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Ok I'm sorry I did kind of forget about this blog - although reading through it I am now wondering what I was thinking when I wrote half of this stuff LOL. Anyway, I will try and come up with something new at least twice a week. Do graphics count as photography? Hmmmm maybe I should re-name this blog "Louise's image work" :)

Where does time go?

Really? I have no idea where time goes! It doesn't seem 2 minutes since I last updated this blog!

Well there hasn't been much time for photography lately with essentially working 2 jobs, but I have been getting some ideas together and I've been keen to try out some tricks that I've seen in various photography magazines.

We just came back from a trip to Lincoln recently and I'll post some of those pics soon. Unfortunately there was restoration work going on at the cathedral and so the pics weren't brilliant.

100 cool photoshop effects

Bored with your photos and want some fun things to do with them? Ten check this out: 100 wonderful photo effects.

My new toy

I got a graphics tablet for Christmas and I love it ;o)

Saves me drawing with my mouse YAY!

Merry Christmas

Christmas day antics in the Franks house LOL

Catch a falling star

I was listening to a song earlier and had some inspiration. Unfortunately the photo didn't come out as well as I'd hoped. The lyrics to the song were...

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket.....never let it fade away....

Planning

I know you wouldn't believe it when you see my photos but I do actually plan them. When I'm sat about I have a book near me and I write my ideas in this book. Hover over the picture and you might see some interesting notes :)

Reach for the stars

I've been playing about with some graphics again LOL.

I was feeling quite motivational today and one thing I always feel quite strongly about is to have ago at whatever you believe would be good for you. When I was at school was told I was to dumb to go to college. I ended up in a job I hated. But then as I got older I came to realise that nobody has the right to say what somebody else is capable of. I fought for a place at university and got a dyslexia diagnosis in my first year. With the right help I finished with a first in mechanical engineering. That teacher really underestimated me that's for sure. So my advice to you? Reach for the stars.....

Sharing some pics

Nothing blogworthy going on here so I thought I'd just share a couple of pics. I'm doing a 365 days series on self portraits and its kind of challenging due to lack of photography skills and equipment. Anyway here are 2 recent pictures - both taken with an integral flash and just a small bedside lamp.

Skin smoothing

I found some instructions on smoothing skin in paint shop pro. Ok so technically its a cheat but I really don't care if people don't feel comfortable in there own skin and want to do a little post-processing. Here's how to do it: