xmas palm

memphis sleeps

writing on the wall

p.o.v.

Sometimes what my mind sees and what the camera sees are two different things.


more garbage...

untitled

Jake

Jake had a meltdown 30 seconds after I took this. Such a cute kid but he has some anger issues that need to be worked through

nothingness

I want this to be a good photo. The problem is there is no point to it. What am I trying to say?

it says nothing because it is garbage

just stuff

Some more stuff from my dog walks.

one man's trash...

This is a pile of trash

... but it is a treasure of a photo

4 of spades

I see things lying in the road and I wonder how they got there. What happened, is it trash? Is it lost? Why do these things make me feel so lonely and abandoned?

Thank you to my friend Sergio!

This was the original post. I knew I like the photo but it broke some basic rules. Notice the stick coming out the top and bottom of Memphis' head!


So I get a message from my fellow photo blogger Sergio and he has done a good job with Photo Shop and take out the posts. Let's just say I had a blonde moment when I posted and didn't think about the fact that I DO have this wonderful program (7.0 thank you can't afford CS yet) Well since I can't post Sergio's work here I sat at the computer for a while using the heal and clone brush to get something acceptable.

I hopr to work some more on this one. I want to replicate the fine hairs you see around her snout. Of course These are not good enough to see that detail but I know what's missing.

Just in case you are wondering I call this shot "Memphis the nosy Neiva", it's an inside joke. I do like this one enough that I think I will submit it to a couple of contests.

Jake

Here is what I started with, a goofy kid surrounded by a lot of concrete and a badly stained shirt. Also I needed to bring out his eyes and brighten up his teeth.


And this is what I ended up with, God bless Photoshop! I was able to take out all the stuff that made it a bad pictue and turn it into a decent photo of a goofy kid.

So what do you think? Does it looked Photoshopped?

my latest obsession

I've been taking my camera with me while I walk my dogs. Not for any reason just in case I see something interesting. In reality it is very difficult to handle two dogs on leashes and try and frame a shot.
Whatever, that is not the point, just my ADD talking. While walking the dogs I've noticed the lighting cast by the sodium vapor lamps used as street lamps in my neighborhood.




I don't know, I see something here I just don't know how to express it. Let me wonder around the neighborhood for a few more weeks and I will find it.

No edit. This is the photo in all its horror, I like it except for the thing coming up between Memphis's ears.

something old

My house was built in the 20's, these were to get electricty from the house out to the carriage house.

self portrait

Are my finger really that fat? God i need to loose weight.

still trying to get it right

A picture of a foutain that is a work in progress in my back yard. I have ideas for how I want to use it, now all i need is a human model.