Archive for July 2010

I’d like to share with you the work of photographer and artist, Bob Gottfried. I was impressed by his creativity with an image that he transformed from the photograph below. Bob went from snapshot to work of art with a little artistry in Photoshop! The image has a bit of a nostalgic mood with the…

I like the message painted graffiti style that I found in San Francisco, California. It’s colorful, creative, and I wanted to expand on the idea of painting by using a few creative techniques in Photoshop. I like Snap Art Stylize. It removes detail and adds marker type black lines in the composition. I added several…

Different weather conditions, time of day, points of view, the San Francisco Bay Bridge offers the photographer endless ways to portray it. One of my favorite ways is photograph at twilight, with a vivid blue sky and lights shining from the bridge. Setting up well before twilight allowed me to take advantage of sunset too.…

You can use plug-ins, filters and creative techniques to easily enhance your images like the lighthouse above. OnOne PhotoTools has vintage textures, artistic designs and creative effects that beautifully complement your photos. The perfect finishing touch, such as this cool nautical edge treatment can be added with the use of PhotoFrames. The above image took…

In downtown San Francisco exists a few pieces created by Banksy, the British urban artist. The much coveted art is covered with a sheet of acrylic to protect it from those trying to paint over it. It’s much the badge of honor for the locals. The larger piece of this art shows a peace sign,…