The other day, my grandson Emerson and I wandered through the aisles of our local thrift store, browsing all the usual treasures. Emerson found some playing cards, and I found some rubber ducks and a big bag of brightly colored plastic combs. My photographer brain saw the combs and thought, […]
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A few years ago, I came across a Photoshop plugin made by Profactions, called “Aquarelleum”. I used it to modify my photos to look like watercolor paintings. I loved that plugin and used it quite extensively. However, I recently upgraded my MacBook and although I was able to reinstall the […]
Lisa subscribes to an email list from “The Art Of Being Human” by Ernest Holm Svendsen. She recently received an interesting email with the title, “Letting Go of ‘Because'” Here is what was included in that email: Dear Lisa, When doing The Work, I often notice how “because” slips into […]
On Saturday, October 19th, the 14th annual “Cars In The Park” car show was held in Shawnee Mission Park in Shawnee, Kansas. After parking my truck and walking to the entrance of the car show, I passed this corvette in the parking lot. It wasn’t in the show, but it […]
In 2013, I visited Arches National Park twice; once in March and once in July. I took lots of photos during both of those trips. During the March trip, the sky was a bit overcast and rather a dull, grey color. Here is an example of the original photo with […]
In June, Lisa and I adopted Tucker, a Miniature Schnauzer. We’ve known Tucker since he was a puppy, so it was like being reunited with an old friend; which is exactly what it was. I’ve been taking Tucker on two walks a day, one in the morning and one in […]
I’ve been working from home since the start of the Covid Pandemic in early 2020, and I’ve really enjoyed it. I actually end up putting in more time at work than I did before, and I feel that with the extra time I put in, I’m just as, if not […]
This is a continuation of my adventures with ON1 Photo Raw, Photoshop and the Aquarelleum plugin by Profactions I found this skull at Savers and liked the colors of the skull on top of the pool balls Skyler’s home Horton, our favorite elephant The living room in the AirBnB where […]
Lisa and I spent three months in Las Vegas so that we could spend some time with our son, Skyler and his family. While we were there, I played around some more with ON1 Photo Raw, Photoshop and the Aquarelleum Photoshop plugin by Profactions. Here are a few of the […]
Here are some of my photos of animals that I have recently revisited in Photoshop using the Aquarelleum plugin by Profactions.
At one point in the “The Beatles: Get Back” documentary, John Lennon says, “And now, your host for this evening, the Bottles.” I collect blue glass bottles, along with a few bottles of other colors, too, and just couldn’t resist making this image with four of the bottles in my […]