Day 178

The one good thing about moving is finding all the old stuff you kept. A nice subject for today's photo.

Day 176

One more late post due to no internet. This is a statue I bought in Kenya. It was made by a local artist, his interpretation of a Masai Ceremonial Dance.

Day 174

Another full day of packing and air conditioner only working in parts of the house. Got an estimate of $1500.00 just to fix one of the units, lovely...... 7 days left and I have this huge expense..... ugh ! Anyway I put this silk plant in my lightbox and added some texture by kimklassen to spice it up a bit.

Day 173

Almost midnight again ! Don't know what I am going to photograph when I'm all packed up for my move.

Day 171

After a full day of shopping, and actually buying living room and dining room sets I feel a lot less stressed about this move.
When we got home my daughter Kathryn baked some chocolate chip cookies ! I photographed this in my home made lightbox and added a KimKlassen texture.
Happy Father's Day to all you Dad's out there.

This is my mantra for packing ! I took a photo of a sign, then zoomed in on some shower curtains and added a border.

Day 159

Another late night getting my photo done.
At dinner with my friend Sandy I noticed the lights from the blinds on the empty wall.
I got up and took a few shots thinking I would have to figure out a way to use them later. On my way home I stopped in Westport and found this wonderful store with several window displays of wild horses. I took a few shots and was hoping to mix the two photos together when I got home. This is what I came up with.

Day 147

Part of my dinner tonight with a texture by KimKlassen added. Shot in my lightbox with a blue posterboard in the background.

I used a texture called "crackle love flickr" by KimKlassen on this dogwood flower.
I also worked the colors a bit in photoshop, and aged it some with an action.

Day 137

Another bottle and shadow. I tried playing around with shadows and was able to create 2 of them with the two lights I was using. The bottle is actually a royal blue and the background was white. I played around in photoshop to get the look I wanted. Thanks to "telzey" for the texture.

Day 132

These are some of the flowers my daughters gave me for Mothers Day with several textures added most from Jerry at Skeletalmess
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/

Day 120

Playing around with some shot glasses we got on a cruise a few years back.

Day 119

I picked some flowers from a tree on my way home in case I didn't have any creative juices flowing , lucky thing I did. I wasn't in the mood for photography today but somehow had no problem playing around in photoshop. I added several textures and used a vintage action to get this look.

Day 112

I guess I am sticking with the theme of shoes and flowers, one more pair of my daughter Kristi's shoes.

Day 88

The original photo is one of a green key on a white background. I added the hearts as an overlay, then 2 other textures on top of that.
I bought a box of keys from Pottery Barn yesterday to use as props. They are all a little different from each other.

Day 80

Zig zag Daffodil.

Day 78

Oops I forgot to upload my photo yesterday ! Here's a tulip that was starting to die, I thought it would be interesting to see the inside for a change. I added a texture. This is actually 2 photos , the first one is the tulip in a smaller size with a blue background , the 2nd is a tulip zoomed in on with a white bacground. The larger one had been set to a lower opacity.

Day 57

I must have tried a hundred shots today with these little flowers and lady bug. I was using my macro lens again with and without the 31mm extension tube. I spent a while getting rid of all the dust bunnies only to finally put a texture on top with lots of little spots.... who knew ! This kinda feels like it could be printed on some form of metal. Can you see the little ladybug?

Day 53

As promised another macro shot today, once again I used my 100mm macro lens with the 35mm extension tube attached. I lite the orchid with a flash thru umbrella at 1/2 power and used 2 daylight bulbs on each side and behind the orchid. This photo is just a small piece of the inside of the orchid. I added a little texture to it to give it more depth.

Day 51

On my way to the supermarket to pick up some flowers to do some macro work on tonight, I came upon this wall, it's actually on the side of a local restaurant. It has always attracted my attention but never really knew what to do with it. I grabbed a few shots and put them through photomatix to create an hdr photo. It still didn't have a finished look to it so I added some texture and I feel satisfied with the results. The best part to me is there's actually a catch-light in the fish's eye :-)