Thursday, December 29, 2011

obsessed...

for the past nine months, i have been trying to teach myself photoshop. this is not an easy thing to figure out on your own.  in an effort to learn stuff faster, i started poking around the internet. i followed blogs, read 'recipes'... and i experimented.  endlessly.

this week, it became an O B S E S S I O N.

being that i am on vacation, i wanted to go to cape cod but that didn't happen. i didn't read a book or take a walk, or go for a ride, or go shopping, or even watch HGTV.  nope.  didn't do much of anything, except experiment with photoshop.   i got up at 530am and went to bed at 11pm.  with my computer on my lap.

i am exhausted but i learned a lot.  and mostly from kim klassen.  her website and blog, along with the people that post there, have not only been a great resource for learning, but also a huge source of inspiration.  and because of how much i already learned there, i decided to take a photoshop class from kim klassen cafe.  a real class.  i already signed up, i paid and i committed.   i am scared (commit?? eeeek!) but more than that,  i am really excited!

now i have to figure out how to retain what i learn... not only on photoshop but on blogger, too.  i have to start over, re-learn, every time i use it.  i need a hard drive accessory thing for my brain, with a folder for how-to's...

meantime, i am posting some experiments... hopefully, i can remember some of how i created them :)





5 comments:

  1. Beautiful, I learned Photo shop years ago, and then stopped using it. I keep saying I am going to learn it again too. This is inspiring me to get it going soon! Beautiful stuff marie!

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  2. It was beautiful work before you photoshopped it ... BUT ... not to disuade you, it is beautiful photoshopped too :) Good job! Photoshop can eat up your life, don't forget to take time to shoot the pictures to photoshop!

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  3. all beautiful! the header too!
    i have had vacation weeks like the one you describe. they are wonderful, healing, necessary. sounds like you've had a good one!

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  4. thank you all for the kind words! my cameras are all damaged (except the new point-and-shoot i got for my birthday), making shooting harding than editing right now. my auto-focus is broke on 2 lenses- the 3rd lens seemed broken too but the clerk at best buy fixed it (alleluia!). and you're right linda - it can take over your life. i lost december to a blur of "layers" but boy it was fun... thank you guys :)

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  5. these are beautiful...it looks like you know what you are doing! i learned everything i know about photoshop on line too...kim klassen is a good teacher, so is "pioneer woman". good luck with your class, layering photos is highly addictive and sooo much fun!
    erin

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