Quote of the day: “I’m concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.” – Joan Jett
Carver County Nature Reserve after a Snowfall
I’ve been hoping to get some winter shots to use on Christmas cards that I want to send out soon! But so far, Minnesota’s weather has produced very little snow. Last Saturday we got maybe 2-3 inches of snow, so Sunday morning I went out to one of my favorite places to take a few photos.
The photo above is one of the photos I took on Sunday. Here are two more:
Red and gold
Woodlands and wetlands view
After doing minimal edits in Lightroom I brought them into Photoshop and played. First I used a texture from http://www.kimklassencafe.com/thecafe. If you’re a photographer and want to learn more about using Photoshop and textures to get the look you want in your photos, then go to Kim’s website.
I learned a ton from her blog and free videos on her website. Every Tuesday Kim posts a free texture you can use in your photos along with sample photos where she has applied the texture.
I also learned about http://www.gettotallyrad.com/products/radlab/ from Kim’s blog. After applying the texture to each photo above I used RadLab software to get the look I wanted.
A couple of these images are stark, but I think I like them. They don’t look like traditional Christmas card photos though. What do you think? Would you enjoy a Christmas card that looked like any of these photos? Which one is your favorite?
2 Comments
danitacahill · December 6, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Sure, I’d love to get one of these. I like the first one best. Thanks for sharing the links!
lamorm1 · December 6, 2011 at 8:11 pm
The first one is my favorite too. There is something about that lone little tree in the foreground that I love. I’ve taken many photos of this little tree in many different seasons.