Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays!

Alien Skin Exposure 2 Photography Plug-In

About Tech is introducing the qualities of this plugin. However refer to the link at the bottom of my page to download the software as the offered link is no longer active.

I find this one to be very useful and interesting. Being a plug-in, it runs inside a host program such as Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, or Fireworks, this version can also be used as a standalone.

Whether you're an old school photographer nostalgic for the look of film or someone who's only known digital, Exposure can bring a unique quality and new variety to your digital photography. Plenty of pros. Exposure 1 is NO LONGER required. If you own previous versions the updates are much cheaper than the original selling price.

Here is the place to download Exposure.

The software can be installed as a plugin in Photoshop, etc. three videos offered on the site explain many details, however I use it as a standalone.

Original photograph:

Same photograph with the "autochrome border effect" applied:

Maggie Taylor Digital Art

Maggie was born in Cleveland, Ohio, she has a Bachelor's degree from Yale University and a Master's in Fine Arts from the University of Florida.

Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe and is represented within the permanent collections of several galleries and museums.

She fell in love with Photoshop, started by scanning objects in order to have some imagery to work with quickly. All sorts of small 3-dimensional things fit on her flatbed scanner with, what surprised me a lot, the top ajar!

Today, she says having flat-file drawers, walls, and shelves full of old photographs and also found artifacts.

Maggie's website.

Read the interview by Photoshop to understand her world and the art she creates much to our visual pleasure. Artistic pieces mixed with intelligence.

Below, a video in which she describes the artistic process and more. Just wonderful if you dab into digital art.

Arizona skies

Tangerine skies in Chandler, AZ. Such a spectacular and forever changing beauty in the sky.

Loving nature as much as I do, I always feel lucky to be able to watch so close to it. Nature is always soothing to the mind but also the body.

This is an interesting article about the psychological effects of urban livingthe powers of nature.

Mallard ducks and new family!

I was surprised a few days ago by my usual visitors, two mallard ducks but this time with their newly born family!

I gave them some treats like sunflower seeds and some dried oat for the little ones.

Such a pleasure to see them from so close, they were born near the small lake here and are not afraid of people especially the ones who give them food.