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Dark Rose
A recipe for this one was requested by our friend Ann over on flickr and we were happy to oblige. As you can see the image started out as a scan once again, you can also see how dusty my scanner is at the moment...it all adds to the texture! I started by...
Tintype Hydrangea
I hope you're all enjoying playing with the wonderful new Tintype Edges as much as we are. They're going to be very versatile especially if you want an authentic vintage look. Paul and I have been experimenting with scanning things on our flatbed scanners and...
Tintype Edges Launch!
Welcome to our much-requested second Antique Edges texture pack! This brand new pack has been years in the making, as we started buying original Antique Tintypes back in the noughties building up a large enough collection to justify creaming off only the most...
Peninsula
Yesterday afternoon we went for a quick drive out to Otago Peninsula and got some much needed exercise walking up the hill to the Highcliff War memorial, it was a short but steep climb but the views from the top are wonderful and it was worth the walk. This is...
Kings of the Hill
First of all for those of you that missed the announcement, at last we have page numbers at the bottom of our Blog so you can visit our older posts more easily. We've also added a brand new Tag cloud page (accessed from the drop down menu under Blog. It is...
end of the line
Today I wanted to show how I produced this textural feast of a picture using both texture panels of Russell Brown's new Pro-panel. Naturally I started off with first texture set 1 or if you have the Taster pack, they are the same textures but in a loose format....
Adobe Pro Panel
We're delighted to show you Russell Brown's new free Pro Texture Panel! Exclusively available to Adobe Cloud paid members only. As you can see from the screenshots texture thumbs its darker, grungier and moodier, even our green Flypaper sales button now has...
Tree Sunrise
Recently Jill pointed out I'd not done a blog entry for months! So here it is, my mea culpa blog! But I must also quickly add that I've not been lying on my laurels, I've been doing loads backstage and this will shortly become evident with new flypaper projects...
The Swimmer
We are enjoying a lovely hot summer here in southern New Zealand, it makes a change from last year when it was often overcast and cool. It was an especially hot day yesterday and the beach was the place to be, like many New Zealand beaches especially on a week...
Rain
Sometimes it's the unintentional photos that work the best! Yesterday afternoon I noticed some storm clouds brewing to the south so we rushed out to the beach to see if I could get some photos with dramatic skies over the sea but the heavens opened before I got...