Photo Workshop 12001 – Issa

I see Kim Chiu  at some angles.

Photo Workshop 12001 – Sean

Sean, DA MAN!

Photo Workshop 12001 – Sara

Sara Petersen | International Freelance Model | FB tita@sport.dk

Photoshop 004 – The lining’s on the wall

OK, today I’ll let you in on the steps to create stunning, simple art you can print and hang like a wall painting. A few posts back *click*, we turned a meat platter into a colorful wall piece (once it is printed and mounted, that is). You won’t get the same results twice so it’s easy to see how this can hook you. And below, the samples are from photos of a Christmas cake, a fast-food mascot, and a heart-shaped waffle. How can you make your own? Here’s how.

#1 – Choose a photo that’s relatively colorful or vibrant. You can also choose a picture with colors of the same hue. It’s really up to you.  There is no hard rule for this first step.
#2 – Choose a part of the photo where you will make your marquee selection. You will be making a selection from the top of the photo all the way down to the bottom.
#3 –  On the left-hand toolbox, choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool to make your selection on your photo. It should only be a few pixels wide. Make sure the style is at Normal and not at a Fixed Ratio.

 

 

#4 – Jopy after you make your selection.
#5 – Press CTRL+T to use Transform on the selection. Drag each side of the bounding box to and even over the photo’s outermost edges. This drags or stretches the photo so that lines of the color come out.
#6 – Crop a square section of what you’ve transformed.
#7 – Jopy then filter the new layer. Click on Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter an amount of 5.0 pixels.
#8 – In the Layers panel (right-side menu items), change the Blend Mode to Soft Light. You can experiment on different modes that suit your mood.
#9 – Finally in the Adjustments panel (above the Layers panel), modify any adjustment to your heart’s content. You can start with the Curves adjustment and plot curve points and see as your art’s colors change.

Done! Post replies with what you’ve created.  Below are the three samples.

The Feast

Wow. It has literally been decades since I went to a  Christian worship gathering like this outside of the usual Church venue. When I was young, my aunt and grandmother would take me to Amoranto stadium (or some other stadium I forgot) because I had been sickly and they were praying for me. Today, even though I slept at 2am, I woke up at 5:30am. I was amazed myself – I usually wake up at 8am. Upon a friend’s invite I went to PICC and attended the 8am mass. And wow again- great production value! There was a choir that clapped, a group of soloists on stage, a band, a string quartet, several cameras (even a camera at the end of a boom) and a sign-language person. It was amusing to see ushers and usherettes wearing crazy hats like cardboard birthday hats and jingle-y jester hats. Oh, I have to mention the songs: the opening song was upbeat, the rest were pop-sounding too. And then the mass itself was alright and the homily was not too dreary. So it was a refreshing experience. I had a prayer: that anger and frustration leave me. Snap- still there. Snap- still there. Snap- stil- nice, not there anymore. Ahwehwehwe. Seriously, I’m glad I went. I wish there would be a similar venue near Cubao so I could attend more often. I left after the blessing. There would be a talk after- a minster. Bo Sanchez I think. Charming looking fellow whose image occupied half of the front page of their newsletter handout. I’m sure he’s just as charming and convincing when he talks. I’m extremely happy that a lot of people still go to mass and have a relationship with God. To God be the greater glory!

Englis Polise 8: Typo

We have some basic typos today.
Stragglers from last year. We’ll find fresh new botches this year.
Typo?
There will always be typos.
No, I – never mind. 

You were taught proper English when you were young, I am not too hopeful.

Oh! Oh! Whose for who’s is a common mistake.
Much to be desired, feces.
Apologies. =(
OK, the next three are from marketing people (Read: people looking for a job placed in positions they are not qualified for (Snap!)) I suppose.

 No writing skills needed?

Hey yourself! Firstest of all, I don’t care.

Delecius, maybe, but NOT fabolous. 

Make art from your photos

You can turn any photo into a work of art to hang on your wall! See this picture of a meat and cheese platter? Take it from that to this. It’s very simple to do.  I’ll tell you how to turn any photo into something like this on the next Photo Ops post.