Happy New Year - Abstract Art Altered Image

Cannot believe that 2017 is almost over.  Today I posted the image on the left on Facebook.  This image was originally of some ice in puddle from my driveway.  Previously posted on this blog after a snow storm. I certainly had no idea I would be using this for artwork.  The original image was in color but then used the Saturated Film filter x10 to get this colorful effect in Photoshop Elements 15.  It took maybe a minute to come up with the abstract art, but I can't image how long it would have taken to paint on canvas or linen with whatever medium.   I am looking forward to taking an iColorama course.  My goal for a long time has been to make digital collages,

Happy New Year Still life - B & W Tree Branches in winter.

 It is almost 2018.   The image on the left I did not take but a good example of a still life photo in B & W which was a freebie download from The Graphic Fairy. Emil Pararkis, Instructor/Founder of iPhonology course recently sent out an email about taking pictures in winter of trees.  I originally took the photo on the right with my iPhone 6s in color and converted to B & W image but no other edits.  I used ProCamera app. I signed up for a course to learn how to use the iColorama app.  I may never sleep again.  It has about 90 videos to watch.  This should teach me how to give my photos an artistic look.  Plus can share on Instagram or the iColorama FB page.

Holiday Lights - Pinnacle, NC

My photo friend. Pat Chamings, and I went to see some holiday light display in Pinnacle, NC.  This was an experiment for low light photography.  I wanted to try a new camera app for my iPhone 6S,i.e. Procamera for the iPhone and costs about $5.00.   I tried my Nikon P600 P & S and results were terrible.  Because it had been awhile since I watched the You Tube tutorials, I did not remember much.   Some how the image was set as a TIFF file. I did use Low light + which will combine images and do noise removal.   Here is one scene which you could drive or walk around.  Definitely need more practice. 

Holiday Cards - Marbelized Paper, Alcohol Inks

Merry Christmas!! Happy Holidays!! Season's Greetings!!  Thought today I would post a couple of images of cards I have made to send to friends and relatives this year. Took image with iPhone 6s which gives skewing. The left card image  I watched a video of Jennifer McGuire about using alcohol inks as a background for Christmas cards using Yuppo paper Tim Holtz alcohol inks. Then I added the die cut sentiment:  Penny Black die:  Love, Peace & Joy from white cardstock   Then I die cut some snow flakes from Tim Holtz collection --  14 different designs in the set.   Adhered this with Elmer's spray adhesive.  The other card holiday card that has marbling background from a kit we used when Cinda here at Thanksgiving.  These colors were more muted than the Golden Fluidacrylics we used in my Marbling Class.

Winter Abstract/Textures

Friday night we had about an inch of snow in Greensboro, NC.  Because the streets were still warm and only 33 degrees Fahrenheit the winter scene did not entice me to capture any images.  Just not my "mojo".  Got up late this a.m. and did manage to capture some images with snow and ice.  I posted 4 images on facebook.  Since it was cold and the weather getting warmer, I had no time to warm up my digital camera.  So, I set out with my iPhone 6s to see if some patterns in nature could be captured.  My driveway had puddles that had frozen.   I love those patterns of nature. Sometimes it has unwanted artifacts.   I saw some snow that some had started to melt and so there were indentations left from the melting. Minimal post processing with PSE  15. I hope later I can revisit these image and use some artistic apps. 

White Poinsettia Macro and B & W Conversion

 I was shopping at Wal-mart and decided to check out opportunities for photo images of Christmas plants/blooms.  I missed the poinsettia open house at Mitchell's nursery in King, NC.  Took the image in color but then wanted try a conversion to B & W. The latter is darker because I wanted to show more texture of leaf veins.  Lighting was overhead florescent. Image taken with iPhone 6S and edited in PSE 15.   Hope I can visit Lowe's and some other nurseries for more photo opportunities. 

Milkweed Pod Original & Altered

 About a month ago, I was walking in neighborhood. I saw a milkweed pod with parachute seeds.  Decided to remove the pod and put on top of a green garbage can for background. Because it was cloudy, the background looked more blue than green.  The image on the left is the original without editing.  The image on the right I used an app called Instamag. You can see the watermark.  It gives you lots of artistic choices for your photos.  Although I would never see these colors in nature, I really like this and would consider using it as a greeting card.   I did post the original image on Photo Nuts.

The original was selected for top 10 month of November and Liz Masoner chose for profile image. 
Very honored to have received this recognition.