Postcards From Sherwood

Old Town Sherwood conjures up a mental picture of a turn of the century, 19th-20th, of a place your grandmother lived when you traveled for many miles to see her.
If your grandparents lived in the city, well then that would be another matter.

Here, I have created some postcards of Old Town that hopefully provide that sense of "back then".

Artistic Ads Are Fun!

I've been spending most of my work hours on creating eye pleasing and informative ad mailers for a number of local business.
Yesterday, the music director from our church asked me to photograph her and her sister for an upcoming event that requires a poster for the band they are part of.
They were essentially looking for "head" shots and wanted black and white images.
After about 150 photographs, I sat down to collate and render what I had. I never really know what they will look like until I get them on the computer screen.
Usually I end up using only 10% of any photo event. This has to do with the redundant nature of digital photography or just plain bad photography.
Most of the creative fun starts as I look at the photographs. I imagine how each one will look in a particular format or layout.
Once I have established a plan, I create the first of many layers using Paint Shop Pro as the post processing software.
These images above this text are some of what I created today.