Category Archives: photo manipulation

Happy Birthday, Tina!

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Joe

It’s Tina’s birthday, and I made her another Halloween themed birthday as I have in the past. Happy birthday, Tina!

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I came across this famous photographic portrait of Honest Abe and decided to play with Adobe Photoshop’s new Neural Filters. With the touch of a button and maybe a two second delay, black and white photographs are automatically colorized.

Posted in photo manipulation, Photography | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Apple, coloririze, computer, digital, Mac, Neural Filters, Photoshop | Leave a comment

One Touch Colorization

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Joe

A new set of features in the recently updated Photoshop make it unbelievably easy to cheat by making the painstaking process of colorizing photos into a one button process!

Posted in Computers, photo manipulation, Photography, The Photo Elective | Tagged 35mm, colorize, film, Neural Filters, Photoshop, Self portait, Tina Garceau | 2 Comments

Bok Choy Betty

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Tina

Posted in Collage, Food, Illustration, Italian Market, photo manipulation, Photography | Tagged bok choy, collage, photography, vegetables, vintage | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday, Tina! 2018 Edition

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Being that Tina’s birthday comes in October, I usually get a jump on Halloween by giving her card the theme of the season. Here is our dear cat Plywood as the undead count from Transylvania.

Posted in Drawer Cards, photo manipulation | Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Photo, birthday, card, cat, collage, digital illustration, Dracula, Drawer Cards, Illustration, Tina Garceau, vampire | Leave a comment

The Cat People Valentine Special

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Rather than bury one another under a mountain of clutter, Tina and I make cards for each other. I think I have run the course of angry or ironic Cupids so I decided to go weird for this Valentine.

Posted in Drawer Cards, Holiday, Illustration, photo manipulation | Tagged antique photograph, collage, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, The Cat People, USA, Valentine's Day, Valentines | Leave a comment

Fun with a Free Photo Editor

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I fired up the free, cross-platform, image editing software known as GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP and had a bit of fun with this photo I shot of an industrial building at the corner of 12th and Jackson in … Continue reading →

Posted in photo manipulation, South Philly Safari | Tagged digital illustration, GIMP, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photo manipulation, photography, USA | Leave a comment

Happy Birthday Joe!

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Tina

My favorite fella turns a year older today! There will be cake and manicotti and dancing girls and a cat who is doing his damnedest to destroy our sofa. Happy birthday Dahlink! SaveSave

Posted in Collage, Drawer Cards, News, photo manipulation | Tagged birthday, cake, collage, dancing girls, Joe, planes | Leave a comment

Descent

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Beating up a boring photo with GIMP and Affinity Photo.

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia, photo manipulation | Tagged filth, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, South Philly, subway, tile, urban, USA | Leave a comment

’til the Real Thing Comes Along

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Joe_Williams

This year’s birthday card for the lovely Tina features the fabulous feline Plywood in a photo collage cobbled together in the astounding Affinity Photo. Happy birthday, Tina!

Posted in Drawer Cards, News, photo manipulation | Tagged birthday card, cat, collage, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, rat, tuxedo, USA | Leave a comment

Leaving Parts of Atlantic City in Atlantic City

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Joe_Williams

During a recent visit to Atlantic City, I stepped out upon the balcony of our hotel and was visited by a breathtaking sunset complete with stunning shafts of light piercing the clouds. It begged to be photographed. Sadly I was … Continue reading →

Posted in photo manipulation, Photo Restoration, Photography, Technique | Tagged Affinity Photo, Atlantic City, God Rays, image editor, Joe Williams, New Jersey, photo manipulation, photography, sky, sun, sunset | 2 Comments

A Tree Grows in Lansdowne

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Joe_Williams

My favorite tree on the way to work. The sun was hitting it just right so I pulled out my camera and took some texture shots. A little bit of this and that in a photo editor and there you … Continue reading →