It's my favorite place in the world.  I just love going to the beach, walking along the shoreline, feeling the white foam rush over my feet, smelling the fresh, salty air, the sound of the crashing waves and the seagulls chirping as they fly by...  I just love it.  Digging in the sand for sea shells, and laughing with friends, or sitting in a quiet ( Read more... )

The last time I worked on Mila's photo, I made some nice skin corrections to give her a more blemish-free look.  This time, I decided that I'd work on her eyes, more precisely, her pupils.  In the photo below, you can see that one pupil is much larger than the other, and the outer edges are bluer and a bit murky.  Well, I figured it might be nice ( Read more... )

I didn't think I would cry, but I did.  Comedy Central hosted a benefit for Autism, and they featured little Jodi DiPiazza, a child grappling with the disorder, right before she played piano and did a duet with Katy Perry.  They both sang Katy's hit single, "Firework," and afterward the crowd erupted in applause, giving them both standing ovations ( Read more... )

Skin
Everybody's got it, and sometimes you take a picture that's not quite as lovely and blemish free as you'd like.   This is why I decided I'd like these last few months of the year to be used working on learning how to do touch-ups to real photos.  Well, just the one, actually.  I got a little overly ambitious when I selected the picture I wanted ( Read more... )

So, it's been around a month since my last entry.  Looks like I'm going to need to do 2 PS posts this month. ;) Things have been busy for me, and I've got a lot f planning to do for next year.  With that said, the new Fall season of television has started.  I don't watch a whole lot of tv, but I was excited to see Person of Interest come back and I ( Read more... )

Does anyone know how to delete tags that are empty and won't be used?

I decided to clean up the tags in my journal sooner rather than later, and I also decided to give myself some set rules about tagging posts.   It doesn't make sense to have two posts about "John Sheppard," and one's tagged "Sheppard" while the other is tagged "John." I did my ( Read more... )

Well, I've committed myself to trying to do at least one photoshop post per month, so that way I can say that I'm learning something monthly at least.  I started to work on touching up head-shots, but that proved to be too much work this time around.  I like to try to learn one or two, maybe three, new things each time I learn.  With the photo I ( Read more... )

Okay, so right now I'm getting caught up on season 5 episodes of True Blood.  My favorite couple right now is Lafayette and Jesus.  I just think they are perfect for each other, without giving away any spoilers.  I was in the middle of watching episode 8 today, and there's a scene where they are together and it prompted me to write a little ( Read more... )

With Game of Thrones out of the way for the rest of the summer, I decided to try watching True Blood.  A friend recommended it to me, so I gave it a try.  And let me tell you -

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