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Tag Archives: Photoshop
Honest Abe Lincoln
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
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One Touch Colorization
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
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Creature from the Affinity Designer Lagoon
Halloween 2016 may be gone, but it seems I have some Monster Heads left in me. I made this finned fellow in the vector art program extraordinaire Affinity Designer. This wasn’t my first attempt at a variation of one of … Continue reading
A Tree Grows in Lansdowne
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
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, photo manipulation, Photography, Technique
Tagged Joe Williams, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, photography, Photoshop, tree, USA
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The Fall of 1982
I think this is somewhere near Gateway Regional High School late in 1982. I shot this for a photo elective course I was required to take as an illustration major at the Philadelphia College of Art. I think the skeletal … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, field, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Photoshop, spooky, tree, USA, vintage, Westville, Willceau, Woodbury Heights
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Day for Night
I had a bit of Photoshop fun with a lackluster photograph of a spectacular structure in South Philadelphia.
The Gates of Hell
I know that we’re basking in the dog days of summer, but Halloween is just around the corner! With October 31st in mind, I decided to take a spooky shot and see what I could do to push it a … Continue reading
Friday Five – Number Ninety Three
Ninety-third in a series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, News
Tagged antique photograph, collage, Creepy, design, ghosts, horror, Illustration, photography, Photoshop, spooky, Tina Garceau, twins, USA, vintage, vintage photographs
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The Three Graces
Another old family photo from my collection. Again, I’m not sure who these ladies are – however, the woman seated in the middle bears a strong resemblance to my father’s sister Viola. What I find interesting about this photo is … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Restoration, Photography
Tagged Photoshop, restoring old photos, vintage photos
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