See my Fleur Noir photo collections at Stellar. One of my loves is photography. But after owning many Canons and Nikons, I decided that iphoneography was for me. My wrists really thanked me. The ease of use of an iPhone has converted me. I upgraded my iPhone 5s to iPhone 6 plus and I have […] Read more…
This is my 3rd annual 30 Watercolors/Drawings in 30 Days! I just love doing this. I take a 30 day sabbatical just to paint what I feel like. But there are some rules! Here is the rules I posted back in 2012. Sometimes what happens is that the more freedom you have, the less you […] Read more…
After almost nine months, the thought of replacing my glass top desk became part of my to do list. Besides being able to see the slew of cables under my desk, it made it incredibly hard to take pictures. The glass was always cold and anything would smudge it. It was a hassle. So I […] Read more…
This is a good kind of overwhelmed. I have some projects in the works I can`t talk about right now and some I can. As you all know I was given a camera about 6 months ago. DSLR cameras are hard to learn, specially manual mode. Last year I learned how to handle one in […] Read more…
I just love my 50.0 mm f/1.8 lens!! With a 8x close up filter and shot at aperture f/1.7, my flash did not fire and it was a bit under exposed. I used the raw file to fix the exposure. Then I applied a filter or two from Faded Films. I can`t recall but I believe I […] Read more…
This year was nothing like I expected it. Friends were made, some are gone… But I can honestly tell you that I lived up to my last year`s resolutions.I narrowed down what I wanted to do as a resolution in one word. I stood up for what I believed in fearless and bold. I let […] Read more…
I have always wanted to create one of those pictures that looks like someone wrote with light on the background. I know it`s old as time and there are a million Photoshop brushes that will do it for you, but I really wanted to try it with my camera. How I did it Using my […] Read more…
I have been wanting to make a tutorial for a while and finally decided to share my grandmother`s eggnog recipe. As you know she passed away on October 30th. I thought it would be nice to share one of her recipes There are 2 main variations to it. You can make this recipe a bit […] Read more…
I think you could say I have been lost behind the scenes. The book, Ms. Pig E. Banks (available for pre-sale), had a minor glitch I under quoted the time I needed to finish by two times as much. The 12 main illustrations ended up becoming 24 pieces and I was more than freaking out. […] Read more…
Sometimes you have treasures right under your nose. Sometimes those treasures go unnoticed because you get used to them being there, doing nothing for you or it just does what it usually does. Hello Photoshop. I met you when you were CS2. I used to animate frame by frame with you. Turns our you do […] Read more…
