Manipulation - Part I
Bee wanted to know about the image in yesterday's post and I know many of you artsy-types love process posts. So here's the process. 1. I started with a photo I took at the Pike Place Market on Mother's Day. It's kind of soft-focus and isn't a perfect shot, by any means. But the young woman was lovely, cell phone to her ear, looking wistful and transported to another world. In a perfect world, there would have been a few more tulips visible and the one hanging over her shoulder could have been a hue that didn't blend in to her sweatshirt, but shooting on the fly you take what you get without being able to fuss over the details. So, having decided that I wanted to play with the image, I jumped in. WARNING: Manipulating photos can suck all your spare time into a black hole. 2. In Photoshop, I went to Filters>Stylize>Find Edges. You'll get a really washed-out looking result, with edges showing but the rest of the image pretty light in color. I was looking...