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• Dodging and Burning
  by Alison Johnston

  For some reason, people go a funny shade of green when one starts talking about Dodging and Burning …. nothing to fear at all. I’ve ju…

  For some reason, people go a funny shade of green when one starts talking about Dodging and Burning …. nothing to fear at all. I’ve just realised that I haven’t got any little images to insert in this tutorial …. I’ll make them later. Dodging and Burning is not difficult at all, when you realise that 20 low opacity strokes are better than one huge Dodge or Burn stroke. D&B is used to create precise shadow/highlight and can certainly add enormous amounts of lift/punch to an image. Most people would duplicate the layer to do some D&B on, and this is fine until you are working on a 10/15/20mb file and everytime you duplicate the layer the image size doubles. Unless you have a huge amount of RAM, your computer will slow down and sometimes even freeze. Is there a solution …. of course there is, its photoshop. So you’ve been working on an image, and naturally taken snapshots along the way. Now you decide that you would like to do some D&B. Click on the new layer icon on the bottom of the layers palette. Go to Edit>Fill>50%gray>click ok and that’s it LOL, nah, only kidding. Change the blend mode of this layer to soft light. Go grab the Burn tool (example), select whether you want to burn the highlights, midtones or shadows from the top menu and I would suggest quite strongly that you use a very low opacity – around 10% to start out with. I usually use a very soft brush for this and set the size according to what I’m going to be doing. The sheer beauty of using the 50% gray layer set to soft light is that you can simply turn the layer on and off to view your progress – don’t like what you’ve done … trash it and start again. Use exactly the same principle for the Dodge tool. Yet another way to D&B. Click on the new layer icon on the bottom of the layers palette, change the blend mode to soft light (without filling it with 50% gray), select your brush tool and make sure the foreground colour is set to black. Lower your brush opacity in the top menu bar to round about 10% again and start brushing where you want to Burn (darken) the area. Do exactly the same thing, only with white as the foreground colour to do some Dodging (lighten). Yet another interesting take on the above is that you can D&B with colours. Try it … grab your f/ground colour as red (example), check the opacity is down and Dodge or Burn away with that colour. Perhaps even pick a dark red (example) from the image itself to use as the Burn colour. Have fun, and don’t be afraid to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in. The sheer joy of photoshop is all the fun you can have with it.

• Selective Coloring Time To Share
  by Jeff Burns

  I had the honor of doing a collaboration with Jo O’Brien / Please also check out her portf…

  I had the honor of doing a collaboration with Jo O’Brien / Please also check out her portfolio it is amazing!! / I have also had lots of questions how I do this. / She had an image that we worked on together and I did some post processing using selective coloring. Its a technique that I would suggest everyone try or learn. Go Here / if you have not yet seen it. There are several ways to achieve this. / I use photoshop elements and find it the easiest to use for doing this. / - Trace the images that I want to leave color using the lasso tool (Can take a long / time but its worth it) / - After you have traced everything you want to leave color goto select and click inverse. / - By clicking inverse you are now on the outside of the images that you traced. / - Click on enhance and adjust color then adjust hue/saturation. / - Turn the saturation all the way off to achieve the black and white. / - Then you can go to enhance and click on adjust lighting then goto shadows and / highlights to adjust your black and with levels. / - Click on select then click deselect and you image should be finished. From there you can go in and play with the saturations to bring out more color or whatever you want to do. Its a technique that you would be surprised can save any image you take if you are creative. So if you like go check out the Image and leave a comment of what you think. / I am here if anyone has any questions I would be happy to help anyone out if I can.

• Heaven Shining Down On Me
  by Jeff Burns

  I just wanted to say Thank You to Everyone who has viewed or left a comment on / my work. But this image by far has shocked me!! / “He…

  I just wanted to say Thank You to Everyone who has viewed or left a comment on / my work. But this image by far has shocked me!! / Heaven Shining Down On Me / It just hit the 3000 view mark and by far is my most viewed image. I truely appreciate all the encouragement you have given me on this site. / It has also sold 3 laminated prints and somewhere near 10 cards. Thank You Everyone from the bottom of my heart

• Never Ever Ever Set Your Camera Down
  by Jeff Burns

  Tip 1: / Never set your camera down where someone can get to it. DOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !http://images-1.redbubble.com/r…

  Tip 1: / Never set your camera down where someone can get to it. DOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Yes I am a Ham / Yes I knew the photo was going to be taken. / Say Cheeezzzzz. My Brother in Law got me good! / Happy Holidays Everyone!!

