Exciting announcement!

May 24, 2011 5 Comments

I believe I have one or two people who follow me here because I post stuff about photography once in a blue moon. Not to say that that will stop happening altogether BUT…

I have officially started up a separate photography website!! I dubbed it ZV Image Creations. Over there, I will be writing posts strictly related to all things photography, including but not limited to editing, techniques, or even other photographers/vendors. I am ecstatic about this because not only am I making all the decisions about how to customize the site, which tickles me, but I can legitimately build a side business, which has been something I’ve been working towards for quite some time now.

The bones of the site are up and I will continually be tweaking a few things here and there but for right now, ZV Image Creations version 1.0 is up! (ZVIC also looks kinda cool….but I’m biased.)

Eventually there will be an e-commerce section (galleries/shopping cart/prints) but that is a work in progress as I continue to build my portfolio.

And if any one of you fine readers happens to be a photography enthusiast or a professional, please feel free to contact me with any constructive feedback.

In the meantime, I’ll be over here chair dancing (mostly because I’m excited but also because Lady Gaga’s new album is badass).

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Makeup Porn

April 24, 2011 2 Comments

I didn’t really know what else to call it when a woman takes photographs of her makeup that looks good just sitting there, even when she’s not wearing it.

Since I am striving to kick this photography thing up a notch or two, I just decided to grab a few things that I love, place them in relatively good light and work the Manual setting on my camera. I also happened to have a nice glossy piece of white paper sitting around so I threw the stuff on there and started clicking.

Specifically, this color of lipstick called “Wannabe” that Lancome sent with my gift with purchase is out of this world. It’s very hot pink and very me.

Won’t you ooh and ahh with me?

This was excellent practice for me and I loved the final outcomes, especially of the lipstick photos. The white paper + editing in PSE really did the trick to get a more professional look.

Happy (Easter) weekend!

Lipstick and Brush

Wannabe

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Frame play

April 17, 2011 3 Comments

Rita from CoffeeShop Blog posted some of her latest frame creations and I decided to play around with them to see what the cat would lick up. (Does anybody know of this expression besides me and my friend, from whom I got that phrase?)

Since I have been on a floral photography kick lately, two of the frames were perfect for a couple of my latest edits.

I’m just having a lot of fun exploring with Photoshop Elements and building layer upon layer of knowledge (a bad pun). Though PSE is a baby sister to big old Photoshop/CS, it has lots of features and capabilities and there are some who argue that it is all you will ever need.

Happy Sunday, y’all. Back to editing!

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All in the Details

March 16, 2011 2 Comments

As I get more and more into photography, I am finding so many ways to network with other photographers/bloggers (photograbloggers?).

It’s tough not to go into information overload, what with Facebook updates, Twitter throwing link after link after link at you, and your RSS reader filling up each day.

However, it was tough to ignore this sweet photography contest over at Love That Shot. This Link-Up contest’s theme is “All in the Details” and I thought my Glossy Coffee Beans photo might be a good fit.

 

Glossy Coffee Beans

If you’re interested in winning a $100 gift certificate over at MCP or just want to share a photo with other photographers, you can head on over there and do so. The contest doesn’t end for five more days or so.

Maybe I’ll see you there!

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Nature Walk

March 5, 2011 2 Comments

I work in a corner of town that is relatively newly developed. There is a large residential development behind our office building and there is easy footpath access. They wind all over the place and there are man-made ponds, bridges, etc. I took advantage of some lovely weather we had the other day and took my camera out with me on part of my lunch break.

I shot over 100 photos but I have only tweaked six thus far. I can get really caught up in the nuances of photo editing.

To find out the “stories” behind each one, including actions I may have used, you can go to my Flickr account where they’re all located (also displayed in the sidebar). Otherwise, I will just post them here and let you ponder and enjoy what you will about them.

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