I am not a photographer. Far from it.
But I do enjoy taking photos.
More then actually taking the photos,
I love to alter them in the photo edit.
I love to crop the photo into more interesting compositions.
I love to play with color.
I guess I enjoy photography when I treat it more like painting.
So this got me thinking...about creativity, inspiration, and most especially: color.
Choose a color--any color, one that best represents you, or your mood.
Choose a group of digital photos that work good together, maybe they even hint at a story.
Now start to play in the photo edit--don't be afraid to get plastic or acidic with your colors.
Burst them with color, or fade them to a whisper.
Saturate and soak them in your heart's favorite hue!
Turn them to black and white and get moody with the contrast.
Be brave.
Take risks.
Have fun.
Be expressive.
Make Art!
It's all good!
Peace & Love.
8 comments:
I love this idea. I'm always a little nervous about using Photoshop. It seems like a wide world of possibilities, so instead I keep my photos in their purest form. But I'm excited about trying out your "photo painting" technique. I'll let you know how it goes!
Darrah, don't know if you'll see this, but the thing about PS is you really can't kill the original photo if you make a copy of it and play with the copy. It's a good way to learn the program (and I still consider myself to be an amateur at best). The key with it, like so many other things, is not to be afraid of it.
Oops. Connie ... love them all, but especially #1. The cropping, composition and color are all awesome.
Sweet idea! I am going to try this this week and share on Wednesday! :)
I like this.
Awesome pics.
I like to take photos, but I don't really like to alter them in photoshop (mainly because I dont' know how to use it)...I like to alter them in real life...like with paint and alcohol, stuff like that! I really like how your pictures came out though and you didn't have to get all messy doing it...LOL!!!
this is awesome!! i will have to try this soon! your creativity amazes me chica! hugs!!
~Fabulous~ these photo's are gorgeous beautiful art <3
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