• Happy Holidays to Everyone
  by Jeff Burns

  Just wanted to give everyone a Mini Shout out for the holidays / !http://images-2.redbubble.com/rbimages/mybubble_work_main_view/mini_aust…

  Just wanted to give everyone a Mini Shout out for the holidays / / Yes its true Simon Gladwin is my Father! / ....................................................................................... / I hope everyone gets what they want for Christmas / / ....................................................................................... / I hope everyone feasts like never before / / ........................................................................................ / When you open your presents I hope this is your reaction / / ........................................................................................ / Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Burns Family to yours! / / Peace / LOL!!!! / Happy Holidays Everyone. And please be Safe

• My Attempt At A Showcase #1
  by Jeff Burns

  These are all clickable images / If you would like to go see the artist click on the image and check the image and artist out.. / These are…

  These are all clickable images / If you would like to go see the artist click on the image and check the image and artist out.. / These are shots that I feel should have more comments. Just thought I would share.

• HEROES - I cannot be stopped!
  by Jeff Burns

  I think I just might have come up with a brilliant idea. / Is anyone hooked on the TV show Heroes as much as I am? It is a show about p…

  I think I just might have come up with a brilliant idea. / Is anyone hooked on the TV show Heroes as much as I am? It is a show about people who have super powers / There is a character on the show named “Sylar” / He is supposedly the bad super hero. / He can absorb other peoples powers by eating their brains. I went on a shopping spree yesterday and bought lots of cards. My IDEA (ok kind of a stolen idea, buts it my idea with a twist) I eat all of your cards and absorb your artistic powers. / I will report back and let you know how this goes. / I am thinking I just might need some ketchup or something. / Also I didn’t really feel like finding everyone and trying to eat your brains. / Kind of made me gag a little bit. Not sure I could handle that. Anyways…...... / ALL BOW TO ME. I CANNOT BE STOPPED. / Ruler of the Bubble / I am gonna eat all your cards. MUHAAAA MUHAAAAA LOL. Thought I would share with you all of you how warped my mind is. / I have issues.

• Taking Your Camera Everywhere
  by Jeff Burns

  I wanted to share a funny experience I had with my Brother-In-law back in 2005. / I also consider him one of my best friends. We always h…

  I wanted to share a funny experience I had with my Brother-In-law back in 2005. / I also consider him one of my best friends. We always have fun whatever we do. Vincent Vartorella – who just joined redbubble a while back is my brother-in-law in case you don’t know. When we go places we love to take our cameras. It doesn’t matter where we go or what we are doing. I guess you could say we share the same interest in photography and enjoy it. / We screw around all time and we are always sneaking pictures of each other and having fun when the other isn’t looking. We probably have more pictures of each other than you could imagine and we just laugh. We went on a all day golf trip and I took my Sony Cybershot small camera with us, it was new at the time. / We used the heck out of that camera shooting every shot you could imagine. / It was a blast. We were heading to the 17th green and I said “Hey I have an idea, why don’t you go up on the green and I will hit a shot towards the green and we can see what it looks like on video. We never used the camera for video. So we wanted to see how the quality was. I dropped a ball about 100 yards from the green and he went and stood directly by the flag. / Of course he had to add his commentary to the shot which made this hilarious. Go Here / To see what happened. To this day we still laugh and can not believe this happened. / What are the odds? So one day I posted it on You Tube for fun. The funny part is its kind of popular I have a ton of hits on it.

• Please Give A Warm Welcome To...........
  by Jeff Burns

  My Brother-In-Law has joined Redbubble please check out his stuff / He is a Huge Inspiration to me, and really got me back into Photogr…

  My Brother-In-Law has joined Redbubble please check out his stuff / He is a Huge Inspiration to me, and really got me back into Photography. Vincent Vartorella Welcome to Redbubble Vince!!!!

• I Am Famous
  by Jeff Burns

  Just not sure its what you want to be known for? Check this out – Here...

  Just not sure its what you want to be known for? Check this out – Here Thank you Julie Langsford / / If you get a chance check out here portfolio. Thank you / For noticing my problems. LOL Just kidding! / This really made me laugh! You made my day!

• Two Cool Dudes
  by Jeff Burns

  Just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays and I put together a little Jig for everyone / Hope you enjoy. / Only happens once a year!! / I …

  Just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays and I put together a little Jig for everyone / Hope you enjoy. / Only happens once a year!! / I guess you could say I am dancing with Simon Gladwin Finally! Here Yeah Baby YEAH!!

