Upde Designs

Good Morning.  Okay I’m over my rant at Mediacom.  Uhmmm No I’m not (read the post below this one.)  But one must move on to more productive things.  I was looking through some images last night and came across the one below.  Since I couldn’t go on-line without a lot of frustration I picked the image below to experiment with in Photoshop.

But first the image above is of a Casio Exilim ‘point-n-shoot’ 6 mp camera.  I bought Jeanne one just like this about 5 years ago for Christmas and they had a special on (pay an additional $100 and get another one.)  Well that was too good of an offer to pass up so I bought this little camera .

It takes pretty good images but only shoots in JPEG, which I do not like.  But it is rugged and will go anywhere.  I throw it in my pack on my bike and it has ridden lots of miles with me.  I also keep it in my brief case for those candid moments that you just “wish I had a camera with me” and this way I almost always do.

The image below is of a former employee and friend of mine.  We were at a meeting in of all places Onslow, Iowa. It was a company meeting and I was taking images of the group to post on our Corporate Intranet.

This lady kept putting her hand up or turning her head every time I tried to take her picture because she didn’t want her image on the Intranet. 🙂  Of course that just made me more determined to take the picture of her.

This is the only one I got that didn’t have the back of her head or the palm of her hand in front of her face.  So last night I was playing around in Photoshop (which by the way is one of the most remarkable pieces of software on the planet) and decided to try a “cartoon” technique with this image.  I kind of like how it turned out.

Well gotta run.  It is a busy day for me.  I have my first Maquoketa Chamber of Commerce Board meeting today and then I’m teaching a leadership class all afternoon.  The group that I have this year is really keeping me challenged and it is a very enjoyable class.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a good Thursday.