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Friday, November 25, 2005
How To Make A Christmas Card
So, today we want to make a Christmas card for friends of ours. The first thing we are going to need is a photo to use as a template for our card. I found this one on the web and have blurred out the subjects faces to protect the innocent. Next we must determine whether or not the photos of our friends are high resolution enough to use, or are we going to have to do a faux effect to hide our photographic inadequacies. (Maybe Santa will get me a digital SLR some day.) Paint it is! Paint is great for hiding low res flaws and to be perfectly honest, I love the look. Next we add some texture, text, a sparkle to Santa's glasses, a Christmas ornament and presto...we're done.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Aging Photographs
Occasionally, clients will ask me to take their photo and age it to make it look as though it were forty, fifty, a hundred years old. They usually have an specific look in mind so many variations may have to be offered before a final print is made. A few techniques available are fading, burning, crumpling, adding lines, hairs, grease or dust or a stain such as coffee or wine. Tearing of the photo is also an option but may not look as authentic once printed. With all the requests for improving a photo, it's fun to destroy one every now and again.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Folk Alley: Folk Music, Traditional Music, Celtic Music, and World Music
Folk Alley: Folk Music, Traditional Music, Celtic Music, and World Music: "
John Gorka and David Francey
Listen to the second in our on-going series, 'Live From Folk Alley,' featuring singer/songwriters John Gorka and David Francey from the 39th Kent State Folk Festival at the Kent Stage in downtown Kent, OH.
Click here to listen.
And hear a stream of Eliza Gilkyson's 'Live from Folk Alley' concert recorded live in September at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland."
*Use Winamp to listen.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Paint Effects
Paint is one of my favorite effects. Painting a picture and then tweaking it using various other effects can capture a mood that a regular photo can't. It also allows changes to be made to the photo that look more natural. Items can be added or removed without it looking too manufactured (photoshopped).
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Some Before and After Photos.
Client requested the best man and maid of honor removed and the image enhanced with the roses painted red.
Here was the final result. After painting the roses I textured them to give them more punch.
The job was obvious. Enhance and repair.
This repair took a bit of time due to the drapes and some reconstuction (her face and his hand. End result was good though.
KPIG on a Saturday Night.
Tired of the same ol' same ol'? Tune in to the pig and hear some great music that you won't find on any other internet radio station. Use Winamp and Shoutcast to meet up with the swine. I dare anyone to find better twang on a Saturday night. Shake it baby....shake it. 
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Welcome to my favorite waste of time.
Hello from Ottawa and welcome to my blog. The reason for creating this is to show some of the little pix I do and hopefully drum up a little business doing restorations and manipulations. Wouldn't it be nice to restore an old picture of the granparents or maybe take that drunken Uncle Joe out of an otherwise grand family portrait? That's the sort of thing I do. That and a few silly pix of my friends and relatives. To be honest, if you can think of it...I can do it.
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