Archives for January 2013

How to make a Facebook Timeline Cover Photo

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Facebook has recently made some changes to the rules concerning Timeline Cover Photos for your fan pages! The biggest one is that you cannot have text covering more than 20% of your cover photo (this is in addition to the other guidelines Facebook has regarding cover photos forĀ  fan pages). […]

Action Edit using “Jackson”

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com I love actions! They make processing images a lot of fun! They are each created to be so unique and give certain looks to images! For this image I chose to use “Jackson” from the Everyday Elements “Coast to Coast” action set. This action has a warm and contrasty look […]

Getting Started With Actions in Photoshop Elements

Actions Webinar Recently I held a webinar on how to get started using actions in Photoshop Elements. We had a good time, covered a ton of information and had time to answer lots of questions. I did record the webinar so that attendees could watch it to reinforce what they learned, and so that those […]

Is your photography stuck in a rut?

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut with your photography? I know for me personally, it has happened numerous times. How do you get out of that rut? What are the steps you take to make that happen? Something that I have recently tried is to go […]

How to use a gray card

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com What is a gray card? You’ve probably heard this term before, but maybe didn’t have any idea on what it is or even how to use it. A gray card is a small, handy tool to aid in adjusting your white balance. They can be used two different ways. There […]

InstaClean Action Tutorial

In April of last year (2012) I celebrated a milestone on Facebook by giving away a free cleaning action – InstaClean. I never had time to do a tutorial for it, so everyone just had to wing it, so here is the long overdue tutorial. (Thank you for your patience). First let me state – […]

Gear Review | ThinkTank Airport Navigator

written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Today I want to talk about the Think Tank Airport Navigator. My husband and I don’t get each other gifts for Christmas. What we do instead is each year we pick out one thing that we’d really like and buy it for ourselves. We have done it this way for […]