tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86656269122065346592024-03-05T11:55:49.329-08:00marnymadethismarnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-86607772056634621922017-07-12T04:52:00.001-07:002017-07-12T04:52:11.801-07:00Back to AvignonBack to Avignon? No, but I wish I was. Still, there are the digital visitis and they don't involve packing! It will have to do for now!<br />
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I continue to learn about Photoshop and I am still totally entranced by its possibilities. I am working with blend modes, selections, brushes and more. I confess I'm still not sure where I am going with all of this, but the journey is exciting. <br />
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At the same time, I am continuing to learn about taking photos with my iPhone. More learning. And really, there are not enough hours in a day!!<br />
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There is a very real possibility that my head is going to explode!!marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-13355928520897490212017-05-10T19:24:00.000-07:002017-05-10T19:27:34.107-07:00Building Dandelion Buildings<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I recently took another class with Anna Aspnes (ArtPlay Un3dited) and so spent some time today playing around with some of the techniques that she taught in the class. I took a photo of some dandelions on my walk this morning and then played around with it once I got home using some of these techniques. </span><br />
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I took this shot on one of my early morning walks (and processed it in Photoshop). I was intrigued by all the horizontal lines that this view presented me with. I am looking forward to learning more and more about what my phone/camera can do...... And I am taking pictures on my WALKS! New 'camera', new hips...it's all good. Technology! Wow. marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-54806259871889371462017-04-24T18:08:00.001-07:002017-04-24T18:08:53.794-07:00Honesty Flower or Lunaria annua.Love this little plant....it blooms rather inconspicuously at this time of year (well, if you can call magenta flowers inconspicuous) but it is its amazing seed pod that it is known for. Which of course I can't show you now, because it's just now flowering....well, you see the problem. Still I'm sure you're all familiar with it. It is apparently native to the Balkans and southwest Asia, but it has naturalized throughout the temperate world. And it is having a go beside the driveway in my yard, in <br />
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a small, fairly wild patch filled with rosa rugosa, snowberries, native goat's beard and a holly tree (ok, not so wild). And now this sweet thing is trying to bloom. It will have to fight off the deer, however, that are constantly pruning my unfenced front yard. (And I live in the city, honestly....deer, raccoons, rabbits....what next?!) Anyway I hope it makes it because I do love the seed pods. We'll see. <br />
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In the meantime, I snapped this shot this morning (loving my iPhone!!) and played with it in Photoshop. (Content from 2lil owls and Anna Aspnes) <br />
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Another beautiful sunny day. No complaints from this end!!! It's all good.<br />
Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back.marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-51728409136006617062017-04-21T06:26:00.002-07:002017-04-21T06:26:35.391-07:00Spring at last!!We are at last getting some lovely spring weather and the trees that were waiting for some warmth are all blooming at once. I think we are about a month behind, but at least it's all happening now!! I love it! <br />
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I went out early yesterday morning to feed the birds and the sun was shining through the garden gate. And catching these sweet bluebells. I grabbed my iPhone and snapped a couple of pictures.<br />
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I love being able to catch these quick photo opportunities with my iPhone....what an invention!! And so very portable. Why didn't I discover this sooner???!! But just happy to have it along with me now. <br />
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I'm off for my morning walk!!! Yay! Life is good!!!<br />
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Thanks for staying with me....marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-54017854571073158672017-04-06T11:32:00.000-07:002017-04-06T11:32:33.861-07:00The dance with Photoshop continues!I am continuing on my adventures with Photoshop and my various classes. I have been taking an Advanced Brushes class with Anna Aspnes and have been learning lots about creating and using brushes in Photoshop. So interesting. I created this piece from one of my France photos from a few years ago.<br />
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As one approaches the Musee d'Orsay, the time is displayed on a large clock face on the Museum's wall. Quite lovely. But even more interesting is the room one enters whilst touring the museum, the room that houses the clock itself. In this room, one looks out on a view of Sacre Coeur, seen through the clock face itself. And the silhouette of the clock against the sky is exquisite. This is my rendition of the clock face, using several brushes that I made and various blend modes in Photoshop, starting with my photo of the clock face and the distant view. Still a long way to go in terms of the learning but such fun to play with what I am learning so far!!!<br />
