by Leslie Nicole | Sep 22, 2017 | Before & After, Inspiration, Photography, Photoshop, Using Textures
I love combining a photograph, a texture, and the Topaz Labs Impression Filter to create a digital painting. The Original Photograph Usually, when I create textured florals, they are photographed in the studio with a plain background which will make it easier to apply...
by Leslie Nicole | Jun 9, 2017 | Inspiration, Photography
I’m really loving the combination of scanned flowers and the *Topaz Labs Impression filter. Scanography I’ve dabbled off and on with scanography or scanner photography. I’ve gone back and forth between loving the combination of delicious detail with...
by Leslie Nicole | May 19, 2017 | Photography
When photographing a flower to create a motif for your designs or illustrations, you may need to cheat a bit. Manipulating An Iris For Photography This lovely Iris is from my garden. It was a beautiful flower, but the composition wasn’t quite working for...
by Leslie Nicole | Nov 12, 2015 | Photography
A few tips for picking and prepping flowers and plants before photographing them. Includes choosing plants, when to pick, basic clean up, and creative edits. The roses in the featured image above were perfect as is. If I’m walking in the garden and see a...
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 30, 2015 | Design, Photography
The teaser for a series of posts on photographing flowers and plants and post-processing in Photoshop and Illustrator as design elements and illustrations. Photography to Post-Processing Teaser These days I’ve been obsessed with photographing (mostly) my dahlias...
by Leslie Nicole | Mar 9, 2015 | Photography, Using Textures
When photographing in an environment, the Depth of Field will affect how the texture shows. Here are some tips to help texture beginners. Shallow Depth of Field I’m often asked how I cut out my flowers from the background for texture usage. What I eventually...