Texture Tuesday - 27 May 2014

This week the theme was free and easy, so what to do, mmmmm.  I bet you know how it goes, walk around the house, pick something up, put it down, pick something else up and then there's the I wonder......

 

I picked up the bottle (bought in Sainsbury's a few weeks back), pulled 3 stems of Sweet William's out of a vase, placed a little table in front of a window with white linen tablecloth and a white reflector, and snapped away from all angles.

It's turned out with a bit of a sad feeling, so I call it "Bottled Memories".  In Lightroom I applied Kim's melancholy preset.  Then in Photoshop, 1 layer of kk_cherish at 58% soft light and 1 layer of kk_written at 45% soft light, removing some of both textures from over the flowers and bottle label.

Texture Tuesday - 20 May 2014

This week the theme was Black and White.

I've added kk_framed 64% soft light and kk_justatouch 100% soft light.  The font is Talking to the Moon.

We all rush about to much and forget we do need to settle down and let our bodies and minds rest and recharge, so we should all find time to switch off, and how better than with a cup of fruit tea.

Texture Tuesday - 13 May 2014

Not long to go now.....Be Still 52 starts tomorrow.  Today for Texture Tuesday the theme was Yellow.  I had thought of arranging some yellow leaves I have in the garden, but this bunch of roses was only £2 in the local Aldi this morning, so who could resist them.

Our house is 101 years old and these floor boards are in a bedroom I'm decorating, so thought I'd make use of them before they are covered by carpet.  It would be too drafty to keep them uncovered, but think I shall have to replicate them somehow, although don't think the other half would be impressed if I asked him to take these up and replace with new!  But at the speed I'm going, they wont be seeing carpet for some time.

Anyways, my image......I had a tweak in Lightroom before moving to Photoshop, where I applied a solid colour fill (hex a4a363) at 100% soft light, followed by kk_simple at 66% soft light and then duplicated that to 17% hard light and lightly removed texture from the roses......sort of following along with Kim, as per the textures, but haven't yet downloaded kk_melancholy preset.  The font is "Bilbo Swash Caps"......I spent a whole evening downloading free fonts.....who would have thought there could be so many.

Texture Tuesday - 6 May 2014

This week the theme was Cuppa.

This morning I had to take my Dad shopping to Tesco....not my favourite store, but, this morning it surprised me.  The mug was in the sale and the Home catalogue was being given away.  I also bought some fruit teabags.

The catalogue is really very lovely to look through.  It's on matt paper with a bit of a chalky feel and some wonderfully inspiring photos.  I might just have to buy some of the items to add to my growing photo props collection :)

I already had the table cloth - inherited at least 20 years ago from I can't remember which relative...shame on me.

To this image I've added Kim's latest textures to us:  kk_0405 at 100% soft light and kk_0605 at 25% multiply with some of the latter texture removed from the centre.

Texture Tuesday - 29 April 2014

Today's theme was "Free and Easy", so I've simply snapped a Germini with light and shadow from a nearby window and curtain.

I've only added one texture, kk_awaken, but twice.  Firstly at 100% soft light, then duplicated the layer at 51% multiple.  On the second layer I've lightly removed most of the texture, accept in the top left and bottom right corners.  The text is Windsong and the title comes from the song by Mumford and Sons.

Texture Tuesday - 22 April 2014

This week the theme was Simple and my image is simply a bottle placed half in shadow and half in light.

The textures for this were kk_2801 and kk_coolgrunge.

Since Kim announced her Start to Finish classes, I've been umming are arring about whether to join in, as I am so far behind with all her other classes I've subscribed to, but yesterday I took the plunge and have joined.  It will be the first time I've joined at the beginning and fingers crossed, I'll get to the end on time.  It will be an adventure!

Texture Tuesday - 15 April 2014

Texture Tuesday this week was to create a Wabi-sabi image, or in other words, perfectly imperfect.  This was the first time I'd heard of Wabi-sabi, although there is lots out there on the web.

My image was of some bluebells I'd picked 11 days before, so they were passed their best, but still pretty.  They had been sitting on my kitchen windowsill, but for this image I placed them in front of a west facing window where the sun was casting shadows from the leaded light windows on the wall.

To this I've added kk_3112 at 80% multiply and kk_jay at 60% soft light.

Texture Tuesday - 8 April 2014

I admire Kim Klassen and her style of photography and have been following her blog for sometime, but it's taken till now to join in.  Each week she inspires us to make images for Texture Tuesday and Friday Finds.

Texture Tuesday on the 8 April was "For the love of....." and my simple image was "For the love of light on the horizon", as I love sitting on the beach and just watching the light falling on the water.

To this I added kk_storm at 42% screen blend and kk_paperandpaste at 20% linear burn.