It's Dogs Day

I only had the courage to ask two people if I could take a photo of their dog.  I was surprised at how excited the owners got when I asked them.  It's going to make it so much easier to ask more people next time.

Last batch of wedding photo's.

A few more wedding photos.

Wedding Photos - Part 2

Wedding Shots

I feel like I've been editing the photos for days.  It's a good thing I love Photoshop.

It's been to long!

It's about time I post a new photo.  Ha ha.  I'm doing a wedding this weekend so there will so new stuff to show you all very soon.  Until then..

Church on Burrard Street

Canada Day weekend. Taken in Stanley Park

Hello all.  Sorry I haven't posted anything in awhile.  I took my camera out a bit this weekend and think I might have some nice shots to show you.  I'm still working on them and will post them this week, but for now here is one.

Capilano

I took this photo today walking around the different hiking trails near Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Black Crow

Here is another one.

Feathers & Feathers

My friend came over and let me take some photo's of her.  Here is one of them.  I will post the others as I finish them.  I want to make sure they're perfect for you all.

Retro Hotel Sign

Milk and Cookies

My attempt at the Dragan Effect

I have been trying to figure out how to make my photos have that silver shiny look.  Like in the movie 300 or The Book of Eli.  At first I thought that they were just over exposed.  I was so wrong.  There's a lot of tweaking involved.  I'm not even sure if I'm close.  The tutorial from Tutcast was extremely helpful.  Here's my first attempt.  What do you think, is it close?

Coffee Run

I was able to get a shot in while running out for coffee to refuel.  I'm sooo happy I brought my camera along just in case.

Shout Out

I've been super busy these last couple weeks with some online courses I'm taking right now.  It's been difficult to take my camera out and do give you guys something new.  I'm hoping next week will be better.  I just need to get myself my organized.

I thought I would tell you about Vancouver Photo Workshops (VPW) in the mean time.  I originally took a Photoshop weekend course because it was 2 blocks from my place and my work was paying for it.  The instructor was Rachelle, she was great.  The course has been unbelievably helpful.  I gives you all the basics you need when your new to Photoshop.  The program can be tricky enough and no one needs that kind of stress.

The next course I took with VPW is a 10 week basic photography course with Aura.  Once again I was very happy with the course.  They moved there location all the way across town and it didn't even bother me.

So if you're interested in getting a helping hand and taking a photography course I recommend checking out VPW.

A Walk In The Park

My mom took me to a hidden park that was in the farm lands of the Fraser Valley.  It turned out to be very pretty and I was able to take a couple of nice shots.

Bad Dreams

Spent a nice weekend at home relaxing in my pajama's, watching movies and making this photo.
I hope you had a nice weekend too.

SOS!! Photoshop Help.

Having problems trying to figure out how people do special effects and manipulations to their photos.  Here are 2 websites that I continually go to for help.

100 Wonderful Photo Effects.
Photoshop Lady

I hope these help and prepare yourself for the hours you'll be spending in the dim room.

Some days you just feel like chopping it all off.

Free Photoshop Actions

Here is a link to the site that I downloaded a few of my Photoshop Actions from.  These help you save a whack load of time on your pictures. 

Download the actions you think you will use, then look for it in your downloads folder.
Open the action up. 
Now open a photo in Photoshop and History. 
At the top next to History will be a tab that says Actions. 
Click it open.
Your new Action you just downloaded should be at the bottom. 
Click on it and press the button that looks like a play button.
It should now be doing all the hair pull... eye rubbing... tweaking for you.

Costa Rican Cutie