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Christmas    in    July:     Part   4

7/23/2012

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Week four of our Christmas in July Series – One of the most valuable tools any of us have at our fingertips is the World Wide Web.  Earlier in this series I mentioned using this resource to research customs, colors and verbiage used for  holidays and occasions you are not completely familiar with, but it’s also our very own library and classroom ...

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Christmas   in   July:    Part    3

7/16/2012

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Continuing this Christmas in July Series – in Part 3 I’ll give you some fun links to Shape files and Holiday Dingbats.  Using shapes (in Photoshop they are Shape Files .CHS) can be very handy when you need that extra design element.
The beauty of Shape files is that you can make them any size you wish, so you don’t need to worry about the resolution of the shape itself ...


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Christmas    in    July:    Part   2

7/9/2012

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I hope that last week’s Part 1 of Christmas in July inspired you!  Today we continue the holiday theme with some thoughts and goodies for your holiday creations ...

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Don’t    Dodge    the    Subject

4/24/2012

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Introduction to Contrast in Monochromatic
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... Though I’m glad to be out of a chemical darkroom, those dodging and burning techniques are still quite valuable and critical to the digital photographer.  No matter our experience level, we all have photos that are taken ‘in the moment’ where we either could not modify the lighting, our position or offered no time to adjust the camera settings.  Often those images are just too far gone, but just as frequently in the digital darkroom of today, these images can be turned spectacular using a variety of techniques ...

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Clean    Background    Removal

3/26/2012

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Removing an element from the background; no matter what you call it, can be done in a variety of ways; but ALL of them are time-consuming and take a tremendous amount of practice to get professional results.  This will be short and sweet since there is not a lot to say about this other than IF you are going to attempt this in your digital creations, then you MUST look out for the ‘artifacts’ which can be left behind when performing background removal leaving you with unprofessional results ...  Read Full Article & Get Links

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Artifacts  …  The    Facts

3/19/2012

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I thought it might be fun to further investigate the Definition of Artifacts and how it relates to those of us creating high-quality imagery.  So let’s start with the definition of Artifact in the context we are referring to ...

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Summer   Palettes

3/12/2012

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I created a couple summer color palettes for you and have also provided links for you to learn how to create your own color palettes from photographs.  This is a wonderful way to get inspiration for a new design ...

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A   Digital   Artist’s   Journey

3/5/2012

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The year was 1995, I was an owner of an art gallery with three other artists. Two were painters, one was a textile artist and then there was me; a photographer who was still developing film and prints in my own darkroom.  These partners decided to have a show titled ‘Faces’.  Their idea was to create HUGE faces to put out in the garden and in the windows.  I was at a loss . . .

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Blue    Skies

2/20/2012

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card by: M Brandes at Photography by Melissa Brandes



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So today I thought I’d share some links to help the photographers out there to both improve the sky during capture and when necessary how to punch it up in post processing.  There are so many ways to improve a weak sky, you are sure to find methods that suit your style ...

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Easter   Egg   Hunt

2/13/2012

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Keeping it simple this week with a focus on images to inspire Easter creations and some tools to get you started ...

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