Christmas Kitty

This weeks late pic: Fall Favs

Today the week officially ends thus I’m not late in posting this weeks ‘pic of the week’.  Outside my house is this tree that I never notice until fall due to the obvious color contrast.  It’s one of those really red trees.  Neighbors have reportedly almost called the fire department upon walking outside without any [...]

Before and After

Photoshop really is amazing; it scares me how one can make something look very different or very real. Ever since I taught myself some of the basics of the program I’ve been able to see those elements in advertisements, products and commercials. Sometimes I’ll stop to stare at a particular piece, even [...]

Lazy Saturday Pic of the Week

Yup, this is grass.  Just grass.

Pic of the Week

In this project the point was playing with post photo settings in Photoshop. This is contrast and color balance changes. I have to be cautious not to make the picture look like it has been chemically enhanced as opposed to an organic feel.  That red in the background is all natural though (it [...]

Nikon D40

So the new camera I got was a Nikon D40.  It came in a package with lenses, tripods, memory cards, etc. on Ebay (but it’s not used).  I am very excited about this new prospect.  Most of my home time now goes to fiddling with the hundreds of settings.
Picture of the week:

Some others I also [...]