During the last week of March our family took a road trip to Texas to visit friends and family. During our trip through Texas we were hosted for 5 days by our boys’ maternal Grandmother and her husband in Rockport. … Continue reading
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I used Photoshop CS6 to produce this composite of our grandson Jim’s basketball team photo combined with their mascot – the Bulls. I pasted the photo of the Bull into Jim’s photo as a layer, set it to normal blending, and … Continue reading
Readers of my blog know that I’m a strong proponent of creating permanent and lasting memories of life’s events by gathering photos of those events and creating a DVD video set to music. The photo files can be embedded in … Continue reading
Some of my favorite photos recently captured while taking the boys snow-boarding at Sandia Peak Ski Area in the Cibola National Forest of New Mexico. Share and comments are always welcome. Capture the Wonders Found in Travel and Life … Continue reading
I was searching for a way to create a translucent Christmas ornament with a photo of our house inside that I could use to create a Christmas card. I’m by no means a Photoshop guru, but I know enough about … Continue reading
If you’ve followed my blog posts, you know that I much prefer storing digital files than dealing with boxes of paper (print) photos. But digital photo and video file storage can take up a lot of disk space on your … Continue reading
Often with good quality sports action shots (especially football) it takes a moment for the eyes to be drawn to the key players because the players, crowd, or referee on the periphery and background create a distraction. So I searched for … Continue reading
Calling all camera buffs – the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is coming October 3-11! There’s a good article in the September issue of Shutterbug magazine titled Photographing the Albuquerque Balloon Festival, by George Schaub. The 2 page spread covers the best times for photographs, suggested camera … Continue reading
Our friend Sybil asked in a comment if I had produced black & white photos of the color driftwood photos previously posted in South Carolina Beach. I thought that was an interesting question, so I’ve processed the photos in black and white for … Continue reading
While this is a photography blog, I decided to vary off course and write a post that may help other WordPress users. I had installed the Facebook for WordPress plugin so that when I published a post on my website, … Continue reading
