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Downtime day
ByDerekOur first major holiday gathering at the new home was very successful. The weather was cooperative and everyone was able to make it out here to the hills. We had a fire going in the fireplace all day long. Amanda roasted a a perfect roast, in a way that even my father the “Meat Specialist”…
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Don’t be an Idol, just be good
ByDerekOur interest in this season of American Idol dwindled off, since the cast of contestants had Melinda in it. We knew that regardless of who won the show, she would be the one to make it big. None of the other contestants impressed us anywhere near as much. To me, American Idol isn’t as much…
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Two more from Madrid
ByDerekLast two photos from the city of Madrid. Next, we’re off to the airport. I’m not usually a Sepia fan, but it really saved an otherwise noisy low-light photo.
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I sold a photo for a book cover!
ByDerekBack in July of last year, I was at the Central Terminal with my camera when we had one of those odd weather days that resulted in a fabulous sunset. I posted the photos up on my blog and on flickr. My favorite shot of the evening was this silhouette of Corpus Christi against a…
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Three wonderful years!
ByDerekThree years ago today, Amanda and I started our journey together. It’s been nothing but wonderful! Happy Anniversary, Amanda! I love you!
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for something like this, to replicate the feel I think you want, you probably want to feather edges of your faux-vignette a little more and add a layer or two of grain to give it more of a realistic, film-y feel. Very cool shot, though.
it’s a very nice shot, i like it a lot, but the corner darking could be less dark. i’m sure your camera didn’t do it THAT dark (and if it did, maybe something is wrong haha).
Yeah, the vignette is completely Photoshopped and I couldn’t get it to come out quite the way I wanted it to. I also went back to the RAW shot and tweaked it a little bit to make it a bit more dynamic. Going to take it back into PS and work it a bit more.
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