If Dreams Die
Read MoreHold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes
el hombre cielo grande
I decided that it had been far too long since I had pulled out the ol’ camera and took some shots. I walked around this morning with my daughter and took a few experimentals. While editing them on my favorite editing software, the GIMP, I accidentally choose the Threshold option. This gives a very stark black and white image. I was impressed with how the stripes on the shirt contrasted the other elements in the composition.
I decided to use the threshold edit and layer it with an alpha mask and a circular gradiant. This pulled in color and gave me a great color and texture contrast. If all this sounds like goobledy gook and you wouldn’t know your GIMP from a lame Pimp, then check out the GMIP tutorials located on the site here. The second part of this tutorial explains the threshold tool and how to use it.
Read MoreAdding Color To the Storm
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)
creative photography submission
Read MoreJumping with Zest and Vigor
Here’s my entry this week in the Creative Photography Contest. My daughter Willow is a free spirit. She pursues everything with zest and vigor. Here’s she’s giving all she has to jumping on the trampoline. I really admire her energy. If only I could keep up!
Searching for Something …
I know I’m searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night.
Billy Joel