Artsy

So, this is my first large scale, fully layered and textured manipulation to date. I'm actually pleasantly surprised at the final image, and the knowledge gained by simply learning about textures from an internet photoshop tutorial and figuring out how to implement what I learn to specific applications.

And, viola..... (real "art")

teehee....

Lamp

VW

Fall

New

This is the Bank of America building, downtown Atlanta. My favorite skyscraper here. I can't remember if I even uploaded this image to this blog. It's on dA and flickr. Revisited again. Blending change, soft and sharp with more contrast and some other good stuff.

Another of this revisiting I've been doing lately. I'm learning more about how to simultaneously sharpen and soften an image and give it more pop and contrast using the soft light blending mode.

I love the sky in this one.

I like this one better than the last of the same, Querida de la Vendimia. It's sharper, more contrasty, and a bit softer thanks to a gaussian blur and soft light blending mode. Still, out of all the images of Querida I have taken, this one is my favorite.

xpro train

A very popular practice for the last 30 years or so was, and still is a photographic process known as crossing, or xpro. Crossing is the process by which a roll of slide film is shot with a slight pull, then developed using C41 chemistry. The positive film is processed as negative, producing images with pastel-like, sometimes unnatural, grainy, and contrasty results. The same effects can be achieved when reversing the aforementioned process shooting a roll of C41, altering the exposure with a push or pull, then developing in E6, or slide chemistry. The process is highly unpredictable, requires a measure of practice, and depends on the specific brand and speed of film to be used. It's pretty fun, actually. But this showcase is one of alternative. This image was taken by my DSLR, and crossed using photoshop with a green/yellow tendency. I prefer the green/yellow tendency over red, it lends to a more surreal mood. My mastery of photoshop is improving. I'll be adding some more of this type.

Sanibel redo

I love Florida.

New stuff in the city

Kayah

Redo + edits

A few shots from our trip to six flags a couple months back. We went when it wasn't quite so hot, and it was a good thing we did, because the smell of 150° asphalt can give a guy a headache. We may go back in the fall, for Halloween.

More new old stuff

Just messing around in CS2.

she looked on....

...into the distance...