Monthly Archives: April 2013

Ladybug is bugging me :)

Ever wanted to create an Avatar? Creating an Avatar!Searching Dgrin with Google Searching with GoogleCongratulations to the Winner of DSS #125 (My Town/City), kenterwaller.The next Dgrin Challenge DSS #126 (Frozen In Motion With Blur) is open for entries through April … Continue reading

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Matt dew drops

Ever wanted to make a Avatar? Creating an Avatar!Dgrin search with Google search with GoogleCongratulations to the winner of DSS (my town/city), # 125 kenterwaller.The following Dgrin challenge DSS # 126 (frozen In with motion blur) is open to posting … Continue reading

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A few water droplets

Ever wanted to make a Avatar? Creating an Avatar!Dgrin search with Google search with GoogleCongratulations to the winner of DSS (my town/city), # 125 kenterwaller.The following Dgrin challenge DSS # 126 (frozen In with motion blur) is open to posting … Continue reading

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Free download: watercolor colored paper textures

Published in resources, texturesToday we have a set of 4 textures that are created by paper with watercolors colouring. The result is a unique set of textures that can be used to create backgrounds and soft watercolor textures to elements … Continue reading

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Window light portraits: weekly photography challenge

During the week that we here a simple exercise Posted on dPS to practice working with natural light (from a window) when taking portraits.Today we thought it might be fun to make the exercise this week photographic challenge as it … Continue reading

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One If By Land, Two If By Sea, Three If By Air

How-ToAs a former teacher, I stressed to my students to always make connections. Whether it was math, writing, reading, science, or social studies, I wanted them to take their thinking to higher levels and make connections between subject areas. In … Continue reading

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Use The MULTIPLY Blend Mode In Photoshop As An Alternative Way To Control Local Exposure

How-ToThere are numerous ways to control local exposure and contrast in Photoshop. I offer you an alternative to the standard and most often used methods. The beauty of this one is all areas of the photo can be individually controlled. … Continue reading

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Add Scale To Your Grand Scapes

How-ToText And Photography By Kerrick JamesNotice how the inclusion of people in these photographs gives the scenes scale. As nature photographers, we frequently work to avoid any human element in our photos, but you can see here how a person … Continue reading

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Break The Rut

How-To When you hit rock bottom, there’s only one direction in which to go and that’s up. So, when you reach that down point in your photography, it’s time to celebrate as things can only get better! Glorify the situation … Continue reading

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Break The Rut

How-To When you hit rock bottom, there’s only one direction in which to go and that’s up. So, when you reach that down point in your photography, it’s time to celebrate as things can only get better! Glorify the situation … Continue reading

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A small cold hoverfly

Spotted this hoverfly sitting on a camellia bud the other day. As soon as I started to hold a leaf near the bud, the hoverfly started to stretch towards my finger. I moved my finger a bit nearer and the … Continue reading

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Macro web site.

Ever wanted to create an Avatar? Creating an Avatar!Searching Dgrin with Google Searching with GoogleCongratulations to the Winner of DSS #125 (My Town/City), kenterwaller.The next Dgrin Challenge DSS #126 (Frozen In Motion With Blur) is open for entries through April … Continue reading

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