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But of course, I am still totally immersed in the whole Photoshop experience. I am continuing with my classes with Anna Aspnes and am currently taking one involving the use of brushes, including making our own. So much to learn. And what a lot of fun.<br />
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I created this one this morning from a couple of pictures I took a few years ago. I used some of Anna's resources for the frames and the background of the main image.<br />
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I am trying to learn how to create an effective 'broken' photo look, as well as other bits and pieces. Learning, learning. I have a Wacom tablet that I really like and it helps immensely with accuracy in drawing. <br />
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In the meantime, I have been continuing on with my Photoshop journey. I have taken a couple of classes with Anna Aspnes now and have enjoyed them thoroughly. Actually, the second class is ongoing...Art Play 2017. Such fun. In her December class I put together a book using my photos from my France trip in 2012. It is so nice to see my photos on paper instead of just as part of my photo stream on my computer.<br />
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I apologize for my long absence. It did seem at one point as if the hip surgery would never happen....but it did and it's all good.<br />
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I have been given a surgery date for very early in the new year! I'm pretty excited at the thought of being able to go for walks again! I have saved a class I recently purchased about art on the iPhone so I will tackle that whilst recovering since I won't be at my kitchen table for a few months. I won't be able to bend forward (as in over my computer) for a while. And my old cell phone is about 15 years old so I am looking at getting an iPhone, mostly for the picture taking capabilities (is that silly?). Looking forward to the class, however!<br />
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Check out the link to her blog and you can also sign up for her newsletter. She also has a youtube channel where her videos show you, in a clear and easy to follow manner, how to use all the various bits and pieces of her kits. It is really worth visiting her site if her style appeals to you. Well, even if it doesn't, because it's fun to see what Anna and others are producing in this style. So many possibilities.<br />
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I made this piece using a template from one of her kits. It comes as a PSD file, so you can edit, change, re-arrange, re-colour, etc. any or all the various layers. I still have so very much to learn, but it was fun taking some of my own photos and creating this page. Great for creating travel memories. Of course, she has kits for all kinds of seasons and holidays, events and even non-events, just to celebrate a moment. It's fun.<br />
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<br />marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-40139987317081913932016-11-05T14:01:00.001-07:002016-11-05T14:01:14.014-07:00Still poking along.I am still pretty much confined to my kitchen table. There is Netflix and there is Photoshop. And there is rain. All of it conducive to a bit of creative play. (Well, except for the Netflix part, but then a break now and again is great, don't you think!)<br />
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This is a piece I worked on today. There is a lot of content provided in the courses I am taking and I have also purchased some pics of models from the Colby Files, a photographer in Arizona. He also provides content to the courses but this pic I purchased, and then added lots and lots of other bits and pieces. Layers, masks, overlays, blending. Fun!<br />
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We set the clocks back tonight, which means I get an extra hour to play tomorrow. Hmmmm, wonder what I'll do. <br />
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I'll be back.marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-54388614443850880342016-10-22T05:04:00.002-07:002016-10-22T05:04:46.778-07:00Just because I canI am posting this now because I hope to post something similar in about a year to see whether or not I have progressed! Bizarre??? Probably, but I tend to lose things you see, so this is as good a place to store it as any! So, honestly, if you don't want to, you don't need to read any further. Class dismissed!!!<br />
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This might not be a terribly exciting piece (sorry!) but for me, it is exciting in what it represents: my first pic that is a total compilation of bits and pieces. I still have such a long way to go, but I feel as if this might represent the first few steps. It will be a long journey I expect! But it's a fun one, to be sure and one that has already brought me so much pleasure, here at my kitchen table.<br />
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This post represents a lot of studying, a lot of pondering, and a lot of experimenting. I watch the videos that come with the various classes I am taking (at the moment, mostly classes falling under the umbrella of Sebastian Michael's classes, link below) and then I watch them again! Trying to remember what steps to follow (my logical brain kicking in) I wake up early, too early, but then I HAVE to get up to see if I can figure out something that is bothering me about a piece. In the above piece, for instance, I was trying to figure out how to darken just that little bit behind the model's head: just a dark brush?, a curves adjustment on a black layer?, a 50% grey layer to selectively darken?, or (and this one often seems perfect) tossing the whole lot in the bin! So I slept on it (sort of, I got up at three a.m. again, the problem nagging at my brain) and tried all of these (except the bin part), and I now know how to do all of them, without having to look it all up. That's what I'm after. I'm sure there are lots of other ways but it's a start!<br />
