This post is by Andrea Thomas of Speechless Photography. There are a few things that I did to my photos when I was just starting out that really make me cringe when I look back. I know I’m not alone in this, as these issues seem to be pretty common when it comes to new […]
Action Edit With Olympia {Road Trip Action Set}
August 16, 2013 by 2 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Hey all! It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I have had a busy few months and needed to take a little break, but I am back! I hope you will enjoy my new posts! Today I am doing an action edit using “Olympia” from the Everyday Elements Road Trip […]
Action Edit using Carson City B&W
May 8, 2013 by 4 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com It’s been a little while since I’ve done an action edit. And I haven’t had a chance to try out the updated “City Lights” B&W set from Amanda! There were a few new actions added into that set. For this edit I chose ‘Carson City’. The first thing […]
Action edit using “Virginia” and “Make Matte”
March 20, 2013 by 2 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com It’s been a little while since I’ve done a post with an action edit. Today I chose to use “Virginia” and Amanda’s new “Make Matte”. In this post, I’ll tell you how I got from my SOOC image to my final edit! I first ran Deep Clean 1 & 2, […]
“Rule of Thirds”; Composition part 1
February 13, 2013 by 5 Comments
Written by Beckie of beckieGkengle.com Photography is an art, and this art is an interpretation of how one person sees or views something or someone in his/her life. And in my opinion, there are no real rules that absolutely must be followed. That being said, today I am going to discuss the “rule of thirds”. […]
Action Edit using “Jackson”
January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
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
January 17, 2013 by 13 Comments
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 […]
Action edit using “New York City” B&W action
December 26, 2012 by 4 Comments
written by Beckie of beckiegkengle.com Everyone loves a good black & white! I’m going to show you how I go from a SOOC image (straight-out-of-camera) to a beautiful black & white using the “New York City” action from the Everyday Elements “City Lights B&W” action set. I don’t normally crop my images (I like to […]
Best Sale of The Year!
November 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
Thanksgiving was last week, followed by the crazy “Black Friday” shopping day. If you went shopping that day, I hope you found some great deals! Since Everyday Elements is an online business, I prefer to participate in the Cyber Monday sales that many other online businesses promote. For today only! 60% off all video […]
Action Edit “Baby Clean”
October 10, 2012 by 10 Comments
this post written by Beckie of www.beckiegkengle.com I wanted to show you my step-by-step workflow using the “Baby Clean” (and a few others) action from the Everyday Elements “Everyday Essentials” action set. I edited this image in Photoshop CS5. (tech info for those interested, I shot this on my D700 and 50mm f/1.4 at ISO […]
