Category Archives: Fun with Photoshop

Inspiration

Inspired by Karen McRae’s post, Trichoto(me),  I played with layering some self-portraits I’ve taken. My camera does not allow me to do multiple exposures in camera, so I did these in Photoshop. This was a fun experiment this morning and something I’ll want to keep working on.

In this image, I pulled the pensive layer to 25% opacity and did some strategic erasing to emphasize my upturned face in the original layer.

In this one, both layers are at 100% opacity,  with strategic erasing to create the effect.

Day 317 – Fun with Photoshop: Selective Color

I couldn’t figure out how to use the selective color feature in Photoshop, so instead I added a black and white layer and erased part of the layer to leave just the pink of my t-shirt. A few more tweaks and voila!  I’ve had this t-shirt since our local Planned Parenthood was working with the state legislature in an attempt to standardize sex education across the state. Unfortunately, the measure did not pass and we continue to have a patchwork of curricula that vary drastically from county to county.

Another shot…Black and White conversion in Photoshop with some tweaking in Nik Color Efex Pro. I’m having entirely too much fun with this software!

Day 254 – Fun with Photoshop: Triple-Play

This was my inspiration for today’s photo.

After dinner tonight I set my tripod up in the backyard and it didn’t take Nina too long to give me an idea. She loves to nose around in these boards for lizards and so I just sat there and waited. I used my flash, with the LumiQuest bounce attachment. My shutter speed was a bit slow, hence the motion-blur in the exposures.  Post production was quite time-consuming, with lots of “Oh, Phooeys” and start-overs, but all-in-all this was a lot of fun!

 

Day 237 – Fun with Photoshop: Smudge Stick Quickies

It’s been a full day and I didn’t get home until nearly 9 tonight. So I grabbed my camera and flash and snapped a few of the dogs.  Though the originals shots were fine, I added a Smudge Stick filter to them in Photoshop, just for fun.  It is subtle, but there is more pop and contrast.

Nina. Filter: Smudge Stick

Buddy. Filter: Smudge Stick