Texture Tutorial

This is the creation from the third tutorial of our group. This tutorial is by Veevs; she creates the most awesome photos using textures. Her's are art.

ORIGINAL

This log home is in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, NC. I do like the original, but here is the texture tutorial result. First, I used Kimi's sketch tutorial then followed Veevs tut.


I have completed the three tutorials riding in the passenger seat of our motor home. PSE6 screen is very hard to see in the sun. I wanted to play around with a couple more textures on this, but .... !

Extraction Tutorial

My dear Spraground GF Veevs got a bunch of us out of our seats and 'goin again! She has sparked tutorials and the first one has been presented by Lynne. I used PSE 6 which has a Magic Extraction option. WOW! Easy! Well, I had never done an extraction, but I am pleased with the results.

ORIGINAL

EXTRACTION


LO

Credits:

Lynne Grieveson Tweet-Bird
Vera Lim Memories Makers-Papers & Elements
K Pertiet Grunge Overlay

Can one Post Possibly Cover the Summer?

Can one Post Possibly Cover the Summer..., NOPE!

Jim & I have been on the road traveling in our motor home since the beginning of Aug. We have been seeking cooler temperatures and found it a lot cooler at Mt. Pisgah on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It's one of our favorite places, lots of nice motorcycle riding on the Parkway. This is a LO using a Ali Edwards Template and AVictoria Pina Papers both available at Designer Digitals.

The huge event of the summer was Chris and Jada's wedding. AND the wonderful news that they are expecting. DS Chris being a father was something I never thought would possibly happen. We are all so thrilled, a gift from God. I will have to post a couple of photos of the wedding.

Jane & Wyatt were able to come and spend a weekend with us on the Parkway before we left for the AMCA meet in Davenport, Iowa.

Wyatt earned his Junior Ranger Badge; he was very proud of his certificate and badge.

We hiked, roasted marshmallows, all of the camp out fun.




Our first adventure when we left FL was to attend a ride in Bat Cave, NC. Yes, there really is a place with that name! We stayed at an RV park in Hendersonville, NC. Hendersonville is right in the middle of NC apple country. The area is gorgeous!


Endless roads lead to endless discoveries.

Above--Blog Frames by lanne available at Shabby Miss Jenn.

The area is also famous for peaches. I was so happy to find lots of just picked fruits and veggies for sale.

Well, here we are in Davenport and coming here seeing all the Interstate signs to Chicago really made me emotional recalling the great time at out first Spraguefest.

I think that pretty well covers the biggies for the summer. I know I didn't say anything about the awesome time I had in Chicago. It was perfect and unlike anything I have ever done!

Oh, I did buy a Canon 40D but have only taken a few pics with it. It is heavy, but very sleek.

Great Giveaway at Cotton Candy by Natalie

Natalie at Cotton Candy by Natalie is currently having a contest to give away one of her fabulous camera straps!

I love this one!


All of her straps are awesome! Check them out here!

I got to see her awesome straps in person at the Spraguefest 08 in Chicago. Her MIL Digital Deb was there.

I hope I can do a better job keeping this blog up!

Right now, we are in Hendersonville, NC, for a vintage road run tomorrow and Sunday. After that we are headed to the Parkway with no internet service, but hey two posts in one day! Gotta have some credit for that!

Happy days!

Trying to Blog Catch Up!

This is a photo I posted at JessicaSprague.com

The photo is a mid-week challenge in the Digital Photography class being taught by Candice Stringham. I love the class and this week is the last week. I feel like I have learned so much! The course was perfectly paced and got me off of auto and actually using the creative modes! Yah!

I bought a new digital camera, a Canon 40D. Love it, but I have a lot to learn about it.

How Cool is This?

Google Spell with Flickr.

This reminds me of a picture I took in Chicago of Chicago spelled with items, landmarks of Chicago.

Fun.

It doesn't show up as one line posted???

One Sadly Ignored Spot or You are Here!

At least one exciting thing, off tomorrow to the Beta Spraguefest in Chicago. It is going to be a major Girl's Night Out! Sixteen or so of us total strangers are going to rock the Hyatt for 3 days and 2 nights.

I am just a little nervous having not flown in years, but O.K. with it.

So, I will be back on Sunday starting the new Digi Photo class with Candice Stringham, I am so excited about the class because I really want to know what I am doing with my DSLR. I want to take photos that are art.