This one of Gabe surrounded by his presents I quite like.
This one of Mark and Wallace I used some textures on as well and put a little caption for fun.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Black and white
I've been trying to improve my black and white photos in Photoshop. Learning about gradient maps and other adjustment layers to get clearer photos.
This one of Gabe surrounded by his presents I quite like.
This one of Mark and Wallace I used some textures on as well and put a little caption for fun.
This one of Gabe surrounded by his presents I quite like.
This one of Mark and Wallace I used some textures on as well and put a little caption for fun.
Friday, December 24, 2010
...and a Merry Christmas to all
Wow it's been 9 days since I posted. Been a little busy, baking cheese straws, butter tarts for Theresa's Christmas Eve get-together, some babysitting, wrapping presents, decorating, well you all know what I've been doing because you've been doing the same thing.
Watched a great Jamie Oliver Christmas special and learned a few more tips about cooking and carving your turkey. He puts vegetables and garlic under the turkey while it roasts, then for the gravy he mashes it all together and lets it cook while he does everything else. Then sieves it and adds the stock. Sounds like more flavor to me. Then to carve he takes everything off the bones with a few well-placed cuts, then slices it cross ways very neatly. That way everyone gets the crispy outside and the tender inside. I remember watching the Two Fat ladies and learning to pour boiling water over the raw skin, that really makes the skin crispy. As you can tell, I love the turkey.
Just going to go make our traditional family Christmas bread for Christmas brunch now. I love Christmas Eve!
May all of you have a blessed Christmas.
Watched a great Jamie Oliver Christmas special and learned a few more tips about cooking and carving your turkey. He puts vegetables and garlic under the turkey while it roasts, then for the gravy he mashes it all together and lets it cook while he does everything else. Then sieves it and adds the stock. Sounds like more flavor to me. Then to carve he takes everything off the bones with a few well-placed cuts, then slices it cross ways very neatly. That way everyone gets the crispy outside and the tender inside. I remember watching the Two Fat ladies and learning to pour boiling water over the raw skin, that really makes the skin crispy. As you can tell, I love the turkey.
Just going to go make our traditional family Christmas bread for Christmas brunch now. I love Christmas Eve!
May all of you have a blessed Christmas.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Gabe!!!
He cannot take a bad photo! I can do any manipulation and get a fantastic result on every photo I've taken of him. Here I used an action right
out of the box.
and here's the same photo, cropped and some more playing.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
I love The Coffee Shop blog!!!
The best actions anywhere are available here! I've had a ton of fun playing with them. There is also a flickr group to join to ask questions and post your own photos. Here are a couple that I've done with the actions there
So go to 
and see for yourself!
So go to
Saturday, December 11, 2010
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