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This is a shot taken not too far from where I live. I am so lucky. I've added many layers and effects, filters (smart and otherwise!), borders, etc etc. Slowly but surely.<br />
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But for sure, I'll be back.marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-36897681214137144362016-10-08T17:16:00.000-07:002016-10-08T17:16:12.645-07:00Window Dancing in the Fall.I continue to move along on my Photoshop journey. Still at my kitchen table. It could be worse. It is most definitely Fall and while we are having a lot of rain, we do seem to have some lovely periods of clear weather most days. It is a beautiful season. One of the layers I have used in this pic is a shot I took of a maple tree with its gorgeous golden leaves. Some of the gold is showing on the shutter behind the dancer. I like to think I have hidden a bit of the season in my image!<br />
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This is an image of a dancer that I extracted from some purchased material. I then placed her on a window ledge from a picture taken in Avignon a couple of years ago. Some layers, some shadows, some extra materials, messing about with frames again. There is so much to learn and I seem to be most 'able' in the forgetting department. Oh well, more practice. And then more. It's all good.<br />
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I'll be back.marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-39919921894787684342016-09-27T05:40:00.000-07:002016-09-27T05:40:23.116-07:00Back to the LouvreOh my gosh, what did we do before digital photography?? Well, mostly I didn't....too much fuss and expense. Now it's so easy. So here I just brought up a photo I had taken in the Louvre a couple of years ago and I did a small rework. I am still working on the extraction tools and haven't yet tackled anything as fussy as 'flying hair' but soon! But a few extra layers, borders, backgrounds, overlays, tons of fun and c'est fini! Such an interesting journey this is!<br />
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This pic had some other bits and pieces in the original that I can now remove easily (no flying bits here!....well, just the wings I guess) and I am getting more comfortable with adding borders, lighting, etc. Oh this does make living at my kitchen table so much more palatable!<br />
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I'll be back....marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-6555127192195587402016-09-19T08:27:00.002-07:002016-09-19T08:27:46.109-07:00A little frustration and a small viewI am still playing with my photos, trying to understand image size, save for web, importing into Lightroom (good grief, where did it go??), messing about in Photoshop, and basically moving files around from here to ..... where???<br />
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So this is one I have played with before. A street scene in Arles. I am adding it here to see how it might look after all the madness I went through to get it here: I imported it from a file of my 'web version' photos, then ran it through Topaz Impressions (which I may or may not have installed correctly, so I seem to have to run it outside of Photoshop), then I re-saved it, then I brought it into Photoshop, applied some layers, filters and effects, and when I checked the image size, it was about one inch by one inch. All-righty-then! <br />
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Learning, learning. I'm going out for coffee. Seems the sensible thing to do just now!<br />
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I'll be back.marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-8482001718984968522016-09-18T10:00:00.002-07:002016-09-18T10:00:55.103-07:00Topaz ImpressionI have purchased a programme that works inside Photoshop and that allows one to make some pretty exciting pictures, using one's own photos. It's great but it reminds me a lot of some of the apps I purchased to use with my iPad. Except that the iPad apps are a lot (LOT) less expensive. Still, it's lots of fun and I will certainly concede that I have only just scratched the surface of its possibilities so I expect that in time I may change my mind. Some of the work that other people have done is awesome.<br />
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Anyway, it's called Topaz Impression and is just one of a number of possible purchases under the Topaz umbrella. It's all pretty amazing!<br />
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This is a pic I took 5 or 6 years ago at a B &B we stayed at in Port Townsend. Lots of lovely bits of ephemera about the place. I'm still just trying out lots of different layers, filters, layer masks, etc. I've installed (sort of) a couple of 'plug ins' and because of my lo-tech (read: total lack of) capabilities, I'm never sure if they are running properly or not. Lots of deep breaths!!! <br />
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The fun part is real. I'm going with that! Which version do you like best? marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-83243612025381876732016-08-28T07:31:00.002-07:002016-08-28T07:31:36.741-07:00Mayne IslandThe ferry ride from Victoria to Vancouver is very beautiful and passes by several islands en route. The ferry passes between Mayne Island and Galiano Islands and then Pender and Saltspring Islands. So lovely. As a ferry leaves Victoria, one also leaves Vancouver in the opposite direction and they pass one another as one moves through the islands. Impressive. And close!!! Pods of orcas move through here as well and if one is lucky.......<br />
