Photo Arts: February 2014

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Fun Overnight Shoot to Martin County

Had so much fun with Kim Seng, Linda King and Michele Hopper shooting moonrise, sunrise, sunset and birds all over Martin County. Visited House of Refuge on the beach and then inland to Blue Cypress Lake for a pontoon boat ride to see the hundreds of Osprey Nests. Best shot of Blue Scrub Jay I ever got !

Friday, February 7, 2014

SURFING THE NET .....KEEPERS

Thirty Five Nice Tips of the Day

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Photo Arts: Good Tutorial on Texturing

Dear visitors from my recent talks, Thanks for your interest and I hope you can find some helpful information here about texturing. If you look on the right side and click on the little boxes they will take you to some blogs I follow. Find some good textures and then watch this little video and begin to experiment. You can do a google on utube for more videos too. There are quite a few out there that are helpful. There are many styles of this artform and with some experimenting I know you will have some artisitc fun. I am considering offering a local workshop in the Spring. I will post the information to your clubs. Thanks, Melinda
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Photo Arts: Good Tutorial on Texturing

Nik Presets by Flypaper. Discount until Feb 9th.

I love NIk color effects blended with Flypaper textures...Paul and Jill's new set of presets are great!

Recent Presentations I gave at local Camera Clubs.

In December I gave a presentation at Ibis Photography Club in PBG

and tonight I did a second one at the Treasure Coast Photo Club in Ft Pierce Fl. Both times I was surprised at how large the memberships are; at least 60 or 70 people attended both events. I was a bit nervous, but both audiences were so warm and receptive I soon got over my nerves. There was much interest and question asked about my work and my process of textures I am considering creating a basic workshop sometime in the near future. I would highly recommend you join either of these clubs if they are in your area. Very interactive and informative organizations.

http://treasurecoastphoto.photoshelter.com