For my latest image Lost, I used the 3D feature in Photoshop to create the text. Previously, I had opened the feature and quickly closed it again – this time I took my time to learn enough to bring my vision onto the canvas! I am currently in the process of staring at approx. 2 […]
I have rarely seen such beautifully clear water as that day we visited Lake Antholz in 2016. This lake is located in the very North of Italy, just before the Austrian border. That September day, the light was just marvelous and I think the lake shots could be great for manips be it as backgrounds […]
Part 3 of the Photomanips for Beginners series deals with the other essential thing you will need besides software: images. If you don’t (want to) shoot (all of) them yourself, don’t fret, there are lots of stock photos available that you are allowed to use in your art.
Something that is always super useful for manips is greenery – so today, I’m going to share some tree and plant stock with you.
Two weeks ago, we went to Alsace, France, for the weekend. For us that is easy because we are lucky to live in Karlsruhe, Germay, right next to the French border. And of course I brought the camera and some stock to share with you!
Textures!!! I love textures to spice up my images or use as backgrounds and I think it was high time I put some new ones online for you to enjoy, download and – most importantly – use in your art.
There are many types of stock photography, just as many as there are stock users. What works for one type of use may be only semi-useful for others. Especially when it comes to stock for photomanipulations, different “rules” apply than for editorial use. This article aims to show you the difference so you can choose […]
Schloss Linderhof (Linderhof Palace) is a small castle built by king Ludwig II of Bavaria (the same one who conceived of Schloss Neuschwanstein, the real-life cinderella’s castle). We spent the long weekend of the 1st of May (a bank holiday in a lot of European countries) in Southern Bavaria among palaces and mountains. Very beautiful! […]