It's Lilac Season!

You do not understand how happy I am that there are Lilacs blooming right outside my 2nd story bedroom! Do you know what this means??? In about 2 weeks I'll have the most wonderful spring lilac smell just billowing in to my bedroom! (Take that Yankee candle!) OK seriously I absolutely love Yankee candles... I think I have about 10 in my room that are either lilac or vanilla... seriously... someday I'll have to take a photo of them!

But, for now, I'll post this wonderful little Lilac bud to hold me over....

Growing Heart

Here is a simple growing heart... I'd do more shading and special effects... but you get the point... Can you tell I'm finally having "fun" in class! I loves me some PhotoShop!

FYI... I just realized how hypnotic this can be to some... because sometimes I find myself just looking at it for a solid minute w/o realizing it... HA! Then other times I look at it and it causes very high anxiety... and then I have to get up and leave the room and do something, anything, but something has got to be done! LOL fun with PhotoShop !

Bouncing Ball Pt. 2

So here is my bouncing ball... with some more fancy movements ....

I'm liking this simple PhotoShop animation!

Fix It Fridays - 48

Here is a quick edit I did this morning with today's "Fix it Fridays" It's simple, and if I was home using my full blown version of PhotoShop I'd do a whole lot more... but I like how simple this is...

I was wondering... I normally use the full version of PhotoShop... I got right to the unsharp mask... Is there anything like that in PhotoShop Elements? I guess I can do some web searches too... but if anyone wants to throw out suggestions, that would be greatly appreciated!

Edited with a simple Border

No Border

ORIGINAL

For more wonderful edits of this little cutie pie.... click the "I ♥ Faces" above.....

Bouncing Ball !

BOUNCY BOUNCY BOUNCY !

Today in class... actually I'm in class as we speak (Shhhhhhh) we learned how to create a "bouncing ball" in photoshop. I can't (at the moment) go in to the how too or all the details... I just wanted to post this here... I was very proud of my first attempt at a bouncing ball...

Flood of 2010

This rushing water you see here is slamming it's way through Bloomingdale NJ. Usually this is a small stream only a few feet wide and a few feet deep.... Today it's well over 40yards wide and lord only knows how deep. I was lucky to get out when I did, because the water had started to flood streets and homes. I found half the town evacuated up to the highest point in town.

Mother Nature.... Don't mess with her!

Just to get an Idea of how high this wave was... I'd say these last few photos show the wave of water hitting that tree at about 15" high !!!