• A Must See If You Haven't Already
  by Jeff Burns

  Kellie Cranmer did one of the most wonderful dreams for Sarah Moore...

  Kellie Cranmer did one of the most wonderful dreams for Sarah Moore and the most wonderful thing a person could do. / This is so very special and thoughtful / Kellie this has really left us all speechless. Please check this out. / Here

• My First 3 Some
  by Jeff Burns

  Collaboration that is. LOL / Go Here / To check out the wor…

  Collaboration that is. LOL / Go Here / To check out the work. Jo O’brien asked me to help on some Selective Coloring. Thanks Jo I had a blast and am honored you let me work with you two. :-) / My three way was with the infamous /

• Logged onto an Incredible Laugh......Warning!!!!
  by Jeff Burns

  I would encourage everyone to check this out. / Especially if you are a closet fan of the group Aqua. LMAO My Buddy Darren Sharp did ”...

  I would encourage everyone to check this out. / Especially if you are a closet fan of the group Aqua. LMAO My Buddy Darren Sharp did This / Singing Darrens words to the song is awesome. LOL / You have to goto his writing and keep the laughter going / and leave him a clever comment! I love it And if you do not know the song go Here I do warn you once you go there the song will be stuck with you for a long time. / Classic Darren just a classic

• Kellie Cranmer What Have You Done Now
  by Jeff Burns

  Go Here / To see what has been done to me now. Posting your pictur…

  Go Here / To see what has been done to me now. Posting your picture is dangerous sometimes. LOL!!!!

• I'm a Spice Girl?? Collaboration time!
  by Rhana Griffin

  I asked Jeff the other day if he would let me have a play around with his gorgeous image “Peac…

  I asked Jeff the other day if he would let me have a play around with his gorgeous image Peace and Quiet He graciously aquiesced to my request (insert very big smile here) But then… he called me a Spice girl. WTF is up with THAT Jeff??? (pokes you with a pointy stick) And MissKristy seems to find it amusing that I have colloaborated on an image with the words peace and quiet in it… hmmmm (ponders) I am capable of being relatively quiet sometimes Kristy… well, when I’m sleeping at least ;) So go and check it out, say hi to Jeff (and check out his amazing gallery) and spank Kristy for me while you are there ;))) Peace and Quiet with a splash of Rhana

• Stuart Chapman / Jeff Burns Collaboration
  by Jeff Burns

  Stuart Chapman and myself traded two images each to see what we could do to them to process …

  Stuart Chapman and myself traded two images each to see what we could do to them to process them differently. / A little experiment we are trying. Please go Here / and Here Go there to take a look. I will be posting what Stuart has done to my images later. / I am extremely impessed and please what he has done.

• My Creativity with Jo O'Brien
  by Jeff Burns

  Lets start to get to know our Redbubble friends a bit more. / I asked a few questions to Jo O’Brien cause she is an amazing person. / She c…

  Lets start to get to know our Redbubble friends a bit more. / I asked a few questions to Jo O’Brien cause she is an amazing person. / She came up with an idea she shared with me and I interviewed a few members. Feel free to take these questions and ask some people that inspire or intrigue you and post them in your journal. Also feel free to check out her Portfolio….... Jo O’Brien How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life? I’ve started making origami out of toilet paper. When buying paint, I choose “Easton Ellis” red because of the name. My real estate agent came over to inspect the house and left with armfuls of redbubble cards and my encouragement to take up singing again. I have no money but piles of stuff that I plan to use for a photo shoot ‘one day.’ The creativity has invaded every last inch of my life, and is starting to spread to the lives around me. Better not let me breath on you. You might catch it. Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful? Being offered a job with redbubble has been a ‘quality of life’ changing experience. I was at a point where my photography, day job doing gallery work, and redbubble didn’t fit into 24 hours. Something had to give, but instead, I’ve been able to merge them all together and now spend every day in an exciting and challenging environment doing what I love. Show & tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you? / My Greatest Love by tonilouise This work plunged me into a bout of nostalgia that was promptly followed by polaroid cameras, photos of children and revisiting places I’d neglected for years. Each Time We Touch… by Shall Reading this, every syllable made perfect sense. It was as though I could have been writing it myself and I was overwhelmed with this feeling that someone out there felt things the same way I did. / Concealed Hurt by Elvina-Mae Farkas After seeing the lighting in this work, I spent weeks experimenting with every lamp, window and candle I owned. The result being some of my favorite self portraiture taken in my home. Tales of the GGB #36 by juliejulie A beautifully crafted story that reminded me of so many things in the best and worse ways. / Her Charm is Fleeting by AKAtokyo As someone who has always struggled with drawing faces, this immediately appealed to me. After seeing this, my drawings became faceless and I decided that I liked it that way. Where do you feel your creativity comes from what are some things that motivate you? Mud, water and fire were the most available toys as children. Boredom resulted in performances for the neighbors and Mum would help us cut and paste our own board games. I can’t recall many of the toys I owned but I have numerous memories of Mum saying “entertain yourself.” Usually followed by fun adventures, new cubby houses, games with evolving rules and plenty of neighborhood friends to be audience members. If I wasn’t creative by then, I learned it by necessity. Now my art is motivated by human reaction. The moment that terrifies you, or awakenings you, or makes you embarrassed to be human. I play with bodies and instinctive reactions and petition others to do the same. I can only hope that by confronting everything I have ever hated or feared, I will become someone better and will be proud of myself. Name 3 artists that totally inspire you and have a great respect for? Gregory Crewdson / Harmony Nicholas / Chuck Palahniuk

