Photoshop Fun

I have been having so much fun with Photoshop. I keep doing and trying new things every day. A couple of the pictures I have worked on are shown below. I took a pix of Eliana that I had taken a while back and put her on some Fall leaves and changed the color of her blouse to a more Fall color. I put the original one so you could see what I did.

Last night I was playing with a picture of Nala, Jeff and Suzie's late doggy. Trying to make a pix to put on Jeff's birthday card. I took the pix and put a birthday hat on her. The pix was too small for the card but I wanted to show it here. Nala was such a good dog. She is missed.

Passion

I am coming to the end of my Digital Photography class. I have loved it! I learned so much. I want to keep learning. What I really want is to find a way to Monetize my Passion. I have read that if you totally love what you are doing – you won’t “work” a day in your life. I want to figure out how to make money doing what I love. It is funny – I have grown up thinking I am solely a left brain person. Math, Science, etc have always been easy for me. Heck, I have a degree in Accounting and even passed the CPA exam on the 1st try. But now, at the age of 60, the things I am passionate about doing are right brain activities. I LOVE writing and taking pictures. I love writing my blogs. I am starting a book on our adoption journey. And I take pictures every chance I get. I can spend hours working on the pictures in Photoshop. The other day I worked 5 hours on 1 pix. So, how do I make money doing any of these? I don’t want to have to go out and get a J-O-B. I want to DO something I LOVE!!!! Any ideas????

Awesome Autumn Finalist

This is the picture I have decided to have enlarged by my Digital Photography teacher. This is a pix I took of the Old Courthouse here in Bartlesville.

Awesome Autumn

I am so enjoying my Digital Photography class. Learning so much about both taking pictures and about Photoshop. I have Adobe Photoshop and love playing with it. I want to learn how to do everything it offers. My class ends next week so I guess I will have to buy some books and continue learning techniques for making my pictures better. This Fall the colors have been fantastic. I have spent a few days out just looking for pretty color and taking the pixs. My teacher always lets us pick our favorite pix and enlarges it to a 13x19. I have the pix from my last Digital Photography class framed and above the mantel. Now I have to pick the pix I want enlarged this time. I have to decide which pix before tomorrow evening. Decisions, decisions. I have the title for the pix. “Awesome Autumn”. Since the last pix was a Spring pix I want this one to show the Fall colors. We learned a technique last night that will allow me to darken or lighten only part of the picture. I can’t wait to try it on some of my favorite pixs before I decide my favorite. These 3, I believe will be my runner-ups. Tomorrow I will show you the one I decide on.