this world through grey eyes: Staying Warm in the Cold.

So hello to all you people out there surfing the internet. If you're bored (which seems to be the norm when browsing) I hopefully cant find a way to entertain you, or at least make you say, "Ah, cool", even if just for a second.

So although it has been pretty cold, dead, and ugly here in Knoxville for a few months, that hasn't stopped me from going through some of my old stuff and maybe doing a bit (often a lot) in photoshop to them for your viewing pleasure.

But before hand, I just want to say, don't think I only enjoy taking a picture just to alter it in an editing software, no. I really do enjoy the very essence of going out, taking a picture, and leaving it the way it is. That, in fact, is more often than not, my main goal. I primarily take pictures for them to never even see a Photoshop or LightRoom program, but instead, printable the second the shutter clicks upward from the exposure.

Photoshopping is in, and of itself, its own art form. I do it mostly to shoot the breeze.

I say this mainly because most of these photos are pretty heavily tweaked. But like I said, it's cold and nasty outside and pictures would come out pitiful haha.

Also, for my Monoprint class, we're doing some, well, prints? Anyway, I did these today as well. Took me a while, but I liked how they turned out. The first one (with the guy and a mic) isn't finished yet, I still have to add color and background. It was fun though!