I have started being interested in photography late 2007, using my cell phone (which I am still using in some moments 'til now) before the family acquired our first point and shoot camera mid 2008. My growth was very slow, because more than three years now, I still am using a point and shoot camera, and I still don't post-process most of my pictures, other than resizing them and adding my name stamp.
I was actually quite okay with that - with five blogs to update, deadlines to beat, and chores at home to do, I really have my hands full, but last weekend, I first used textures in my picture, thanks to the Photo Hunt Challenges. Actually, the "texture" item on the list didn't specifically say using a texture in post-processing, though it was an option. I decided to give it a try, and when I posted it, my friend Nathalie suggested I join this meme, and that instant, I joined the Kim Klassen mailing list, and here I am joining for the first time.
This week is about Cuppa Cuppa Love, and here is the SOOC Picture:
This wasn't my first picture, actually, when Kim posted her take on the prompt, it was also the time I learned what the prompt was (because I wasn't able to read last week's TT post). I quickly took a picture of a cup with the help of a lit candle to cast a shadow forming a heart on the cup's handle. However, the image was so dark, and adding textures either made it darker or the textures weren't showing at all anymore. I knew I had to change my image, so I turned off my netbook and took this picture.
"Texturizing" it, I came up with this:
Using GIMP (I do have the Adobe PS CS5, but PS is still an alien to me 'til now), I converted the image to black and white, and added the Warm Sun texture set to Multiply at 60% opacity. I erased some of the textures in the tea pot and cup, before adding the next texture - Sweettart, set to Overlay at 35% just to give that little pinkish tone. I added my name stamp and flattened the image before applying the Unsharp Mask and flattened the image again.
Using GIMP (I do have the Adobe PS CS5, but PS is still an alien to me 'til now), I converted the image to black and white, and added the Warm Sun texture set to Multiply at 60% opacity. I erased some of the textures in the tea pot and cup, before adding the next texture - Sweettart, set to Overlay at 35% just to give that little pinkish tone. I added my name stamp and flattened the image before applying the Unsharp Mask and flattened the image again.
I don't know if this is good enough, but I guess this one came out good.
By the way, the book in the image was "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom.
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