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Friday, October 25, 2013

veni spiritus sanctus


Come Holy Spirit
(Latin translation)


Sometimes I'm not quite sure what I will end up with when I start the creative process, but here's how I got there on this little bit of photo art:


1. For some unknown reason I've been quietly humming this old hymn for the past few days:


I don't know quite how or why it started. I figured that it must be some sort of inspiration, and I'd best see where it took me.

2. Then there's the handful of autumn leaves I collected impulsively the other morning on the way home from the gym. (I was feeling a bit sad, watching the brilliant colors slowly fade away a day at a time.) I wasn't sure just what I would do with them, but I brought them home anyway.


iPhone 5
photos SOOC
Pro Camera app

3. Add to that my current reading list:

4. And I've been wanting to get my hands on my 'big' camera, and just play around with it, so I assembled a simple little still life and shot a few versions. (Not to worry, Dr. J...I put the camera on a tripod, 'cause it's still too heavy for me to be lugging it around.)

Original photo SOOC
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EF 28-135mm lens
ISO 400 75mm f/5.0  0.3 sec.

5. And since I enjoy creative photo editing as much as photography, I jumped right into Lightroom and Photoshop. I also pulled out this wonderful book: Art Beyond the Lens, by Sarah Gardner, who has developed her own unique approach to the process.



Here's the same image, with a little play-by-play...



I've been playing around with this for three days now, and here is the second and final version. After some extensive editing/playing in Lightroom, I headed over to Photoshop, where:
  1. I applied Kim Klassen's kk_booklight (Overlay blend mode 64%) and de-saturated that layer a bit.
  2. I lightened and softened things up a bit with Kim's new kk_2110 (Soft Light blend mode 58%)
  3. Then two of Sarah Gardner's textures: BEYOND_stormrain (Soft Light blend mode 31%) and BONUS_Glaze1 (Multiply blend mode 38%).
  4. In the midst of all that is my text, in two layers (Color Burn blend mode 80%; then duplicated and changed to Multiply blend mode 47%). Font: Mutlu

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4 comments:

  1. All the fun things to do with textures, photoshop and lightroom can keep me going 24/7. I love your finished image - just the right lightness, and textures. You have nicely blended the textures from two wonderful ladies!

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  2. So glad you rigged your big girl camera up for some still life work. It turned out beautifully.

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  3. Anytime you invite the Holy Spirit into your work you are going to end up with beauty and you certainly did.....Great work and thanks for giving us your steps of the process.....
    I have read "The Creative Call" and it's a wonderful book. I probably need to go back and reread it.....I hope you have a blessed Sunday.....

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