yellow

something easy to do for Thursdays challenge

the theme is yellow and i just happened to find these two

taken in SanFran last year while waiting for the ferry to Alcatraz

more texture

i'm now addicted to textures

i love how they change the simplest picture

into something wonderful

awhile back , when looking through my favorite blogs

i came across two who really appealed to me,

Roben Marie and Denise Lombardozzi

and linking through all their favorites

i found texture addicts and flickriver

i have been inspired every since!

lots of texture

sometimes the simplest pictures create some of my favorites in Photoshop!
just by playing with a few "dials" you get some really surprising results!
this photo was taken at Alcatraz, lots of texture, decay and rubble, everywhere!

and of course my husband said "what are you taking a picture of that for?"

which he say's after ever other photo!

when i showed him the results

he wants to know

"where did you take that photo?"

and i tell him you where standing right next to me!
i took over 200 photos on the island and have had fun playing with all of them.

going on the record

at the beginning of the year i made a list of things to do , goals, projects etc.
i listed all the usually stuff like- get taxes done, painting the bathroom,

and sewing a duvet set for the guest bedroom

number one on the list was

"work less, do more art"
spend more time on the computer learning photoshop,

carry my camera everywhere and have a day of art,

every month, be it collage, painting or just experimenting with whatever technique

i saw in Somerset Studio or Cloth, Paper, Scissors.
i wanted to start a blog so i could have a place to display my work

and hold my self accountable!
i sometimes get lazy and before you know it

i haven't worked on anything for weeks or even months

so i will go on record to say that from now on

i will be creative as much as possible and post at least 3 times a week

i'm not much of a writer but hopefully that will evolve too!
Today's photo was taken on a trip last year to California,

at alcatraz.

i thought if was appropriate for today!
nancy