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Practically imperfect in every way. Start with a lot of silliness. Mix in some insecurities and a handful of awkwardness. Add a pound of naivety, innocence, and child-like wonderings. Blend well. Half-bake and top off with a sprinkle of imagination and dollop of dreams. It’s the recipe for me!
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quote of the day
- "Moral of the story: Do not look at the gap. The gap is the mind-killer. Remember how Wile E. Coyote never fell down until he saw the chasm? It’s just like that." --Taylor "Tei" Lindstrom, Rogue Ink
dumbass quote
- "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps. And I believe that our education like, such as South Africa, and, the Iraq, everywhere like such as. And I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa, and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children." --Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen 2007
kids say...
- Jacob: "I need to operate on my frog, but first he needs some amnesia."
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Picture Imperfect
I spent a large part of my day yesterday working on photos of my jewelry. Yes, I’m finally getting off my butt and working on it. I’m having a very difficult time getting them the way I want though. When I posted the first pictures of my earrings, I took a quick picture with the digital camera, cropped, resized the image, fiddled with the brightness and contrast a bit, and published the image to my blog. With the exception of an unsightly shadow, the background disappeared and I was left with the earrings sorta floating on the page. I’ve removed the shadow since then and I used the image on my test page. I’m fairly happy with the results.
The new images that I worked on yesterday are not to my satisfaction. No matter what I try, I can’t seem to get the background to disappear like I did with the first earrings. It’s either some weird shade of white (meaning grey, brown, or blue) or it’s true white, but with the jewelry faded. As far as I can tell, I’m doing everything exactly the same as I did the first time, only now I’m trying to make the images look good, whereas before, I didn’t really care that much. There’s one last thing I can think of that might make a difference. I looked up the time and date stamp from when I transferred the original earrings. It was loaded at approximately 10:30 a.m., which leads me to believe the picture was taken with 10:00 a.m. lighting. If the sun cooperates tomorrow, I will be trying the morning sun for the pictures. If that doesn’t work, I don’t know what else to try.
2 Responses to “Picture Imperfect”
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Oz Says:
October 12th, 2004 at 8:31 amI spend a fair amount of time with Photoshop because of my “business” (can’t really say that outright, as you know). Seems like the thing to do might be to “magic wand” the jewelry–and the jewelry alone–then cut it and paste it on top of a blank square that is whatever color you desire. If you want me to give this a whirl, I would be happy to. I think you still have my email address? You could email me one of your pics…. But I know you’re pretty computer savvy, so that might not be necessary.
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Whimsy Chick Says:
October 13th, 2004 at 9:54 pmThanks for the tip, Oz. I *think* I found a solution to my problem last night though. Instead of trying to get the background to go completely white, I decided to use a thin border around the pictures. The effect is pretty nice looking, and the site is, dare I say, almost ready for publishing! In fact, I could publish it now, but I feel a little silly making the site available with only a dozen different pieces ready for sale. I’m placing an order for more materials tomorrow, so I should have a few more designs ready to add to the site soon. And once that happens, the site will go live! I expect to have it ready by the end of the month. I’m starting to feel very nervous!
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