Monthly Archive for July, 2007

open gate

This weekend I got the opportunity to take photographs of what will hopefully be the transitional stage of work on one of downtown Jackson’s landmarks, the King Edward Hotel. I added all of the images to the end of my “Jackson Series” album.

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Images from Portland, Oregon

As some of you may know, Jerri and I just returned from Portland yesterday. All the images from the trip are in a new album.

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Black and White: Photoshop Action and Tutorial

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I created a black and white conversion action for photoshop cs2, but it still requires you to make some adjustments on your own. The same basic principle applies as when you use the channel mixer for color images.  The tutorial for the conversion without the action is below.

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John Edwards OR “a pretty good Monday”

Edwards

I assume I am a lot like everyone else in my dread of Mondays, but today happened to be a particularly decent Monday. First off, I didn’t go into work, which alone would have made it a good day. Second, I actually managed to run many of the errands I intended to, and I finally got my grass cut (accomplishing everything on my list for the day). And finally, as an added bonus, I happened to get some pretty good shots of democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, when he stopped in Canton, Mississippi this afternoon.

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Channel Mixer Tutorial - Photoshop CS2

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In one of Hud’s recent posts he alluded to using the channel mixer in photoshop in a way I had shown him . . . so I thought I would share. Tutorial is below: Continue reading ‘Channel Mixer Tutorial - Photoshop CS2′

What I did on the 4th OR how to make bread in a tandoor oven

I no longer know who I need to use pseudonyms for and who I can call by their real name, which makes it hard for me to write about events. Those in attendance whom I know how to refer to are Jaxxie, Gorjus, and Jaysus . . . otherwise if you know them you’ll know them.

The album: