Pink Zinnia with CS3

Original Photo

I recently became the owner of Photoshop CS3. It came on the computer my brother-in-law handed down to us. :)

I like the new computer for many reasons, but the main reason is that now I can put some Photoshop actions into use that never would work on Photoshop 7.

Here is one of my photographs that I was playing around with a week or so ago. Now I can't remember what I actually did to it, but I like the results. What do you think?

After playing around in CS3

My First Art Show

Thursday, I participated in my very first Art Show, at our downtown Third Thursday Art Walk. :) It was a great experience and I appreciate everyone who stopped by my table.

Here are a few pictures of my set up.

My table with photography note cards and a few prints.

Some of my favorites photographs on the wall

My new bookmarks, that I designed especially for the art walk. I sold 3 of them, so I guess I'll be making more. :)

Here are a couple new designs. I haven't been keeping up with my designs lately, but I plan to get things going. Stay tuned for my new online store coming soon. If you don't see it soon remind me. :)

Always Before Me -- Psalm 16:8

ΙΧΘΥΣ

I had never actually looked up what the Ichthys meant before today. I have known about it, but hadn't had a clear understanding of exactly what it meant. When out on my spring photo shoot a few days ago, I saw it on our neighbor's vehicle. I quickly snapped this shot and continued on my way (I didn't want the neighbor to get suspicious. :)) Today I remembered the photo and decided to look it up and the idea for this design came to me.

Here's some information I found on Wikipedia,  

"Ichthys can be read as an acrostic, a word formed from the first letters of several words. It compiles to "Jesus Christ God's son Savior" in ancient Greek "Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ", Iēsous Christos, Theou Huios, Sōtēr.

• Iota (i) is the first letter of Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), Greek for "Jesus".
• Chi (ch) is the first letter of Christos (Χριστός), Greek for "anointed".
• Theta (th) is the first letter of Theou (Θεοῦ), Greek for "God's", the genitive case of Θεóς, Theos, Greek for "God".
• Upsilon (u) is the first letter of huios (Υἱός), Greek for "Son".
• Sigma (s) is the first letter of sōtēr (Σωτήρ), Greek for "Savior".

Historians say the 20th-century use of the ichthys motif is an adaptation based on an Early Christian symbol which included a small cross for the eye or the Greek letters "ΙΧΘΥΣ"."

Forever -- Isaiah 40:8

I took this photo a few days ago. I wasn't thinking of this verse at the time, but when I got home and processed the photo it reminded me of this verse. I have another design with this verse, but I like this one much better. There's just something about that lone blade of grass standing strong. :)

No Record -- 1 Corinthians 13:5