First of all I want to thank Cee for nominating me as one of the featured bloggers of last week's challenge called Rocks.. I am truly humbled. Thank you Cee xx The challenge this week for Cee's Black and White…
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Bren (Ryan-Photography)
Bren Ryan is a female amateur photographer and blogger who along with her husband, Ashley, have created a photography blog called Ryan Photography which showcases the places they've visited on their photography journey. Bren and Ashley primarily concentrate their photographic skills on landscape, architecture and floral subjects. Based in the South East of England they hope to give their readers an insight into the wonderful and beautiful landscapes, buildings and places that the South of England has to offer.
Monochrome Madness – MM3-27
Well time this week has been on my side and with a spare few minutes and a mind that has remembered to get the photo in before Tuesday, I thought I would do a photograph for Leanne Coles Monochrome Madness…
On The Loch
Just over a week ago, I received an email from Jodi Robbins of Topaz Labs, who had seen my Duck Pond photograph; and she asked if I would be prepared to write an article for the Topaz Labs.. First of all…
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Rocks
First of all my sincere apologies to Cee for not taking part in her photo challenges lately, time has been of the essence and life got in the way. Anyway, her challenge this week is about Rocks and I just…
Topaz Texture Effects – Preinstalled Presets
For day 7 of my 'test before you buy' of Topaz Texture Effects 2 I thought I would take an image of Leeds Castle, with Lightroom Basic Edits and distractions (people) removed in Photoshop and apply 5 preinstalled Presets of…
Topaz Texture Effects Comparison – SOOC -vs – Lightroom Basic Adjustments
Well today is day 6 of my Topaz Texture Effects 'trial before buy' challenge. So for this challenge I thought I would do a complete comparison of using Lightroom and Topaz Effects and just using Topaz Effects. This is the…
Duck Pond
I really can't believe how much I am liking this Topaz Texture Effects. The above photograph heading its way to the trash bin; I didn't like it at all. I didn't like the sky. I didn't like the texture of the photograph, so for…
Trying something new…yet again
I just love experimenting.. and when you experiment you learn to do new things in Photoshop and Lightroom. Now on this PC I have a problem the Oil Paint filter refuses to work in Photoshop. I don't know what…
Leeds Castle in Monochrome
This photograph was processed using the same method I used yesterday for my Canary Wharf at night photograph. And the method being this process was as follows: Within Lightroom I took three photographs of different exposure times and opened them…
Canary Wharf at Night
The above image was created by stacking 5 different exposed shots and then aligning the images and by using stack mode of median, before processing in Lightroom.
Split-Toning
I was playing around today with an image I took at Merriments Gardens in East Sussex. As soon as I saw the image I knew I wanted to create a monochrome image of this tulip... I loved the shine on…
Apricot Roses
One of the things I love about photography is post-processing... and taking photos to a whole new dimension. Lately I have been experimenting using Photoshop... which I am slowly becoming conversant with. The above image started out... being rather…
One Photo Focus – September – Balclutha
Well it is that time of the month again when we get the chance to edit a photograph in the One Photo Focus Challenge hosted by Stacy Fischer. A challenge that I love doing... especially when you see the…
Friday Quick Tip – Photoshop – Dodge and Burn
Yesterday I mentioned this tip and how I had used it... and boy was I glad Matt Kloskowski did this tip... because it made dodging and burning in Photoshop a whole lot easier.
Reculver Seafront – Monochrome Madness MM3-19
First of all my sincere apologies to Leanne Cole for not participating much in MM... things in real-life get in the way and I've not been out much lately with my camera... but that will change now.... wheelchair arrived yesterday…
Buttercup colour flowers
A photograph of yellow flowers taken at Lullingstone Castle Word Gardens... what attracted me to these flowers was the buttercup colour of the petals.. The original photograph was shot slightly under-exposed and I was rather concerned as to whether I…
A hint of colour
Today I wanted to try something different... I wanted to turn a black and white photograph back into Colour.... I processed my black and white image mainly in Lightroom, however I did resort to Photoshop to remove a stem which…
Friday Quick Tip – Photoshop – Perfect Font
For years I have been scrolling through fonts in Photoshop and this tip is absolutely brilliant.... It should also work in Photoshop Elements as well. Thanks to Matt Kloskowski xx
Friday Quick Tip – Photoshop – Changing Opacity
Here is a very useful tip from Matt Kloskowski for quickly changing the opacity of a layer....
Friday Quick Tip – Photoshop – Using Colour
You know how you want to intensify colours... and wish certain parts of an image were different layers... well yes you can use a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer or Levels and Curves... but I use the following method... Create a new…
One Photo Focus – August
Thank you to Stacy Fischer for hosting the One Photo Focus... and this month's image is of the London Eye taken by Robin Kent. London is not far from me... and I just love that walk along by the…
Abstract Art
Let's get the sob story out first.... on my poor knee .... I can hardly walk with it at times... (Now that is quite enough attention-seeking from you young old lady). Anyway due to this knee we've not been out since…
My first week on Social Media…
As much as I like blogging... it has been really nice... just processing photographs and uploading them to Social Media... Many years ago I joined 500px and never really posted much to it... but with my new work flow from…
Friday Quick Tip – Lightroom – Effect On or Off
Sometimes when editing a photograph, you might want to add some radial filters... but you don't want them to really stand out... you just want a hint of light.. For instance take this photograph. I didn't want to add…
Monochrome Madness – MM 3-12 – High
It is Monochrome Madness time again and the theme for this week is High... and I thought I would add this little squirrel who was sitting high in the tree... Again many thanks to Leanne for hosting these photography weeks..
One Photo Focus – July
It is July's One Photo Focus time and this week I feel very honoured that Stacy has picked a photo I submitted to her. Thank you Stacy xx And I look forward to seeing all the other edits... So why…
Black and White or Colour – Upnor High Street
One place that is close to us is Upnor... and as you stroll down the High Street of Upper Upnor towards Upnor Castle, the road is made out of cobblestones with a pub at the top of the High Street and…
From Harsh to Delicate
I wanted to create a soft looking flower... and to see how soft and delicate I could make a harsh looking photo by using Lightroom and Photoshop. As you can see from the SOOC photo on the right, that particular rose…
Monochrome Madness – MM- 3-11
For this week's Monochrome Madness, I wanted to do something featuring water... and I thought about this seascape and how rough the seas were that day...the waves were just pounding that beach.. and the sound of those waves…
Rework of Lullingstone Flower
The above photograph is of a rework of a flower I took at Lullingstone Castle... and never posted because I wasn't happy with it. Then I put it in a frame and it gave the image a whole new…
