Posts Tagged ‘flowers’

out-of-focus #5

spent this evening experimenting. i think i’m in love with photoshop, even when it frustrates me to no end (with all the endless and unknown possibilities…). as i’ve mentioned before, i really don’t know what i’m doing. i really don’t understand what everything even means. i have no idea what i’m getting right or completely ruining. i also have trouble remembering what i’ve done to a photo to make it look as it does from one time to the next!

but… i love, love, love vintage feeling photos like the ones above. it’s a kind of art that i want to create… and someday, hopefully soon, i’ll have a better understanding of how to create it with a few slides and clicks of the mouse in photoshop.

what inspired me tonight? clicking through flickr, i was thinking about all the wonderful photos collected there. i clicked to my favorites and noticed the overall feel was the lighter, vintage, worn colors. (click to see for yourself.) i cannot get enough of all these photos… the pinks and whites of this one… the faded lines and softness of this photo… the feeling and pinks and greens in this photo… and the blues of this photo fill me with wishes for the same beauty in the photos i create. so i again opened a the viewer to find some photos to feed my desires of creating… so tell me, what do you think? are there any colors off? colors on? are the photos too light? too processed? any photos you suggest i add to my collection of favorites?

this photo is for the greeblemonkey monthly photo contest. i have been going through photos to see if i could find something i love, and i actually came back to this one, taken in may, with my point-and-shoot. there are so many beautiful photos already entered into the contest. you should go look, i think you’ll find some to fall in love with.

i wonder to myself as i start the 7th first post of my new photography website. but now it’s time time to make up my mind, to stop changing it all around, to forget if everything isn’t exactly perfect, to open up and share. so welcome. welcome to my new place to create art through photography and share my experiences as i learn and grow.

i cannot tell you exactly what will happen here, exactly what this will turn into and what paths i will take. i can tell you that where ever i head from this point, i’ll have my camera right there with me. i can also tell you i will share my favorite photos and maybe even some i do not absolutely love. i will share my experiments of photography and photo-processing here. i can tell you that i will probably ask questions, advice, and opinions as i learn and grow as a photographer.

i hope you will come visit and share often. peace, love, and photos.