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Vintage Hydrangea

Vintage Hydrangea

I am enjoying the versatility of our new Flypaper metallics, I love the light metallic sheen that some of them give to photos depending on the blending mode and opacity of the texture layer, this adds a whole new dimension. In this shot of a single hydrangea floret on an old mirror, I combined the metallics with one of our tintype edges, they work so well together!

Tree Sunrise

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

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...

Iridescent

Iridescent

  I love finding forgotten images in my archives, I turned this one up yesterday, I think the red background of the original had put me off processing earlier. The shell in the photo was found on a local beach, they're tiny, only a centimetre or so across but can...

Bottles

Bottles

  I hope you're all enjoying the New French Receipt overlays as much as I am. Although they can probably be classed as a niche product they're great for adding a little something extra to photos, you do need the right photo though and still lifes with a bit of...

Still Life Photography

Still Life Photography

  Several months ago our old friend Kevin from Flickr asked us if we would contribute to his new Ebook's chapter on Textures, naturally we were delighted as Kevin is now coincided to be one of the worlds best photographic still life artists with his complex multi...

Spoons

Spoons

  One of my projects over on flickr is to take a photo a day,  and with the exception of a couple of missed days I think I've met the challenge. Some days it's a bit of a struggle to think of something to take a photo of, but it's amazing what you can find when...

Golden Daisies

Golden Daisies

  We hope you're all enjoying the new August Painterly pack as much as we are? Feel free to post examples of your work on our Facebook page or in our Flickr Flypaper group, we love seeing what you're doing with our textures, or tell us what you think under the...

Hydrangea

Hydrangea

  Some more of my favourite climbing hydrangea which grows in our city's Botanic Gardens just down the road. I do have a plant in my own garden but it's only a baby and I'm waiting impatiently for it to grow....maybe next season I'll have butterflies in my...

Artichokes

  After creating and blogging the original image and recipe several weeks ago, we teamed up with the famous US Artist and print technique innovator, Bonny Pierce Lhotka to host a small taster pack of her highly original textures. To try out Bonny's Nature bits...