So, last night after the sappiness ended, I came back to the trusty glow of my monitor and started knocking out a few more photos for my display book (more on that later). During a break, I stopped into the…
Month: February 2008
Sweet Nothings
Ahhh, February 14th – the day of and for romance. Today, more than any other day of the year, couples are permitted to become super- and sugar-soaked sappy with their significant others. Flowers, chocolates, cards, poems, jewelry, movies, dinners, and…
Another Wednesday Walk around the Web
I mentioned it in the latest video podcast, but it also bears mentioning that Popular Photography’s annual Photo Wizard contest is now underway. Visit the contest page here for all the info and to download the images for compositing. Good…
Selective Color, Part III
The Tuesday tutorial for this week is the final installment in making selections based on a specific color, or range of colors. The first demonstrated how to use the Magic Wand and Lasso tools to copy an item onto it’s…
Tuesday tutorial teaser
Today, I am going to show you yet another technique for making specific color selections, but as noted in the title, this is just a teaser – the tutorial is not finished in production, so I should have it up…
Weekend Wrapup (a.k.a. Monda Morning Minutia)
So, over the weekend, I usually step away from the computer and pick up the camera. Well, this past weekend, I confess, I did not step away from the computer as much as I had planned, and did not pick…
Friday Follies for February
Okay, my Friday follies are a little later than normal (I usually either post super early or before diner). Anyway, without further ado, here’s some fun diversions for Friday: Stop over at Photo.net and enjoy some amazing photography from Rarindra…
Re-visiting stock versus fine art photography (does noise matter)?
I mentioned briefly in a post last week about a discussion that took place in the forums section of a prominent stock agency. The question was raised (by me) about whether fine art photography can co-exist and sell as “stock”…
Weekly Web Walk
As promised, here’s my weekly walk around the web…although I must admit the tune “Window on the World” as sung by Jimmy Buffet is running through my head now. Anyway, to get things started, the PMA show for 2008 was…
Big Blue Bowl – Selective Color, Part 2
The tutorial for this week is the second in what will hopefully be a three-part series showing the various ways that you can approach selective coloring in Photoshop. Last week, I went over the technique of using the lasso and…