Today I am going to be giving you my two-cents on a sweet little lens: the Nikon Wide Angle Nikkor AF 35mm f/2 D. This little lens is a gem! It’s a small, fast, sharp lens, at a very reasonable price (average price is about $364). It has a metal mount, so it’s nice and […]
Archives for March 2012
Creating Custom Workspaces in Photoshop CS5
March 21, 2012 by 3 Comments
A while back I wrote a post about customizing the workspace in Full Edit mode of Photoshop Elements. It’s handy and wonderful but it is lacking one thing to make it really great – the ability to SAVE IT. That missing trait is actually something that Photoshop CS5 (and older versions) do have, but many […]
Mobile Monday – From iPhone to Timeline
March 19, 2012 by 6 Comments
Hello to a new week!! I hope you all had a great weekend and captured lots of precious memories either with your “big girl/big boy” cameras or your smart phones or point ‘n shoots, whatever you had on you! I wanted to share a picture I captured just this morning with my iPhone 4. I […]
Levels to the Rescue…
March 16, 2012 by 10 Comments
Pin It Yes, I am once again talking about Levels. Why? Well, first of all because I l.o.v.e. Levels and second of all because it’s a message that cannot be shared enough. Just so we are all on the same page: I start every single edit (in PSE or Photoshop) with a Levels adjustment. Levels […]
Route 66 Action Set and Tips on Using Actions
March 15, 2012 by 4 Comments
Route 66, a set of 15 creative actions, is now available for purchase! Included in the Route 66 action set: Folders with actions for both Photoshop CS2 thru 5 and Photoshop Elements 6 thru 10 Notes on my typical clean-edit workflow for Photoshop or PSE Video to show how to use the actions in PSE […]
I’d like to introduce myself…
March 14, 2012 by 14 Comments
My name is Beckie Kengle. I am wife to an amazing husband of almost 16 years and mama to two wonderful children (Alexander is 12 and Rachael is 6). My day job is managing our family-owned self-storage facility…my passion, however, is photography! I don’t necessarily have a specialty, I just love capturing those everyday-life kind […]
Mobile Monday: Shots From the Week
March 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Editing to add that I just realized I used the wrong watermark in Lightroom 4. LOL Somehow it was on the 2011 one, not 2012 and I didn’t notice. These pictures were taken last week, in March of 2012. 😉 This week’s Mobile Monday (I’m cutting out the “Memories” part, just too long LOL), is […]
Setting Watched Folders in PSE Organizer
March 9, 2012 by 1 Comment
Pin It Did you know that Photoshop Elements Organizer can be set to “watch” certain folders, so that if images get uploaded but not imported to Organizer, they will be caught and brought in the next time you open the program. Why is this advantageous? Well, if you are in a hurry some days and […]
Copying Layer Masks in Photoshop Elements
March 7, 2012 by 11 Comments
Pin It I have done many beginner level tutorials lately, but today I am going to tackle a topic that is more intermediate level, but so very easy to do. What makes is intermediate is the concept of layer masks and that those who will are able to utilize this will have to have a […]
Mobile Memories: Creating Collages in Your Phone
March 5, 2012 by 3 Comments
Pin It It’s week two of Mobile Memories. I was better about snapping shots of daily things, since I knew I’d be sharing them on Everyday Elements. 😉 Accountability is always a good thing, right? How did YOU do? Were you able to capture some quick, special moments with your cell phone camera? This week, […]
