Tag: photo editing
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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 –…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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