Canadian Blogger eh!
September 5, 2015
Thankful for my beautiful garden!
Category Photography
I took these photos of some of the flowers in my garden.
Final thoughts:
I feel grateful to have such a beautiful garden.
Beacon Tate
Category Archives: Photography
Where To Go
Canadian Blogger eh!
August 31, 2015
Thankful for freedoms that go with living in Canada.
Category Photography
This is a photo of a collage, on 8 3/4 by 11 1/4 inch Linen Weave standard presentation covers. Titled “Where To Go”!
Final thoughts:
I used pictures from magazines and pieces from a map, original is glued with Matte Medium on construction paper, printed on Linen Weave standard presentation cover.
Beacon Tate
Old Photo Touch Up Tips
Canadian Blogger eh
July 12, 2015
I am thankful for spending time with my elderly Mom.
Category Photography
Fixing damaged photographs in Photoshop CS 6 for Mac
This photo is over 70 years old and needs some fixing up.
Steps:
- Click on the Spot healing brush tool from the side tools
- Change your brush size
- Click on the good part of the picture and drag over blemishes
- Select Edit – Step Back; if you don’t like something you did
- The left side is totally destroyed; however the right side is intact; it’s easy to copy a selection from one side to the other.
- With the Elliptical M arquee tool (press Shift M) until you have your selection. In this picture it’s the right side from the top to the top of the bottom corner.
- Once you are happy with the selection add a new layer (Command J)
- Drag selection to the right side
- Select Edit, Transform, Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical (in this case Flip Horizontal) line up
Lesson Learned:
- Rename your original photo before changes are made
- Use the best quality scanner you have access to, to scan the old photo
Final Thoughts
Photo Shop is a great tool. This is a minimum fix to touch up this old photograph. So much more to learn about Photo Shop CS6, so little time!
Beacon Tate
I love the zoo!
Canadian Blogger eh!
June 15 2015
I am thankful for the beauty of bare leafless trees with a low-lying fog backdrop in the early morning!
Category Photography
I love to take pictures. One day a friend and I went to the zoo. We walked around for hours. I did manage to get a few interesting pictures. These pictures were taken with my film camera and a 200 mm telephoto zoom lens.
I know it not politically correct these days and totally not fair to the animals. But I most likely would never have gotten these photos of these beautiful creatures had I not been at the zoo.
The setting was a large fenced field with a huge mud puddle. As we walked by we thought it was just a field with a mud puddle and really did not notice the hippo until she moved. With my telephoto lens I was able to get a nice shot.
The next two pictures I took through link fences. If I recall correctly there may have been double fences.
I just love the pose of this stately black bear, just a lazy day in the sun.
This majestic Jaguar sitting so proudly! What beautiful animals!
Beacon Tate