For Ayesha in the New Year

5th June, 2013

Coffee House

Rene On The Town

Okay...this has nothing to do with Rene. Click on hearse for best results.

All photographed with the Fujifilm X-Pro1 using Fujifilm X 35mm f1.4

and Voigtlander 25mm f4 lenses.

14th August, 2014

No Entry to Eden

Manitick, Ontario. 2 May, 2013.

Corrina Redux

Note: The following entry is meant for Photoshop geeks. Please pardon the shop talk. And pardon the pun that I just wrote.

One of my friends, photographer Mark Dalpé, told me about a system of creating black and white digital images. Usually, I either use the HSL / Grayscale option on Photoshop's RAW interface or I convert my RAW images to jpg and use the Gorman black and white method. Both are smart options. But Mark suggested that I just desaturate the picture in the Basic interface. I was skeptical, but I tried it. I took a picture of Corrina, one that appeared in the last installment of the blog, and used it as my working canvas.The picture looked good with the saturation off, moving the slider all the way to the left. Then I added to the Vibrance, moving the slider to the right until I was satisfied. Voila! The picture came out great! I duotoned it in Photoshop and here we are. It doesn't hurt that the eminently photogenic Corrina is the subject of the picture. Thank you, Corrina! And as always, thank you Mark for a fantastic tip!

Corrina with Glasses

Here is Corrina in the latest glasses by Bohten Eyeware. This is a sneak preview of the new frames soon to be available from Bohten.

Victoria Regina

Victoria van Eyk at the Arbonne party in Ottawa, 21 November, 2013. Victoria is my partner in a fabulous work space in Ottawa, a space called...The Space. If you are a business person or artist in need of space, call Victoria by following the link.