Category Archives: photo manipulation

Tales Around The Supper Table – Volume Two

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Tina

J.L. Curtis has gathered up another group of talented authors from the Lone Star State for the second volume of Tales Around The Supper Table, my latest book cover design. A collection of short stories featuring Dragons, Cowboys and Indians, SciFi, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Design, Collage, News, photo manipulation | Tagged book design, digital collage, J.L. Curtis, Texas writers | 2 Comments

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!

Posted in News, photo manipulation | Tagged card | Leave a comment

Honest Abe Lincoln

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Joe

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 →