still I haven't produced the photographic masterpiece I have in my mind but sometimes it surprises me and I end up with a stack of new and different ideas from just the 
one starting image.

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