Archive for July, 2011

What Lens Should I Buy?

Posted on: July 30th, 2011 0

I get this question a lot. And I think most novice photographers agonize over which lens will allow them to take amazing photos. Let’s set the record straight up front. A lens, like a camera doesn’t take great photos……the photographer does. In a very real sense, the camera doesn’t matter….any one who knows me knows that I say that a lot…..and mean it. However, I feel that LENSES are much more important than camera bodies.

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Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere

Posted on: July 19th, 2011 0

The Fine Art of Shooting Bubbles

Art is serious business. In my experience, many artists act as though they are the most important people on the planet. I guess they must be, right? In that spirit I wanted to be super-important too, so I chose the lofty subject of bubbles to help me gain entree into the rarefied world of The Most Important People on the Planet.

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Aliens Part 1

Posted on: July 9th, 2011 0

Aliens

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This video is the first in a series on how to create this image in Photoshop Elements 9 and above. If you don’t have PSE 9 forget it, because this tutorial relies heavily on the power of Image Layer Masks; which only became available in PSE 9. (more…)

Aliens – Part 2

Posted on: July 8th, 2011 0

Aliens – Part 2

This video is the second in the series on how to create this image in Photoshop Elements 9 and above. It picks up where the first one leaves off, so you MUST watch that one first! (more…)

Aliens – Part 3

Posted on: July 7th, 2011 0

Aliens – Part 3

This is the FINAL installment in the series on how to create this image in Photoshop Elements 9 and above. It picks up where the second one one left off. (more…)