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Sunday, September 16, 2012

sweet september

Lately I've been immersed in an online class to learn Photoshop Lightroom. Pretty intense, and definitely straining my little brain. An excellent class, though, this Round Trip: from Lightroom to Photoshop and Back Again, taught by the talented and generous Kim Klassen.



So while I've been waiting for my massive photo folder to copy into my Lightroom Catalogue, I decided to play around with Kim's latest challenge in her year-long Beyond Layers class entitled Sweet Adjustments. I followed her video tutorial with her sample image and then used one of my own photos, which you see here. I followed Kim's recipe pretty closely, but added a layer of texture in the end - her kk_paperandpaste, to grunge up the too-clean white border a little bit. I actually took this shot in Olde Arvada one warm spring day a few months ago, while I was out and about, playing with my new camera.

As I watched the image "develop" tonight in Photoshop, it seemed to take on a warm, late summer glow, with the tinge of early autumn colors that we are experiencing here in Colorado after a summer of relentless heat and drought.

It kinda captures how I feel this time of year. How about you?


5 comments:

  1. Cindy lovely photo I'm taking Round Trip too and loving it ...

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  2. I thought I saw your name in the roll call. I'm hoping it will help me get organized and efficient. Although I am really looking forward to the creative part...I can't even imagine what's in store!

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  3. Oooh yes, that is a perfect way to visually "describe" this time of year.

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  4. so love your photo, it brings back memories.

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    1. I really enjoyed editing this photo...it did the same for me too!

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