Creative Monsoon

australian art

Jeannie Mills Pwerl

On - Saturday 11 October 2008

Some artwork by Aboriginal artist Jeannie Mills Pwerl, really lovely colours.

You can buy her work through the Mbantua Gallery.

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Italy Wedding photoshop effect

On - Saturday 11 October 2008

Finally found the photoshop effect we've been looking for to create dramatic, gritty-looking images. The effect is great for close ups but the first few steps of it also work well for wedding images:

Duplicate layer. On background copy layer select high pass about 5 the change layer blending to overlay. Duplicate original layer again and move to the top. Desaturate and select hard light.

(Stop here for most images)

Flatten image, duplicate layer and apply high pass again, change layer blending to overlay.

Flatten again. Create new adjustment layer, curves and lighten the whole image.

Click on the layer mask thumbnail and invert. Set foreground colour to white and using a soft brush paint over the eyes to brighten them.

Create a new layer and select a good eye colour, select the blend mode of this layer to colour and paint over the eyes.

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Amanda and Dans Wedding

On - Wednesday 24 September 2008

Shot our first Sydney wedding last weekend. Some shots worked quite well with the cross processed effect but the saturation toned down.

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Gift cards

On - Friday 29 August 2008

Found some nice gift cards by lovebird. Think something similar would work well with native Australian and New Zealand birds and plants. They are sold by beaumonde-cards.com

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Yosemite Panoramic

On - Friday 29 August 2008

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Day 4 we left San Francisco and drove to Mariposa just south of Yosemite National Park. We did a few walks in the park, saw some deer and some California Ground Squirrel, but no bears. Day 5 we drove through the park on our way to Vegas.

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San Francisco Panoramic

On - Sunday 24 August 2008

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San Francisco Artists

On - Saturday 23 August 2008

Some paintings by San Francisco Artists, the top photo is 'Homage to Tuscany' exhibition. The other pictures are by Varya, oil on canvas.

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US TRIP - PART I

On - Saturday 23 August 2008

We've had a bit of internet trouble so this is a late update. But here is a roundup of our first few days in San Francisco.

My first view of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge wasn't so great so we went for a closer look.

The sea lions at Pier 39. (And apparently the difference between sea lions and seals is that sea lions have ear flaps.)

The famous 'painted ladies' of Alamo Square with a view of San Fran behind them

Day three we went for a drive to the famous wine growing region, Napa Valley, and came across a classic car fair with hundreds of American muscle cars.