Tag Archives: fine art grunge

Blueberries and my Shooting Setup

Found these in the supermarket today.  I am not a fan of blueberries so would never normally buy them, but they look so amazing in food photos, and real blue food is such a rarity and I thought they would … Continue reading

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Photoshop Artistry Course On Special

Yes its that time of the year when we all benefit from the famous Black Friday Sales. This time it is the wonderful Photoshop Artistry course that got me started doing creative stuffs and changed my life in marvellous ways! … Continue reading

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White Wall Challenge

On Brooke Shaden’s Creativity FB group she posted the White Wall Challenge – find a white wall and use it as your backdrop. My spare room is all white walls with a built in wardrobe at one end.  Turns out … Continue reading

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Old Farm Hut and Trees in Te Anau

This was taken at dusk, the last spot of light reflecting off the window of the hut.  I liked the stark lines of the trees against the sky and hoped I might make an image of it. First I processed … Continue reading

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Intimate Portrait of an Artist

Despite getting very few comments here, my other art nude images got a lot of feedback elsewhere they were posted.  One suggestion was to try a sepia tone. Here I have taken the image into Nik Silver Efex and used … Continue reading

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FineArt Photoshop Grunge Course on Sale

I started this course a year ago and it totally changed my life!  I learned how to use Photoshop – layers, masks, blending, typography, filters, extractions and so much more. More importantly I learned how to use it creatively, and … Continue reading

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July One Photo Focus Challenge

My favourite monthly editing challenge, One Photo Focus for July is here and I got a chance to participate after sitting my last exam YAY! Details on how the One Photo Focus challenge is, with the original source image and … Continue reading

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Playing with Brushes in Photoshop

My rooster is feeling very French right now 🙂 I purchased a textures pack from Design Cuts last week and have been exploring all its delights and seeing what custom brushes came included, now I know how to use these … Continue reading

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Experimenting with Photoshop Fine Art Grunge

I know this has been mentioned several times, that I signed up for the PS Fine Art Grunge course a few months ago, and its changed my life in relation to being able to use Photoshop – not just creatively, … Continue reading

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Exam Completed – time for the fun stuff

I got 91% on my assignment which is great and I stayed for the full 3 hours in the exam – I finished in about 2 1/2 hrs but then took time to check and edit stuff.  First time I … Continue reading

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