Creating a “Virtual Lifebook”

I just read Lisa’s email about linking to other blogs and such, and I normally try to link to other blogs, or sites that contain information about what I happen to be talking about. But enough of that, let’s get on with the subject at hand, photography. As you may or may not know, my wife and I are adopting an 11 year-old girl. Our finalization is May 24th, and I had a great idea not too long ago about using my Photoshop Elements program to create some photos that include of all of us, including Jessica, at different times … Continue reading

Creating a History with Photos

I mentioned in my last post about the idea I had for altering some photos to create some unique pictures for my adopted daughter. And I went ahead and tried to do it. I was fairly successful, though the results were less than expected. What I did was cut a baby picture of Jessica from one of her photos, and paste it into a picture of my wife holding our nephew (of course, I cut him out first). Here are the photos I started with: I opened the picture of baby Jessica, and used the magnetic lasso tool (second one … Continue reading