Photography Weekend Retreat in Savannah

January 26, 2011 by 34 Comments

This past weekend I went on a photography retreat in Savannah, Georgia. It was coordinated for GA, SC, NC moms that were members at Clickin Moms. Back during the summer, a bunch of us decided to try to schedule a “meet-up” and one of the members, Jill Jarvis, put together a weekend that blew all […]

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Understanding Layer Masks in Photoshop Elements {and Photoshop}

January 21, 2011 by 29 Comments

Pin It A few days ago we covered the types of layers and I mentioned that adjustment layers come with masks and we can add masks to duplicate and blank layers. I am sure some were wondering, what the heck is a mask though? A mask is a tool of sorts, which allows you to […]

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Layer Types Explained

January 18, 2011 by 14 Comments

Pin It To help those new to Photoshop Elements (and Photoshop) get an understanding of the various layer types available to them, I am going to talk about the three types of layers you will use when editing a picture. Blank – no pixels, just a blank slate for you to put something on. Duplicate […]

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Simple Edit Steps in Photoshop Elements -Fix It Friday

January 14, 2011 by 30 Comments

I am thrilled that I Heart Faces has started their Fix It Friday back up, and this week they haven given us a beautiful photo to edit! Below is the straight-out-of-the-camera (SOOC) image they provided. Note: All my edits were done in Photoshop Element 9 The picture is really lovely and only had a few […]

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