Joyce's Daughter

What's Keeping Me From Quilting

The fishing pier and at Hunting Island State Park.

Marsh and Maritime Forest

 

 

It has been hard to stay indoors lately.  Nothing like salt water and spartina grass. I will be back in the studio tomorrow with some new things to share.  Till then . . .

Tilt Shift Photography on the Fake

I am not one to edit my photos before I post them, as I am sure you can tell.  And to be quite honest, I think I could master brain surgery quicker than Photoshop.  My brain is just missing that section needed to get a handle on editing layers and all that blah, blah, blah.  So sad, I know.  I also think the best editing is when you can't really tell anything has been done.  At least that was my thinking until I came across Tilt Shift Maker on the  Craft magazine blog. 

For those of you not familiar with tilt shift photography, it involves using a special macro lens or photo editing software and making landscapes look like artfully crafted miniature scenes.  I played around with a rather generic photo I took on the boat.

This is what I ended up with after playing with it for about 10 seconds, no joke.

How cool is that!  I know the picture is way to centered.  Too much sea, not enough sky.  Taking pictures on a boat is a skill all in itself. 

This could turn into a fun project to go on the wall in the boys' rooms.  It is a super fun freebie to play around with.  Might even be an artistic epiphany for someone.  They have a Flickr group that will just blow your mind.

On the sewing front, I am running out of distractions and should be finishing up some quilts soon.  I can also feel a fabric buying binge coming on . . .