• So very cool: my Heart Burning was sold. Twice!
  by Vasile Stan

  They say: when you’re hot, you’re hot … people noticed my Heart burning-...

  They say: when you’re hot, you’re hot … people noticed my Heart burning and, kind and loving beings as they are, bought it from me for full asking price without a blink! First, my very good friend in arts, well known by now for his luminous art and “operating” under the conspicuous names of Mr. B, aka butchart, bought the card version while I was sleeping, tiptoed into RB shop and, without me noticing, bought the card and sneaked right back out as fast as he came. Thank you so, so very much my friend. Just a couple of days later, another very good friend of mine in arts and an outstanding artist, Anthea Slade, have bought my Heart burning in card form and, to make me feel even better, added to it the Tango card, as if to say that she invited my Heart burning to dance. Thank you, thank you, thank you so Anthea. Oh, my good friends in arts, you make me feel too good about my art. / Now, I must better myself again not to dissapoint your kind appreciation. This is such a pleasant burden to have. Thank you so very much again.

• Collaboration - Darren Sharp
  by Jeff Burns

  I did something fun today my first collaboration with / Stuart Chapman / We each choose two of…

  I did something fun today my first collaboration with / Stuart Chapman / We each choose two of each others images then reworked them / He outdid me by far with his processing skills. But that was only Round 1 I will be back! LOL It was a ton of fun!! I found another image I wanted to try and work with. The collaboration this time is with: Darren Sharp RPA If you want to check it out go Here Please check out his portfolio Thanks Darren this is a great shot you took.

• Featured!
  by lightsmith

  A huge thank you to the “Living Christianity”http://www.redbubble.com/living-christianity group for featuring The Old Rugged Cross...

  A huge thank you to the “Living Christianity”http://www.redbubble.com/living-christianity group for featuring The Old Rugged Cross

• THANK YOU!!!!!
  by Craig Shillington

  Another Thank You, to the person who purchased a Mounted Print of Burn :) :) VBS !http://www.redbubble.com/rbimages/mounted_prod…

  Another Thank You, to the person who purchased a Mounted Print of Burn :) :) VBS

• Burning Spear featured - thank you so much Abstracts from Nature group!
  by Jeannette Sheehy

  So I spent some of the weekend re-tagging my photos and submitting them into new groups I had not submitted before, so I guess that’s pos…

  So I spent some of the weekend re-tagging my photos and submitting them into new groups I had not submitted before, so I guess that’s possibly why I am getting more featured this week? Anyway, just wanted to thank the hosts of Abstracts from Nature for featuring Burning Spear

• Fire
  by Leoni Venter

  What does one do when the world goes up in smoke and the power is off all evening? One sets up a tripod and experiment, haha! Click on…

  What does one do when the world goes up in smoke and the power is off all evening? One sets up a tripod and experiment, haha! Click on the thumbnails for 800×600 versions. About 95Kb each. After that, of course, one dresses up in protective clothing, goggles and hat, and spends the rest of the night warily watching for sparks to cross the road … luckily none that did caused us any trouble. Got some sleep, too, from 4am onwards. Will need a nap later :) Photos taken 13 October 2008, 20km south of Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa.