Stone House

The stone structure appears strong but with the holes in the roof the future of this house is questionable.

Again I used Photoshop to achieve a monotone effect in this photo.

I have been working lately with a few hundred old family photographs that we borrowed from relatives. Scanning and restoration has been both time consuming and very rewarding. I was inspired by those old photographs to create the effects you see here.

Dilapidated Shed

The old shed leans as its timbers ever so slowly give way to the incessant demands of gravity

From the holes in the roof and the trees growing in front of the door it is obvious that no one has used this shed in years. Surprisingly, to the right just out of the frame is a house; not quite as decrepit and still occupied.

I reduced the saturation and toned this photograph to achieve the effect you see here.

Paula in Pink

This cute little “package” shown here is the daughter of our good friends Paul & Sindy. I shot this image as they were getting ready to leave. We loved Paula’s pose with her finger across her mouth, but the background left much to be desired.

A few minutes in Photoshop delivered much more acceptable results. I created the background layer by setting the colors to two different shades of pink from her coat and then applying “filter” “render” “difference clouds”. Afterwards all that was necessary was to remove the background around Paula and lightly fade her outline using the eraser tool.

Moonlight Madness

The possibilities for this image of an old forgotten shed captured my imagination.



This image was shot in the morning sunlight and manipulated digitally with Photoshop to achieve a “Moonlight” effect.

Is it a Keeper?

All comments are welcome, both positive and negative

Quiting Time, at Last!

After a hot day of working in the factory a Harley Ultra Classis is just the ticket for a refreshing ride home.

The Big Bad Biker pictured is known by all of his friends as “Tiny”.
I don’t suppose anyone can guess why

Playing Around with Images

On a Cold Winter evening, what is a poor fellow to do?

Play with PhotoShop!