by mike | Jul 15, 2015 | Modeling Techniques, Pieces of The Puzzle, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation |
A teaser at the end of last week’s post suggesting more to come about changes to the layout peaked Chris Mears’s interest, so, let’s not torment him any longer. After much debate and procrastination, I decided to alter the yard area above the...
by mike | Jul 8, 2015 | Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling, The Missing Conversation |
I’m always amazed at how long I can stare at the obvious before I understand what I’m looking at. Every time I’ve come back to this photo, I’ve failed to see the lesson it has to offer. What lesson? Restraint. There is nothing to add or take...
by mike | Jul 1, 2015 | Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation
Over the weekend, I spent several hours playing with this image in Photoshop CC, trying out various backgrounds and effects. I know what I want to do but, I’m not there yet, so what you see here is the original untouched photo. (Funny how we now feel the need to...
by mike | Jun 24, 2015 | Storytelling, The Art of The Craft, The Missing Conversation |
Without the story behind it, a photo like this is nothing more than a tour-de-force of Photoshop techniques. One could imagine a number of scenarios about this image. It might bring up memories of tiptoeing to work through the early morning fog watching for traffic,...
by mike | May 20, 2015 | Pieces of The Puzzle, Storytelling, The Missing Conversation |
Art can seem intimidating if you haven’t been exposed to it in a way you can relate to. You find paintings and works you like and some you don’t; while other stuff just makes you scratch your head as you try to figure out what it’s supposed to be....