Happy Anniversary!

And also a Happy Birthday to my brother Aad!

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Mr. Mischief

Here is Ethan just before jumping on top of Dave. You can see he's plotting something!

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Josie Longstocking

Marian had made this incredibly cute picture of Josie and I couldn't resist giving her red hair and framing her! Doesn't she look just like Pippi?

I even found her a horse so now she's all set to go!

New Page

To make this blog easier to view I have moved the movies that were at the bottom of the Home Page to a separate Page called "Movies."
This way when you are viewing from your iPhone it will be easier on your bandwidth. :)
If you look to the upper right side of the blog you now see two headings, "Home," and "Movies".
I hope this helps!

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Retouching Portraits

I'm following an advanced portrait retouching course and here are the results of the first lesson. It literally took several hours to retouch this portrait and it is all done on seperate layers. The Photoshop tools that are used are the clone tool, the healing brushes and the selection tools. I am amazed at the results, which are actually far better than when using expensive retouching programs. What I really like is that the texture of the skin is preserved, preventing the "plastic" look which is frequently the result of other methods.
Be sure to click on the photo for a better look.
The photo is a stockphoto.

iPad Photos

The journaling on the page reads:

So I have this new gadget...the iPad 2, and with the iPad comes apps. I think I just fell in love with the Instagram one. Not so much because of it’s online sharing capabilities, but because of the build-in filter application. All you do is take a picture with the iPad and apply a filter. Sync to your computer and drag the pictures into Photoshop. Once there you can use them anyway you like. Ironic isn’t it? We spend a lot of money to get a camera that makes tack sharp photo’s and then we start running around taking photos with our iPhones and iPads. Go figure...

Little Blake

Dustin Black & White

Dustin

Brianna

Kayden and Austin

Josephine

Our granddaughter Josie, a lovable girl with sparkling eyes and a sweet nature.

So Serious

Blue Boy

Country Boy

Minter Gardens Statue and...

I have no affinity for whoever is depicted in the statue, but I really like the  statue as a garden ornament. I love the beautiful and classic feel it gives to the garden. I used two pictures in this layout. One of the statue, and another picture of one of the fountains blended into the background.


And here are some more pictures made in Minter Gardens