Tag: photo editing

  • Good Morning Sunshine

    Good Morning Sunshine

    “There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.” -Alexander Woollcott I went through a big chunk of my iPhone photos this morning. Wow. Talk about a rabbit hole. Have you ever done that? Well, I’m a screenshot addict – I have recipes, receipts, art that I found, friends, family, landscapes –…

  • Waiting for a Sign

    Waiting for a Sign

    This particular photo “upcycle” literally made my day.  While playing around in GIMP, I discovered a huge set of image manipulations in the G’MIC plugin that I wasn’t aware of – and this neon effect was perfect. Of course, it’s not what I had intended to do, but random is so much better! I actually…

  • Go on… Do It!

    Go on… Do It!

    When in doubt, paddle out. So I’ve been going to town with my Photoshop lesson #2, selected at random to learn how to turn a photograph into an illustration. I have to tell you that learning new things brings new life into my previous (somewhat) mundane mood. I watched a YouTube tutorial and literally followed…

  • Land Ahoy!

    Land Ahoy!

    It’s official now. I am a cheater. Haha! Well… not exactly. My son, who was eager to learn about photography, took a trip to South America several months ago. He has a friend who was living on a boat in Chile, and they ended up sailing around and visiting Argentina and Uruguay. I’m pretty sure…

  • The Clones

    Life among clones would not be worth living, and a sane person will only rejoice that others have abilities that they do not share. That should be elementary. Noam Chomsky, Chomsky on Anarchism