texture tuesday

this weeks tt using kim klassen's  simplicity

vision and blur

just experimenting with macro - vision and blur

week two beyond layers - vision and blur

it seems mother nature didn't want to share her natural light with me the last few days. so instead i made a little corner in the spare room into a pseudo white room. not the best but with the help of ACR...

for this assignment, the single word i chose (or rather it chose me) was moment (in time).

i than set out to find the picture. like kim and her beautiful old listerine jar, i have this green bottle (and a blue one) that i've kept for years – never doing much with, but i just love their shape and color.

today the green one became my picture along with a stem snipped off a plastic bouquet of colorful flowers. to digress for a moment... every fall, after the flowers have gone i head to the dollar store to pick up a colorful bouquet of plastic flowers and plant them in a pot of dirt that sits right outside my back door. i just love colorful flowers and what better place than the back door to enjoy summer flowers throughout the winter months.

anyway, this stem with the butterfly looked to be the 'one'.  i set up the still and experimented with many different settings and after some tweaking in ACR here was my 'moment'.

i added kim klassen's texture 'simplicity' soft light 100%, than another layer of soft light 100% to burn the edges. the font is called 1942 report. enjoy

texture tuesday

this week's texture tuesday theme is 'story'.  check out kim klassen cafe... she's added a giveaway this week... it's a necklace from ruby loves handmade jewelry - both sites are so awesome.
my story submission i used kim klassen's 'if only' screen 22%, 'lola' linear burn 24%, 'poetic' hard light 35% and added text with a blend of difference at 100%   enjoy

another 'just enough' from week one beyond layers

another attempt at 'just enough'... this is ali and max having a game of tug.
i added a hue/sat adjustment layer to tone down the blue than added kim klassen's awesome texture 'awake' twice, one color 100% and one overlay 100%, both with layer mask revealing only the dogs.

week one beyond layers - just enough

first weeks assignment from kim klessen's beyond layers course is to keep it simple... just enough processing, just enough texture, just enough color, just enough... not too much... go light... go easy.  who would have thought 'keep it simple' would be so challenging.  i looked back at my photos/art and i sure haven't incorporated this style into much.  so... here's my first 'just enough'  i set the stage with something simple... a great cup of tea and a great read.  i applied a few adjustment layers (hue/sat and levels) and added 'awaken' screen 61% and 'awaken' rotated vertical soft light 37%.  i'm already liking this simple/just enough style.  by the way... the great (current) read is 'the china study' if you're interested in nutrition have a look at this book - it's awesome

texture tuesday

using several textures from kim klassen cafe and pse filters for this week's texture tuesday theme - open

weekend textures

lundbreck falls bridge using kim klassen weekend textures evolve

little devils

these are the little devils that just love to grab hold of maxi's fur...

the texture i used on this one was actually a total blow out picture i took :)

texture tuesday

my january 10 texture tuesday featuring ali and max.

challenge details said to use at least one layer of kim klassen's 'embrace'

well, i might have gotten a little carried away...  

layer 1 embrace soft light 67%

layer 2 embrace rotated 180 multiply 100%

layer 3 embrace multiply 95%

layer 4 embrace rotated 180 darken color 100%

layer 5 pdpa sweet secret luminosity 27%

shared moments

confidence

using kim klassen's weekend texture 'confidence' i started going through the blend mode and when i got to 'hue' i liked the result so much i stopped there.  Ali's pose fit this theme.

join

first word that came to mind after many textures and filters was JOIN.

the joining of winter and summer.

she's got legs

I was trying to get some macro shots of the native grass and ended up with this instead...

i'm adopted??

I just couldn't resist creating this one.  Saw this joke recently and had the perfect picture of Max.
enjoy...

 

texture tuesday

My first Texture Tuesday post.

This is Max - in the river - on New Year's Day (2012).

textures used: Embrace and Cosmo by Kim Klassen

happy new year

my first blog and first post of 2012.
This year I've decided to join a 52 week course put on by Kim Klassen called Beyond Layers.
As well, I signed up for her weekly newsletter called Texture Tuesday.
This means I'm committing myself to a minimum of two posts each week.  Most of my pictures will be of either my two dogs (Ali and Max) and/or nature pictures from our walks.
This blog seemed like a great place to keep track of my progress and maybe even throw in a few little rambling sessions now and than.
So to start the new year... here's my first picture