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This pic is of the lighthouse on Mayne Island, messed about with in Photoshop. I have spent the week trying to understand and then create my own custom brushes. I may have accidentally erased my brain. Apparently Control-Z should bring it back. Or maybe just some more zzzzz's! Lots of things to try!<br />
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I'll be back.marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-50224366398989616212016-08-21T17:49:00.001-07:002016-08-21T17:49:52.364-07:00From here to there.I have purchased a few (!!!) of the digital downloads from the Anna Aspnes store. Her value packs and her palettes are quite lovely and contain lots of little bits and pieces that can be added to a piece and then tweaked. I believe that everything that I have added here is from Anna's site. Yum! I am still thinking of stitch but since that eventuality seems a long way away I shall continue to play in this arena. The little one that is the chair in front of my kitchen table!! It's fun.<br />
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Oh goodness. I hope you can see why it's such fun!! These two pics show my starting point and where I have ended up for the moment. Saving the final piece as a PSD file means that I can go in and continue to play around with the layers if I want. I realize it is just the beginning of my journey, but I am learning lots. It's what I like to do.<br />
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<a href="http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Anna-Aspnes-Designs-c-383/">http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Anna-Aspnes-Designs-c-383/</a>marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-27147338645764663492016-08-18T11:24:00.000-07:002016-08-18T11:24:13.932-07:00Anna Aspnes and PhotoshopOh my. My madness continues. I can sometimes get lost in a tangential world! And this has happened briefly here. I discovered, through the Photoshop Artistry course I am taking, the work of designer Anna Aspnes. While I have never done any scrapbooking, I believe that some of Anna's work would be in that genre. But digitally. Interesting. I was inspired by some of her work and, after spending a bit of time on her blog (she sounds lovely), and purchasing a couple of things from the site that sells her work (oh my, again) I put together this little piece. Took me a whole day, but that's ok. I find that it is helping to cement some of the techniques from the Artistry course, so it's all good.<br />
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This is a piece with several pics that I took from our trip to France in 2014. I can see where this would be a fun way to put together a memory book. For all kinds of themes. Birthdays, graduations, summer, whatever. Well, I suppose that is what the scrapbooking thing is all about, Fun.<br />
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I woke up at three this morning (thank you, Full Moon) and have been up since then, playing around with Photoshop, trying new things, and then trying to figure out how I did them!!! I love it! Here are some links to tempt you. Careful....it's pretty addictive!!! You've been warned!<br />
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<a href="http://www.annaaspnesdesigns.com/">http://www.annaaspnesdesigns.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://oscraps.com/">http://oscraps.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://fineartgrunge.com/grungecanvas/">http://fineartgrunge.com/grungecanvas/</a><br />
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<br />marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665626912206534659.post-52939795152075479172016-08-08T12:19:00.000-07:002016-08-08T12:19:01.534-07:00The Oregon Coast and moving forwardI am one of those people who often starts a how-to book, or a new course, and who re-does the first chapter or the first module a Hundred times, and never gets any further!! Mind you, it means I know the first chapter Really Really Well. But here I am pushing on with my photoshop course and I have moved into the second part of the Second Module. Second!! Second I tell you! Yay!<br />
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I continue to be absolutely delighted with this course!! Here is a link to the course, in case you are wondering what all the fuss is about!!<br />
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<a href="http://fineartgrunge.com/grungecanvas/">http://fineartgrunge.com/grungecanvas/</a><br />
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This is a pic I took several years ago on a trip down the Oregon Coast. The scenery is spectacular and it is such fun to revisit some of my old photos. Here I am practicing high-grunge technique, vignetting, layering, etc. <br />
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One of the advantages of being stuck at my kitchen table is that I can noodle away all day on my laptop, sometimes 8 hours or more, playing away with the information from the course. Honestly, it is such a lot of fun! But it's mildly obsessive....oh no wait, maybe that's just me! And my guy is away for a week just now, so here I am, dawn 'til dusk. My coffee gets cold, lunch is at three....it's all Perfect!!!! <br />
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And I'm starting to think of ways to put some of my pics onto fabric....but not just yet. Need a bit more mobility for that. <br />
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Oh, I do hope you're not getting bored.<br />
Because you know I'll be back....marnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03067520069137664000noreply@blogger.com4