I am so excited to announce the grand opening of Rock the Shot, a new forum for enthusiastic photographers!! The reason I am so excited is because one of my good friends, Laura Thomas from Pretty Presets, is one of the co-founders. This forum is going to help you ROCK your photography and editing […]
Archives for February 2011
Create a Sunny Glow in Photoshop Elements {and free action}
February 26, 2011 by 6 Comments
Over the on the Everyday Samples page I have several actions, some cleaning, some creative and a few finishing (wonder what the heck am I talking about, see my explanation of types of actions). One of the top favorites there used to be the Florida action, one that creates a bright, sunny effect for your […]
Fix It Friday {with textures}
February 25, 2011 by 12 Comments
Remember in my review of Florabella’s recent texture set (and giveaway) that I said I used to be seriously addicted to textures, but that I had learned moderation? Well, that new set I have in my hands has made me fall off the texture-wagon. With today’s I Heart Faces Fix It Friday image, I new […]
Create a Watermark Brush in Photoshop Elements
February 24, 2011 by 117 Comments
Pin It Regardless of your status as amateur or professional photography, regardless of the type of camera you have, point and shoot or DSLR, if you are sharing images on the Internet, you should watermark them. Really. Doing this is super simple and you do not need to pay someone big money to create a […]
Florabella Textures Review, Tutorial and Giveaway!
February 23, 2011 by 634 Comments
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. ANY ENTRIES MADE AFTER 11 pm EST WILL BE DELETED. Winner was Holly, comment #298! I love textures. Let me say that again….I love textures. Love them. Love. ♥ The very first textures I ever paid money for were from Florabella. I bought both her sets (that she had available […]
Trip to IKEA For The Ofelia Throw
February 17, 2011 by 17 Comments
Recently I traveled to my sister’s home in Raleigh, NC, going via Charlotte, NC in order to stop at IKEA for the infamous Ofelia throw that works so well for newborn photography. The store was 2.5 hours from our home and I was traveling with my 7 and 5 year old children. Grateful was I […]
Florabella Action Mixer Action Review and Tutorial
February 16, 2011 by 5 Comments
If you have taken any of my workshops or spent any time at my Facebook page, you know that I am a big fan of grouped actions because I am too lazy to adjust every layer of a creative action that has more than five layers. 😉 If I was making an action myself, I […]
Template Giveaway With Gradybug Designs!
February 7, 2011 by 74 Comments
I am thrilled to be hosting a giveaway for Gradybug Designs this week! Gradybug Designs is a template design studio run by Ashlee and Melissa, sister-in-laws who are both photographers and designers, so they know how to create templates photographers need and want! They offer a variety of photography templates from birth announcements, albums, holiday […]
Custom Logo Giveaway!!
February 3, 2011 by 190 Comments
I am very excited to be hosting a giveaway for a custom logo by Khimberly from Snaptastic Shots! Khim is a professional photographer and is currently in graphic design school. She enjoys creating custom logos for other photographers and contacted me about giving away a custom logo to one of my readers. Of course, I […]
