On the way from Carcassonne, where we had spent the day, to our apartment in St. Andre we diverted to Lagrasse, which is included in the list of Les plus beaux villages de France. Not to be confused with Grasse, Lagrasse is 19 mi southeast of Carcassonne in the valley of the River Orbieu. It is nestled in among the foot hills of the Pyrenees that are part of … Continue reading On the Way
So, I’m undertaking a major clean up of my photo files and I come across this – And I ask myself, do I really want to keep this? Well, I should just take a minute and look see … so I brought it up in Sagelight, clicked on just about anything and everything that looked like fun and arrived at this … rather Indiana Jones and … Continue reading Photo editing: Photo file clean-up
Robyn at Captivate Me hosts the One Four Challenge – one of our own photos four different ways over the course of the month, on Mondays. This is my photo for the month – it was taken during the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. This will be about searching for the images within the photo. I’ll try to get four … Continue reading Horse Guards Week 4
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Tangled Continue reading Tangled
Stacy over at Visual Venturing hosts the After Before challenge and we all love her for it. 🙂 Though I have looked at Photoshop layering a number of times I have never been able to get any joy; I’ve never been able to figure it out. HOWever, a fellow blogger pointed me towards Pixlr where even I have had some measure of success. I don’t know … Continue reading Photo Editing: Layering for dummies
More of my Odd Couple Series can be seen here Original photo Continue reading Odd Couple 16
Robyn at Captivate Me hosts the One Four Challenge – one of our own photos four different ways over the course of the month, on Mondays. This is my photo for the month – it was taken during the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. This will be about searching for the images within the photo. I’ll try to get four … Continue reading Horse Guards Week 3
I have been uploading some of my art photography to my Flickr site. I invite you to click on the art photography tab at the top of the page for a look. Original photo Continue reading Leaves in Red, Blue and Green
I let the week slip away and left it too late to submit to Stacy’s After Before Friday but thought I would put one up anyway. This is my original image, taken at Echo Dale near Medicine Hat, Alberta. The scene reminded me of Seurat’s painting… A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte I work in Sagelight and I always start with adjusting … Continue reading Photo Editing: Day in the Park
Robyn at Captivate Me hosts the One Four Challenge – one of our own photos four different ways over the course of the month, on Mondays. This is my photo for the month – it was taken during the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. This will be about searching for the images within the photo. I’ll try to get four … Continue reading Horse Guards Week 2
I got a perk-me-up this week. I received a request for the use of one of my images. This was from the One Photo Focus challenge sponsored by Stacy at Visual Venturing. The original image was by Cee at Ceen Photography who graciously gave permission for its use. Check out Yesterdays with Giacomo Grassi on piano. My original post is here. Thank you to Stacy for hosting, … Continue reading Addendum
Robyn at Captivate Me hosts the One Four Challenge – one of our own photos four different ways over the course of the month, on Mondays. (Yes, I’m a day late) This is my photo for the month – it was taken during the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. This will be about searching for the images within the photo. … Continue reading The Horse Guards – Week 1
Working from the original image as shown below, I inverted it, and then used the undo brush to bring most of ithe foreground back up. What I left is showing as a sort of wispy mist. I also added just a touch of a soft focus. One Photo Focus is hosted by Stacy at Visual Venturing. Check out the link to see how others edited the same … Continue reading Photo Editing: One Photo Focus Week 47
Beyond the Brush 