Archive for February, 2008

Another Wednesday Walk around the Web

February 13, 2008 1 Comment

I mentioned it in the latest video podcast, but it also bears mentioning that Popular Photography’s annual Photo Wizard  contest is now underway.  Visit the contest page here for all the info and to download the images for compositing.  Good luck to all.  In other web news, did anyone else read about Apple’s latest update ...

competition, News, web links

Selective Color, Part III

February 12, 2008 No Comments

The Tuesday tutorial for this week is the final installment in making selections based on a specific color, or range of colors. The first demonstrated how to use the Magic Wand and Lasso tools to copy an item onto it’s own layer, while preserving the rest of the image for editing. Part II looked at ...

News, podcast, technical, tips and tricks, tutorial, Video

Tuesday tutorial teaser

February 12, 2008 No Comments

Today, I am going to show you yet another technique for making specific color selections, but as noted in the title, this is just a teaser – the tutorial is not finished in production, so I should have it up later this evening (around 7).  In the meantime, I would like to thank everyone again ...

personal, podcast, thoughts, tips and tricks, tutorial

Weekend Wrapup (a.k.a. Monda Morning Minutia)

February 11, 2008 No Comments

So, over the weekend, I usually step away from the computer and pick up the camera. Well, this past weekend, I confess, I did not step away from the computer as much as I had planned, and did not pick up a camera as often as planned. Suffice to say, I did find some rather ...

News, personal, Photoshop, potd, thoughts

Friday Follies for February

February 8, 2008 No Comments

Okay, my Friday follies are a little later than normal (I usually either post super early or before diner). Anyway, without further ado, here’s some fun diversions for Friday: Stop over at Photo.net and enjoy some amazing photography from Rarindra Prakarsa. I found him through Scott Kelby’s blog. Another fun site to enjoy some photography ...

Friday Follies, personal, web links

Re-visiting stock versus fine art photography (does noise matter)?

February 7, 2008 No Comments

I mentioned briefly in a post last week about a discussion that took place in the forums section of a prominent stock agency.  The question was raised (by me) about whether fine art photography can co-exist and sell as “stock” when the agency itself is marketed as a stock site rather than as fine art ...

personal, technical, thoughts, web links
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7 Weekend Picks

Ahhh! This Saturday for the first time in a long time I have an open day to sip...

From New Heights…

As some of you may recall, I did some aerial work last year (well, 2 years ago now -...

Adobe Acknowledgment

Whether tacit or not, Adobe seems to have listened to the concerns voiced by many in the creative community...

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