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When the Dance is Done
For a long time I have wanted a pair of pointe shoes to use as a prop, but not shiny new ones, instead shoes that have been used and used hard. Luckily it turns out I know people who know … Continue reading
Posted in Camera Adventures, LR & Photoshop
Tagged ballet, black and white, bw, classic, dance, Fine art, fine art photography, nik silver efex, photography, pointe shoe
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Abandoned Teddy
My latest concept is to try and tell more of a story in my images, and to help me with that is my new friend Teddy. Teddy and I went to Ferrymead Heritage Park today after work when the light … Continue reading
Posted in Camera Adventures, For Beginners, LR & Photoshop
Tagged Fine art, image editing, nik silver efex, photography, photoshop, post processing, sepia, teddy, train tracks
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BW Blended Composition
Session 3 of my Creative Black&White course takes us into the land of compositing, blending images or parts of images to make a new image. This kind of compositing I find really challenging and have spent the last few days … Continue reading
Posted in For Beginners, LR & Photoshop
Tagged B&W, black and white photography, composite, image editing, nik silver efex, photography
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Experimenting with BW Conversions in Lightroom
I purchased the new Creative Black and White Photography course and have watched the Intro videos (The deal is still available here) and one of the major benefits of the course is it will take us in detail through several … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, For Beginners, LR & Photoshop
Tagged B&W, black and white, bw photography, monochrome, nik silver efex, photography
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One Four Challege – Nov Wk 2
Week 2 of the Nov One Four Challenge, this month being hosted by Nic (click here for details if you are new to the challenge) I often find myself doing a BW conversion in this week, not entirely sure why. … Continue reading
One Four Challenge – Sept Wk 2
Week 2 of the Sept One Four Challenge (click here if you are new to the concept) I took the BW from last week, added a sepia tone via Nik Silver Efex and a couple of textural overlays to add … Continue reading
One Four Challenge – Sept Wk 1
On Sunday (yesterday) I was lucky enough to attend a Steampunk Outing at a Vintage Railway and Museum in Ashburton, 1 1/2 hrs drive south of Christchurch. Never even knew it existed so took a fellow photog along (he hadn’t … Continue reading
Awake – An Exercise in Black and White Conversion
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
One Four Challenge – July Wk 2
This is Wk 2 of the July One Four Challenge – working on this lovely night scene of the Wellington waterfront taken by a beginner photography friend. I am using her image to show her what can be done in … Continue reading
Posted in For Beginners, LR & Photoshop
Tagged image editing, nik silver efex, One Four Challenge, photo challenge, photoshop, post processing
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Jan One Four Challenge – Wk 3
YAY my PC is back and very fast at some things, such a relief! So here is my entry for Week 3 of the Jan One Four Challenge (click on the link for details if you are new to the … Continue reading
Posted in LR & Photoshop, Photo Challenges
Tagged image editing, nik silver efex, One Four Challenge, photography, post processing
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Learning to See Light 