Strolling a little further into The Enchanted Forest – hope you are still with me
Tag Archives: Digital Painting
The Agony & Ecstasy
Is there anything more wonderful than watching your print slither its way onto the printing tray (don’t answer that!)
I never tire of watching the picture appear from the deep dark depths of my printer……. except when it comes out completely magenta !
How the ecstasy can turn into hours of agony when you try and rectify the problem and you can’t find the solution.
I Turned everything off and on (yes I watch the IT crowd), Unistalled/installed the drivers, changed the leads, changed the ink cartridges, stood on one leg with my fingers crossed, I tried everything but to no avail…. still distinctly magenta. Hmmmmmm
That was yesterday and after a sleepless night I had yet another go this morning… my world still had a rosy glow… but not in a good way.
I came to the conclusion that I would have to buy another printer but in the meantime I ordered some more of my lovely Permajet paper and mentioned my predicament to the chap on the other end of the line. Quick as a flash I was put through to a lovely fella who gave me some sound advice and he said that I should follow the link he gave me because the driver download I was using (series 2) was apparently an Apple Generic Driver which overrode the Epson driver I needed . So I took him at his word, downloaded the new driver and hey presto my world is the right colour again……. very green, but that’s JUST the way I want it.
So now I sit here (writing this blog) listening to the printer happily whir away printing my pictures to exactly the right colours that I wanted them to be.
Oh Joy
As Time Goes By
This is the first composite I have put together for quite a while.
The model was from a shoot organised (and styled) by Karen Boyle hosted at the Saracen House Studios (Andrew Griffiths) a few years ago and the resulting picture has been hanging around for quite a while.
I also put together the background about 6 months ago but didn’t do anything with it… until tonight.
I had a sudden spurt of inspiration and the whole picture came together quite quickly.
I wish I was one of those artists/photographers who creates images full of emotion and hidden (or not so) meanings but… as much as I try, it’s just not me.
All I do is create “pretty pictures” as they say “to thine own self be true” 🙂
Breaking The Rules
I love creating pictures that “break the rules”
I was told that (in competition) judges don’t like green and they don’t like the subject matter placed slap bang in the middle of the picture.
This one breaks both of those rules and it has been very successful in competition.
Are you are a rule breaker?? I would love to see your examples of a successful image that doesn’t conform to the conventional set…….
Bygone Beauty
A quiet few minutes doing some more colourising of old photos before a very busy weekend.
I don’t know about you but I think this lady is so beautiful and there is so much emotion in her face.
The model is “looking out of the frame” a no no for some people today but, as far as I am concerned, I think the photographer who captured this lady’s beauty, got the feeling and emotion spot on -even if she wasn’t looking at the camera !
Lady In Blue
I am totally new to colorising old photographs – but learning all the time.
Sometimes the colours I use “drop” into place quite easily. Sometimes, if I am having difficulty, I have to do a little research to get an idea as to what colours the people were wearing in those bygone days.
Either way it’s a lot of fun
Lady From The Past
Today I have concentrated on colourising a portrait – skin tones are always very difficult and also trying to bring a sparkle back into the eyes.
First colorised portrait I have attempted… and still learning as I go along.
Children From The Past
Today I have concentrated on colorising these two little children – I still have to wonder who they were and where their lives took them. Obviously I will never know.
A little bit of added surrealism makes the difference to this picture.. Well I think so anyway.
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Little Girl Blue
Todays bit of surrealist fun is another of my colourised vintage photographs – with bits and pieces added from my own personal photographic collection.
Planning a whole series of this type of image – for no other reason than enjoying being creative 🙂
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If You Go Down To The Woods…….
It’s quite a while since I visited the surreal world I inhabited a few years ago… so I thought it was time to packed my Photoshop bag of tricks and revisit it.
Don’t know if there is going to be a dark theme but do know its going to be on the surreal side.
Joan Blease Photography 