Some photographs from Assisi, Italy

Here are some flowers, doors and windows from my trip to Assisi, Italy. It is such a beautiful place in the Spring.

Hope they bring you joy. Any of them can be ordered in my Etsy shop;https://www.etsy.com/shop/LDphotography?ref=si_shop Happy Spring!

Vintage woman photograph; Lost in Time

I have been learning how to make composite photographs in photoshop. This one is called Lost in Time.

It is a composite photograph from a photograph of a turn of the century Russian woman that has an overlay of a textured wall photo applied over it in photoshop. Then I added a sepia filter and text to it.

Free tutorial how to make photo / business cards bookmarks

I like to give a small gift to people who purchase items from my etsy shop.  I came up with this idea to make a small photo / business cards bookmark.  I use some of my photographs, black card stock, business card and wrapping tape to make them.

You cut out the card stock to fit the photo and the business card.  Glue the photo down on one side and then glue the card on the back side.

I made this message and printed it out on my printer.  I cut it out and added to the photo side of the bookmark.

Then I covered each side with two overlapping pieces of  wrapping tape to seal it and cut off the extra tape.

Now they are ready to add to a purchase from my  etsy shop as a small bookmark gift.

Hope this little tutorial will inspire you to create something unique with your business cards.  Enjoy.

Mini composition journals for purse or backpack journals

I have recently had surgery and am spending more time at home recovering and so I am making these mini composition journals to sell in my etsy shop and craft fairs this summer.  It is a good way to take my mind into a creative place.etsy store

I am making them to fit into your purse or backpack for travel.  They are very inexpensive and would make a thoughtful gift tucked into a birthday card.

I am using some of my own photographs for covers and some of my Graphic 45 papers to make little pockets and tags so that there are tuck places to keep your memories. I am also making matching paper clip place holders for these journals.

 

These are all wonderful small gift items at a small price in my etsy store.  Come by and see the new ones that I will be making and selling this summer.  They are a best buy.  LDphotography etsy store

 

Retirement equals time to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop elements program for my photographs

I love doing photography and art.  These two combine when you can be creative using a photo editing program like Adobe Photoshop elements . When I was working there was not much extra time to learn and experiment with this program but now…retirement means time! So here is an artistic photo that I created by blending a photo I took here in Popotla fishing village and a textured paper that I had in my photo stash.     Here are the 2 photos I used;  This is the photograph of a boat on the shore.  Not the greatest photo ; over exposed on the top.This is the paper I used to layer over the photo of the boat.  Then I used the Overlay blending tool in the elements program and adjusted the opacity to make  this photograph.This is the result; a subtle but interesting textured photograph.  I love retirement.  Blending layers is the lesson for tonight.

Happy dance; Catherine from ShadowDogDesigns has featured my photograph of Zebra butts on her blog

I am very grateful for the support.  http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/blog_post/ShadowDogDesigns/15392/fabulous_friday_finds_on_artfire_20  Plese look at her artfire studio;    http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/ShadowDogDesigns