Making art from a splatter

I can’t paint. I know I can write, and for the most part I take decent photos, though my subjects are still limited. I can draw a little, but all of my sketches are cartoonish and abstract. Realism, no chance. But painting, no way. Luckily I have some prowess with digital mediums, so maybe, just maybe, I can satisfy my canvas craving that way. Here is my first attempt. The other day, as I...

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Vintage photos from the present

As I’ve gotten more interested in photography I’ve been trying to increase my arsenal of effects I could use to better tweak photos to get the look and moods I am going for. Unfortunately, for now I’ve been limited to the controls offered in Apple’s iPhoto program. That’s not the say iPhoto doesn’t have a a nice stable of user-friendly effects. By boosting...

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