Honorable Mention

I entered both photos in a New Rochelle Art Show I received an Honorable Mention
 ribbon.  I found out yesterday that I would have received an award if I had displayed
 it in a larger mat & frame.  The Photos are 8X10 & frame was 11X14.  So next time,
 I know better.  They are on display at the New Rochelle Public Library now thru
 mid October, if anyone is interested(Library hours only)
Can you guess which one won?


Butterfly



Blue Eyes

Still life- more bottles

I took more photos of bottles this weekend.  This time I used a tripod & long, slow
 shutter speed, to keep every in focus.  Then I played in photoshop with the layers &
 Blending modes.  Here are the results~
First one I used the Linear burn mode, the second, I used the lighten mode & the last
 one I used the color burn mode.
This is the original......untouched, except to reduce

Framing Tutorial

There are many ways to frame you photo.  This is how I do it.  I use the canvas resize
 option.  Nancy asked me how I frame my photos, this is one way.
I use Photoshop CS but this was done in Photoshop Elements for Nancy. 

1. Open an image that you want to frame.

In your tool palette make sure you have the color you want in the Background as
 your border. In this case I will start off with white as the inside border & the outside
 border will be red.

Make sure you start with the size that you want to post.  By going to image/resize
once you have the size, now with the color selected in the background on the tool palette. I am using WHITE. 

2. Go Image/resize/canvas size increase the number by the size of the trim you want.
example width is 5.931 & Height is 3.931  So I just increase this a little for a thin line framing the photo, to width 6.031 & H- 4.031 hit OK

3. Now, I change the background color to red for the larger border.
go to image/resize/canvas size & increase numbers from W-6.028 H- 4.028
to W-6.328 & H- 4.328 HIT OK

email me if you have any questions, my alerts have not been working.

Grunge Effect tutorial

Dubtastic is a great site for grunge effects.  You may find brushes here.  There also
 might be tutorials.  Explore this site.  There is also another site
 http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/main.html
You will find many vbrushes here & tutorials on how to make a vbrush.  This site is
 down at the moment, but you can try it later or tomorrow.  All the steps below I used
 different blending modes, so you will have the play, until you find the look you want.

Painting in Photoshop

Using Photoshop & The Photoshop 6 WOW Book I created a painting from a photo.
Will add another to my Photographs & Memories Journal.

My new project

As many of you have noticed I've been trying new ways to present an image.  Below
 shows the 2 images I used to create the last image.  The 2nd is my image & the 1st
I snagged off the internet to create a grunge effect.  My final image is formed using
 layers & blending modes in Photoshop.

Baby photo

Playing again with layers & blending modes.
Photo of my mother in the mid 30's.

Boat

I've worked on this on & off since the summer.  Same subject different seasons.  I'd like your opinion on this image, I tend to favor #1, but tried the sepia effect on the same image, just thought the color was better.

Home for the Holidays

We decorated the outside of our home early this year, but always leave the inside for
the last minute, mainly because we have a fresh tree & we try to leave it up till little
 Christmas which is Jan. 6th.  That is our tradition.  I would like to get a artificial tree,
 but that doesn't go well with all members of our family.  
I tried to get the natural lighting for Xmas, so I set up my tripod & tried different shutterspeeds. 
I hope all of you are where you want to be this Christmas....Peace~
Merry Christmas....again~

The Last Shot I'll post on FI Lighthouse

This is the last one I will bore you with.  It's one of my favorite shots of that day
when I visited the lighthouse.  I love the wide angle shots & panoramic views.

Need your opinions

I am setting up a Hometown webpage on Portraits & am looking to see what heading would look good.  
(The last 2 are very similar, only one has a tiny border, in case you didn't notice.)
Please look closely, I need your honest opinion. If there is one thing about one that you like & would like to see it in another one, say it, I can redo anyone.  I see everyone likes #2, is it only because if the name?  Remember it's the heading only, my photos will be displayed right on the same page.  Noe other pages for now, just keeping it simple.  I will have to work off my boys' computer.  AOL's Easy Designer is not compatible with MACs.
Thanks for all who have commented, really appreciate it.

Also AOL is screwing up on the postings & comments, it may appear that your comments are not posting, but they are & sometimes twice. Report it to Jeff @ Magic Smoke.

Working in layers

I used layers & filters on the recent photo.

Autumn in NY

Autumn in NY taken in 2005 the original is on my Blogspot Journal
I received an e-mail today from a Photo website & saw this technique &
 thought I would try it.  I just added text to it.

Sequence shots in one-Ice Hockey

I took 3 sequence shots & combined them into one photo.  Then added a motion blur to
give it more movement.

Barn at Philipsburg Manor

Barn at Philipsburg Manor in the winter 2006.
This is the same barn on my Blogspot Journal.
I gave it a dreamy effect with Photoshop.

Art Show

These are the photos I am considering for the Art Show.
I tend to go for the sepia tone, because it has a warmer feeling than the B & Ws.
I might just add sepia tones to all the entries, but not sure.  I am looking to enter 3.
I may even consider the ones posted below in another entry.

Baseball

Baseball season is approaching & I did this collage of my son from last year's school
 team.  This was an idea I wanted to do but put it off.  I have seen the same thing on
 Maria's (GOTOMARIA)Journal & loved the layout.  Someone did it for her.  So I
 took the basic layout that was used & added my photos.  I have done collages in the
 past for birthday parties, this is my first sport collage.



This I did last year & was posted on my old journal that I deleted(b/c of ads)

Rose.......

Been working on roses again.  I think I might just use the B & W's for the art show.
 Will have to show the ones I plan to enter.  The theme of my entries will be Roses, I
 have up to 3 that I can enter.  So maybe I could enter color too, not sure.  Once I post
 the B & W's I really would like some honest opinions on which ones I am considering.

My Fresh Rose for Valentine's Day

There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you
 bring in your life and the lives of people you love”

 ~Sophia Loren


The Rose was given to me by my older son.  He also had roses sent to my daughter  out on LI, who was having a rough time with Valentine's day.  For someone who was suppose to be depressed about Vanetine's day....., she got flowers from a guy friend & her own brother.....She did ok!
Thank God for friends & brothers!

Winter at Philipsburg Manor

I just added the defused filter, I like the snowy effect.