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KAIZEN – Skate Park Project

Posted on October 21, 2016 by lensaddiction

A couple of months ago I joined KAIZEN, which is step up from the AWAKE Advanced Photoshop training course I have been doing for the past year.  KAIZEN has a different structure and we are given monthly projects which challenge … Continue reading →

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Now is your chance to join AWAKE

Posted on July 3, 2016 by lensaddiction

For those of you who have followed my journey down the path of creativity with Photoshop, a large part of that learning has come from the AWAKE course I signed up for a year ago.  You only have two chances … Continue reading →

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AWAKE Photo Artistry Course open again soon for enrolments

Posted on December 29, 2015 by lensaddiction

Many  of you will be aware that this time last year I signed up for the Fine Art Photoshop Grunge course which taught me all sorts of new and exciting things about using Photoshop. Then in July I signed up … Continue reading →

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My Photo Art Has Been Published In A Magazine

Posted on October 16, 2015 by lensaddiction

First of all, thankyou to everyone for your support and kind words on my last post, it was much appreciated. And because the Universe has an odd sense of humour, today I had *amazing* news – THREE of my images … Continue reading →

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AWAKE – Genie Lamp Exercise

Posted on September 23, 2015 by lensaddiction

This is another class exercise from my Awake course, I took a belly dancer image from my archives and found a genie lamp online and used some class elements to embellish the image. I had purchased some magical brushes which … Continue reading →

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Awake – Dispersion Effect in Photoshop

Posted on September 10, 2015 by lensaddiction

The Dispersion effect in Photoshop can give quite cool effects when done well – here is a Google Search with many examples.  You can also purchase Actions that will do it for you in various cool ways, but I wanted … Continue reading →

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Having fun with Photoshop

Posted on August 29, 2015 by lensaddiction

Its been cold and I haven’t been getting a decent uninterrupted nights sleep for a while now, and that impacts severely on my creative energy.  Even so we soldier on, if for no other reason that to keep learning new … Continue reading →

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Awake – An Exercise in Black and White Conversion

Posted on August 25, 2015 by lensaddiction

One of the cession 5 Awake classes  was Black and White conversions and we were taken through ways NOT to do this in PS and also a couple of ways TO do it in PS. I found this very interesting … Continue reading →

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Awake – Tui Portrait

Posted on August 23, 2015 by lensaddiction

In my Awake course I have been using a lot of my images of our Native NZ birds as subjects and this was an image I have wanted to create for a while but lacked the skills to do it. … Continue reading →

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AWAKE Session 4 – Dantes Prayer

Posted on August 12, 2015 by lensaddiction

While driving home my iPod played an old favourite – Dante’s Prayer by Loreena McKennit – off the Mummer’s Dance Album which is the only one of hers I really like. This particular verse is how she ends the song … Continue reading →

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