Images by Bren & Ash Ryan
Today's flower of the day which is hosted by Cee Neuner is one of the first photographs we ever took as amateur photographers, way back in 2012. I can't believe that it has been over 6 years since that photograph was taken... and we still love our hobby. Have a good day everyone...
Scale is the topic for the Weekly WordPress Photo Challenge for the Week beginning the 11th October 2017, and I have only just got around to processing a photograph for this particular challenge. As I said in my previous post I have a lot of catching up to do. 😀 😀 😀 And for my … Continue reading Scale WordPress Photo Challenge
My God I can't believe it is over a month since I posted to this blog and participated in a WordPress Photo Challenge. Anyway one of the challenges I have missed is called Glow. Now for me the meaning of glow is something bright.. the sun glows and casts light to enhance things. Anyway going … Continue reading Glow WordPress Photo Challenge
Satisfaction So what is satisfaction? For me it is when I accomplish something that I only dreamed of. Like taking a photograph and transforming it into something else. My original image was this deep cerise flower. Even though I liked the original image I wanted to create something different and the colour I had in … Continue reading Satisfaction WordPress Photo Challenge
Again we are at that point in the week where I participate in the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge and this week's topic is Evanescent. And in true form.. I am two days behind. 😀 😀 Well I suppose you can't expect anything less from me at times. One meaning of Evanescent is: soon passing out … Continue reading Evanescent Photography Challenge
Well the revamping of the blog is going well and I am thoroughly enjoying reworking all photographs. Well with time spare on my hands I now have the opportunity to enter this week's photo challenge called Reflecting. Reflections are everywhere and the reflections that I love mostly are the reflections in water... Whether it be … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – Reflecting
As I mentioned way back... I have had 3 blog posts produced on the Topaz Labs Blog.. I have felt very humbled in being asked, by Jodi Robbins, to write articles for them. Anyway.. the post I wrote was about adding Paint Effect to Photos and I used a photograph of a gate that was taken at Eltham … Continue reading The Iron Gate at Eltham Court Palace
Oh yes, the great debate of whether an image is a photograph or digital art erupted in our house last night.. Well it started by me reading a blog post by Glen Hannah about the Toolwiz Pic App and me downloading it and trying it on some of our photographs. After I processed a couple … Continue reading The great debate… Photograph or Digital Art?
It was cold, it was murky and the sky was absolutely dreadful.. it was dismal and there wasn't any clouds that gave drama to the sky... but even with the sky as dismal as it was.. I still liked the photo... so what do I do with it? Of course, at a texture and use … Continue reading The power of texture
First of all my sincere apologies to Leanne Cole for not participating much in MM... things in real-life get in the way and I've not been out much lately with my camera... but that will change now.... wheelchair arrived yesterday and it is bank holiday weekend and the sun is going to shine .... I … Continue reading Reculver Seafront – Monochrome Madness MM3-19
You know how you want to intensify colours... and wish certain parts of an image were different layers... well yes you can use a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer or Levels and Curves... but I use the following method... Create a new layer Select Brush Tool Choose Colour Paint over areas with colour Set blending mode to … Continue reading Friday Quick Tip – Photoshop – Using Colour
As much as I like blogging... it has been really nice... just processing photographs and uploading them to Social Media... Many years ago I joined 500px and never really posted much to it... but with my new work flow from Lightroom, I have been posting quite a bit to 500px. In fact I have now … Continue reading My first week on Social Media…
It is Monochrome Madness time again and the theme for this week is High... and I thought I would add this little squirrel who was sitting high in the tree... Again many thanks to Leanne for hosting these photography weeks..
I wanted to create a soft looking flower... and to see how soft and delicate I could make a harsh looking photo by using Lightroom and Photoshop. As you can see from the SOOC photo on the right, that particular rose has many petals and I did manage to get most of the rose in focus... … Continue reading From Harsh to Delicate
The above photograph is of a rework of a flower I took at Lullingstone Castle... and never posted because I wasn't happy with it. Then I put it in a frame and it gave the image a whole new perspective... after a few minor edits.
If you are looking for somewhere to go.. then a trip to Chiddingstone Castle should be on your agenda... and will close on the last day of October this year.... the grounds are spectacular and there is so much to do there... I have to admit the tea-rooms are lovely... Yes the entrance fee … Continue reading Chiddingstone Castle
Well here I am sitting here tonight with two pooches all uptight because they can hear the storms in the distance... looks like I won't be going to bed yet 😀 😀 so I thought I would process this beautiful flower which was growing in the World Gardens, which is within the grounds of Lullingstone Castle in Kent. … Continue reading Flower Shower
As you stroll around the grounds of Hever Castle in Kent... you come to this wonderful lake.. and what caught my eye was that red little building beside the lake. As you can see from the original photo there were some distractions and I knew I wanted to remove them. So I did … Continue reading Hever Castle Lake