The Bokeh effect

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First post of 2010, so I decided to try creating Bokeh effects in Photoshop. Bokeh is the blur in photography, or the artistic quality of the blur, or the way a camera shows out of focus points of light. I came across a video tutorial, so once I learnt the basics, I played about with different techniques, putting my own variation on it.
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New design on its way…

Over the Christmas period I upgraded my WordPress to version 2.9, I didn’t realise that it broke half my site, not allowing users to post comments and removing my sidebar with all my nice little widgets. So as an emergency, I have put up a basic framework, which I will start to design in the new year. The site is going to look a bit plain for the time being but should be a good experience building a new one, as my WordPress and coding skills have come a long way in the last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Photography and Photoshop

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I don’t really consider myself a photographer, but do love taking pictures when I see something interesting and when I go away on holiday. I also don’t own a digital camera, most of the time I just use my mobile which does a good enough job to capture the moment. With some of the photos I take, I like to play about with them in photoshop to see what effect I can get.

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Updating my Illustrator skills

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I decided to brush up on my Illustrator skills, so I did a number of tutorials, mainly based on icon designs which I found on http://vector.tutsplus.com/. Having done theses, I’m going to start producing my own vector work both icons and illustrations. Read the rest of this entry »