tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35944306046154207902024-03-04T22:27:50.345-08:00z photo and designA balanced life....full of simple pleasuresNadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-68563884315364713302012-12-26T06:50:00.001-08:002012-12-26T06:50:07.219-08:00New Blog<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi ~</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial;">Please visit my new blog - <a href="http://www.studio39designs.blogspot.com/">www.studio39designs.blogspot.com</a>. It's where all my latest photography and mixed media collage art can be found!</span></em>Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-7163577860740378382012-12-15T06:35:00.000-08:002012-12-15T06:35:44.430-08:00Snowy Mountain Sunrise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yesterday morning when I woke up, I raised up the shades and saw a snowy winter storm! Except for the snow, not much else was visible. Certainly, not the mountains! What a difference a day makes - this morning, we have a lovely sunrise highlighting snowy mountains. I figured I better get these images now, as snow tends to melt quickly here. The image above is somewhat pastel and soft, don't you think? A gentle start to the day.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here, the sun is a bit stronger and is really highlighting the San Pedro Mountains which are just to the north of us. If you look closely, at the bottom of the image, you can see the runway that runs just out from our home!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I shifted my view a bit here, focusing on what I think of as "our mountain", South Mountain. This is one of my favorite views from our back patio, as it takes in our mountain as well as the horse corral of our friends & neighbors, Ed & Teri. Too bad Patches and/or Jazz weren't at this end of the corral. Would have made the image even more perfect!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I just loved the warm look of the sunrise as it seems to rest on and highlight South Mountain, coupled with the coolness of the sky & shape of the clouds above it. It just seems so peaceful and majestic. No wonder we love living here!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-13144846732348889512012-11-26T08:35:00.001-08:002012-11-26T08:35:46.763-08:00Yesterdays in Black & White<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a couple of other images that I shot on Saturday. I processed these as black & white images, which really seemed to speak to the time and place and sense of history they inspire.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-41756366211277801442012-11-26T08:31:00.000-08:002012-11-26T08:31:00.526-08:00Yesterdays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, I took a drive along Old Route 66 right here in town. I had seen an old car next to an equally old gas pump several times, and decided to photograph it. The above photo is an HDR enhanced photo of it, accentuating the coloring of the rusty spots on both the car and the pump. The tires on the truck are completely disintegrated and look like threads hanging onto the tire rim.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little further down the road, I noticed the front of an old barn or shack of some sort that's in the process of falling completely over, but is sort of propped up by the debris from the other 3 walls. Again, I used HDR to enhance the image and make it appear to be somewhat like a painting. It seems ironic that now that I've photographed it, this barn/shack has somewhat of a legacy, and will continue to exist even after it totally collapses, while the people who once used or lived there are long gone.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not far from the barn/shack, walking down the same dirt road, I noticed the nice lines created by the barbed wire fence, the dirt road I was walking down, and, off in the upper left corner, the lines created by the highway built to replace Old Route 66. This image just speaks to the nostalgia of yesterday and today.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-15052775379369737702012-11-22T06:17:00.000-08:002012-11-22T06:17:21.595-08:00A Few Things to be Thankful For<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-47168382679930694602012-11-11T13:47:00.000-08:002012-11-11T13:47:19.997-08:00First Dusting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning we woke up to our first dusting of snow! As you can see from the above photo, it truly was a dusting - nothing to really stick for any period of time, and it didn't even cover the entire ground. Also, if you check out the mountain tops, you can see it was just a little dusting!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Closer to home, here's an image of our yucca and other bushes growing in our front garden. Good thing I took this photo when I first woke up. Within a couple of hours, the snow was pretty much gone!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a whimsical note, here's our pilot themed yard art. Our little flying kitties have also had a dusting!!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-25235250519850407192012-10-28T10:22:00.000-07:002012-10-28T10:22:09.375-07:00Late Fall Colors on Sandia Crest Woodsy Trail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was another path along the Sandia Crest Trail, a more woodsy trail off the actual crest of the mountain. I like the way the sun seems to glisten off the remaining leaves of the wild grass fronds. There's a delicate feel to these leaves - yet they are still on the branches of the stems, so how delicate can they be? I sort of feel like it's speaking to the strength each one of us possesses.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't generally take photos of dandelions gone to seed, but for some reason, this particular "flower" appealed to me. Again, I guess it's the inconsistency between the delicacy of the "fuzz" of the dandelion, and the strength it takes to still be hanging on! I think the blank space on the left of the photo creates a nice balance. Also, it would make a great spot for a quote - I have to look for an appropriate one!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, finally, as I walked along the woodsy trail and looked down, I saw the last piece of fall color, this red leaf laying among rocks and other brown leaves. A gentle good-bye of the season, and a promise to return next year.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-83803621212883897132012-10-28T10:04:00.001-07:002012-10-28T10:04:36.275-07:00Junipers on Sandia Crest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday, I felt like I just needed to have my spirit rejuvenated, and driving up to the top of the Sandia Mountains, to the Crest, to take some photos and go for a walk, popped into my head. Both Jeff & Miki joined me and we had a great Saturday afternoon activity going! As we walked along the Crest Trail, I just loved this juniper tree, bent from the wind blowing from the west for years and years. It also speaks to the inherent strength of the tree to stand up to what are sometimes very powerful winds. In the background, you can see both the Sandia and Manzano mountains as they sort of flow into the Rio Grande River Valley.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I walked along the trail, I looked up and found myself under a more upright juniper tree, sheltering me from the rays of the sun. I loved the detail of the tree trunk and the pattern of the branches as they bend and curve around. The green of the pine needles complements the blue sky above. A great late fall look, and one that's probably easily overlooked when it's summer and everything else is in full bloom!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-35099163025079599682012-10-14T17:17:00.000-07:002012-10-14T17:17:03.069-07:00Animals!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These images are some images that I captured over this weekend. The first image, above, was taken at the Blue Hole. As I watched this little squirrel, I just felt like he was contemplating jumping over to the tree. There was no way this would have been possible, unless he was a flying squirrel.....and he's not! He was smart, and didn't try!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we were driving out of Pueblo de Luna, Jeff saw this no so little guy crossing the road. He backed up and I jumped out to get a photo of this guy - a tarantula!! Yikes!!! They are poisonous, and he was really big for a spider. I did keep my distance, and just used my zoom lens! (I'm smart like the squirrel....!)</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-9123368866309178332012-10-14T17:06:00.001-07:002012-10-14T17:06:27.060-07:00Flowers and Thorny Plants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found some flowers and other things of interest! Above is some sort of berry - very pretty red color, which caught my attention, but check out those thorns - ouch!!!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think these may be the last of the yellow daisies of the season. Still vibrant, tho!!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, to wrap things up, here's a common cactus around our area - a prickly pear cactus! I have to admit, for some reason, this is one of my favorite native plants - and I have no idea why!!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-44582064052479898482012-10-14T16:57:00.000-07:002012-10-14T16:57:44.603-07:00Pueblo de Luna<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we went exploring, we came across an ancient town called Pueblo de Luna. I read that this was (sort of) the original site of what would then become Santa Rosa, NM. Don't know if that's true, but this little town was passed over when I-40 was put thru, and Santa Rosa was the lucky recipient, so who knows what the real story is?? Still, the view from the bridge near this little community was quite lovely, as the colors at this altitude begin to change.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a very pretty little church here in town, and I decided to capture the key elements of the church in just a couple of photos. The steeple (with a bell) and angel that greets you when you approach the doorway are above. The door and stained glass windows on either side of it frame the door in the image below, just like they do in reality!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-15594558506509724482012-10-14T16:46:00.001-07:002012-10-14T16:46:43.422-07:00Driving on Cattle Ranch Land<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday was a great day for a drive, and we drove along some back roads that wound through some cattle ranch land. I loved the image above because it really captures how wide open the area was. It just seems like the road (and fence line) just kind of goes on forever, doesn't it?</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we drove along, Jeff noticed this small set of "ponds" on the top of a rock. I'm sure it's handy drinking water for coyotes and cattle in the area! Makes for an interesting photo, too.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At one point along the back road, we came across what we believe to be the far northern end of Santa Rosa Lake, altho it's more like a meandering creek here than a lake! However, the map shows that at one point, the lake actually came to this point!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-47559552481181855842012-10-14T16:38:00.001-07:002012-10-14T16:38:44.070-07:00Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, NM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never thought of New Mexico as being a place to go to learn how to scuba dive - I mean, in the desert??? Still, there is a very deep spring in the town of Santa Rosa, NM, that is a place where folks come to learn to scuba dive. The first part of the Blue Hole (as it's called) is 80 feet deep, and there are other sections of the Blue Hole that reaches a depth of 248 feet. Wow! Above is an image I took with a great reflection of the tree that hangs over the Hole.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-79074792335846942082012-10-14T16:27:00.000-07:002012-10-14T16:27:24.476-07:00Santa Rosa Lake State Park - Our Home for the Weekend!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-79165675694725986032012-10-14T16:19:00.002-07:002012-10-14T16:19:59.964-07:00Digital Collage - Fall Colors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was playing with some digital collage pieces for an ATC swap that I've decided to participate in. I need to make up a few more, but like these well enough to share! The above collage starts as a photo of the red leaves found at 4th of July Canyon here close to home. I then added some sheet music very faintly in the background, and the lovely young woman to enjoy it. I think of this one as "Autumn's Song".</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photo that's the foundation for this collage was taken just a few weeks ago when we were exploring around Mt. Taylor, near Grants, NM. I added some images of men that seemed to be rather old and from the past. I then added the text "Ghosts in the Trees" - seems appropriate!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-12363867167935982112012-09-29T09:42:00.002-07:002012-09-29T09:42:59.825-07:00Golden Aspens near Mt. Taylor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While camping near Grants, NM, we drove along some back roads up Mt. Taylor (elevation is about 11,000 feet). On the way up, we came across this glorious stand of aspens that has already changed color. I love the above image of the little dirt road forming a path thru the trees.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The above image is one of my favorites. I've always loved images of the barks of the trees with the tree leaves in the background. The golden color of the leaves really enhanced it.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the aspen stand that we drove thru. We were pretty much at the top of Mt. Taylor and the day provided perfect weather for a lovely fall type photo.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-33792496921601354762012-09-29T08:10:00.001-07:002012-09-29T08:10:44.057-07:00Camping Around Grants, NM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last weekend, we went camping at a state park around Grants, NM. While there, we did some exploring along some national forest roads, and found a charming little national forest campground, called Coal Mine Campground. It's very small (only 15-20 campsites), and is closed for the season, but we walked around it to check it out. The above image is of quite a substantial bridge built over a wash that seems to lead to other walking/hiking trails. When we do camp here, we'll definitely have to check it out!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we explored on from the campsite, we came to this little clearing that offered a great view of a very peaky mountain! I don't know the name of the mountain, but it's perfect peak just caught my attention.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-13047416082682987872012-09-20T19:09:00.000-07:002012-09-20T19:09:22.314-07:00Digital Collages<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial;">I've started playing with some digital collages, made with images I took or old photo images I got from various sources that have been scanned into my computer and are now digital. No glue, actual paper, paint, etc., etc., were used for these collages. I've used my new PhotoShop Elements 10 and a great book that I got a while back - "Digital Expressions" by Susan Tuttle.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The above collage uses a photo I took down in the Carlsbad Caverns of some of the formations as the background. I decreased the opacity of that image so it truly was a background, and not too prominent. I do like the texture that it adds to the piece. I then did a cut and past of an old photo I got off e-bay. I then added a quote that I saw on a sort of poster in a restaurant in town here.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This last collage incorporates the background, and lots more images - old sheet music, old newspaper, book pages, images of friends (that's the story I have about them) and paint! Lots of layers in this piece!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok - technically, this isn't a digital collage, but I just wanted to show the technique. It's really just adding a texture type photo that I took (sort of a blurred effect of wood grain) and overlaid it on the photo of the flowers (adjusting the opacity of the texture layer way down!) so that it just creates texture within the image. It's a different look, but I like it.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-5450998184388843132012-09-06T14:22:00.000-07:002012-09-06T14:22:34.550-07:00Mixed Media Note Cards<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">A few months ago, I did an ATC swap, using close-up photos of flowers. It was easiest for me just to get wallet size photos printed up at Walgreens, but that left me with extras, since I only needed one print of each photo for the swap. I kept them on one of my studio work tables, and would just pick them up and look at them from time to time, knowing sooner or later I'd figure out how I could use them in some sort of art piece. Well, I finally decided that they just cried out to be part of note cards! So, I cut down some card stock that I had to the appropriate size to fit in the invitation size envelopes, pulled out my photos as well as some hand-made and other decorative paper, or even scraps, and voila! Mixed media note cards! I'll just post a sample card with each of the different images, not all the cards! No more words from me!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-10637733060858299002012-09-05T14:51:00.001-07:002012-09-05T14:51:41.390-07:00Labor Day Flying & A Tuesday Sunrise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Labor Day, Jeff wanted to go flying, and I generally try to join him for the fun of flying! I really liked the pattern of the image above. Don't know if these are considered crop circles, but they are the circle of green made by the irrigation systems that the farms around here have! I did play with this image to create some cool collage background texture pages, too, altho they aren't posted here.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, on Tuesday morning, as I was getting ready for work, this sunrise was just outside our door. So, I quickly stepped outside and got this wonderful pastel sunrise thru the pine trees on our back patio.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past Saturday, we went for a drive to a little town called Carrizozo. Lots of good photo opportunities, and I'm sharing some with you now! The photo above was taken along the roadside on the way down to Carrizozo. Sunflowers growing along a barbed wire fence - typical New Mexico</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-40436627373333166252012-09-02T13:55:00.002-07:002012-09-02T13:55:35.840-07:00Snarky Sayings ATCs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-69574016363314425402012-08-29T18:36:00.000-07:002012-08-29T18:36:30.658-07:00Creative Photo Techniques<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decided to play with my PhotoShop Elements software, a cool book I've had for a while, called "Digital Expressions", and my vacation photos to learn some new creative techniques. The first one, above, is using a vignette technique. I also added text (a quote that I thought went well with this image), and then created a sort of mat effect. I don't know if you can see it well in the small image above, but the shading is somewhat transparent, allowing some of the rest of the image to be seen.</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-47011816290628297552012-08-26T15:14:00.001-07:002012-08-26T15:14:46.005-07:00Victoria's Flowers and Beacon Hill Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeff treated me to a horse-drawn carriage ride thru Victoria and Beacon Hill Park. After being on the ship with so many folks around all the time, it was nice to be in this park with the lovely greenery of the trees. When the land was donated to Victoria by the first Governor of the Province, one of the requirements was that a percentage of the 160 acres be left "wild", as nature sees fit. Many of those who live in Victoria name this as one of their favorite places. I can see why!</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't this a lovely apricot colored rose? It was in the rose garden in the grounds of The Parliament. The prime blooming season was pretty much over, but there were a few gems to be found, and this was one of them!</span></em><br />
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Nadinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737656369943749619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3594430604615420790.post-20159037803649102652012-08-26T15:04:00.001-07:002012-08-26T15:04:51.117-07:00Victoria, BC, Canada and The Parliment - Last Cruise Stop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday, August 23, was the last day of our cruise, and we ended, not in Alaska, but in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. What a beautiful day! And, the flowers here were really something (more about that in another blog). The above photo is of one of the hundreds (or maybe thousands) of flower baskets hanging around the Inner Harbor. This harbor is primarily for smaller water craft.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, finally, this window with what has to be my favorite sentiment - "Without Economy, None can be Rich, With It, None can be Poor". Another truism!</span></em><br />
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