by btharp | Nov 10, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, creative ideas, Plug-ins, Processing Techniques
Quiet Day, Portmagee, Ireland My friends over at Topaz have done it again! This stand-alone and plug-in program has an incredible selection of texture effects, and everything in the library is modifiable ‘to taste’. I love programs that give you a place...
by btharp | Feb 25, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, creative ideas, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Processing Techniques
I’d say it’s been a long winter but most of you that know I live in northern California would scoff at that comment – given the amazing cold temps and snow so many of you have had! Usually I can get away with that because it’s so rainy and...
by btharp | Nov 26, 2014 | photography, Plug-ins, Processing Techniques, Special Effects, The Blog
It’s Time to give THANKS to all these companies creating such great processing software for our images! These folks have worked hard to create a series of quality plug-ins for everything from essential processing to creative processing effects for your images....
by btharp | Oct 14, 2013 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, creative ideas, general photography, Photo Blog, Processing Techniques, Software, The Blog
I was recently watching a Masterpiece Theater program, produced by the BBC, and I saw lighting that reminded me of this image I had made back in early September while teaching in Maine. The BBC programs often have wonderful lighting in them, in the...
by btharp | Jul 7, 2013 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography, photography
It’s been over two months(!) since I posted a blog. I’m fine, but it was the workload that took its toll on my available spare time, and the work took precedence over blogging and social networking as much. I had computer issues, was out of the country...