Photography Websites Shared

I like to look at photography websites. Many offer free tutorials and always a lot of eye candy.

Two of my favorites are:

Digital Photography School which offers a weekly newsletter which provides photog tips for the weekend. They are always relevant to the season. I have also picked up some nice e-books here.

Stuck In Customs is the website of Trey Ratcliff who does some outstanding HDR photography.

Two new ones that have caught my attention are:

Capture Your 365 is produced by Katrina Kennedy. She has the ability to teach camera capability very easily. Her portrait work is very cool. She offers classes which are always worth the money. Check her out.

Great Photos Plus is a fairly new web site that offers tutorials for a variety of things photographic. Liz Ness is currently offering a free class on organizing your photos. If nothing else, you will find plenty of eye candy. 

 Waiting for Spring

"Excuse me...

While I kiss the sky."  Jimi Hendrix

That is today's photo inspiration lead. I wanna lay in this one.

Stark Raving Magnificent

The prompt for Day 19, this is the desert sunset. OMG!

Picture Winter: Day 15

Half way through with this online class and here is today's post. I love this bird.

She is metal art in my garden.and sits on top the clematis vine in the summer.

Picture Winter

I am taking a photo class during January at Big Pictures Classes.

Our task is to take a photo each day based on a prompt from the teacher, Tracy Clark. She has a blog called Shutter Sisters and they have written a really contemporary photography book called Expressive Photography.

I have opened a new page on this blog to show my work. See the page right next to the Home page called,  Picture Winter. I figure if I can take images in the winter, I can take them almost any time.

Have a look and feel free to comment. Comments are free and are appreciated.

I Am Enough

"What happens when you choose once and for all to put what matters to you in the viewfinder, regardless of who approves or understands?

What happens when you claim your craft, your art, your expertise and stop asking anyone more established or proficient or experienced to say it's good enough?

What happens when you throw away the rule book and all the measuring sticks and just say what you were afraid to say all along?

I am a photographer.  Here is my work.  Learn from it.  Let it speak to you."  

-- Jen Lemen

Transformations

Here is a demo of the power of Photoshop.

The original image:

And then layered with a piece of digital paper

and a series of blending modes applied.

This is the digital paper I used: Made by Kimla Designs at After5Designs.

I positioned the photo to fit in the bright spot.

The first blending mode is overlay.

The next is soft light.

And the last is multiply.

Each effect has it's own degree of drama.
Each improves the original photo.

I love the texture that is achieved.

Which do you prefer?