the CDs from the glove box

31Mar09

Before I go any further – “glove box“? Is that what they still call it? When did anybody last put gloves in their glove box? Or is it just us down here in Australia, where, for the most part it is not cold enough, we would not have gloves to put in [...]

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playing around with Photoshop

20Mar09

Here’s what I came up with when I thought of a way of using Photoshop to give me a more creative image.
A failure, I am sorry to say. But I think the idea is there and now I need to try again with this experience.
What I am trying to do is make a picture, or [...]

Filed under: photography, software   |  1 Comment
Tags: creative work, failure, photoshop, try again

the books I am reading

20Mar09

I tend to read more than one book at a time.
Here is what I am up to at the moment:
Goya by Robert Hughes. This is a magnificent book about that enigmatic artist of Spain, at the time of much turmoil in Europe. It is a work of love and spares no effort to give us [...]

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Tags: Ann Patchett, books, reading, Robert Hughes, Stella Rimington

how to make professional quality greeting cards

03Mar09

I guess they are many ways to make greeting cards with your photographs. And there are many Web sites that do this for you. But if you want a card, and want it now, what do you do? If you want precise control over the process along with flexibility to vary it, what [...]

Filed under: around home, inkscape, open source, photography, software   |  6 Comments
Tags: greeting cards, IBM paper, Ilford paper, inkscape, making cards, making greeting cards, photo cards, selling cards