The summer sun shone round me,
The folded valley lay
In a stream of sun and odour,
That sultry summer day.
The tall trees stood in the sunlight
As still as still could be,
But the deep grass sighed and rustled
And bowed and beckoned me.
The deep grass moved and whispered
And bowed and brushed my face.
It whispered in the sunshine:
“The winter comes apace.”
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Snag the fresh summer desktop here…
Jumping into a bit of “sketching” for the next round of Toy Lifestyle shots. The subject of these images are some miniature food that the wonderfully inspiring Suzanne Sease introduced me to.
It was just this morning that those words flowed from my lips. “I need more time”. And then today as I was reading my RSS feeds I found this little nugget from good ol’ Seth Godin. Thanks Seth. I needed that.
Just a couple sketches of what’s brewing in my head for the next “Saints” pieces.
I’ve always loved the look that is achieved using Polaroid 669 film. There’s something about the color tones, creamy highlights and lack of contrast that adds so much character in addition to the vintage feel. Wanting to reproduce certain characteristics of the 669 look I created a series of photoshop adjustment layers that I compiled together into this photoshop action. Being that it uses adjustment layers, this should also allow you to tweak it wherever you’d like so as to fit the particular image you’re working with.
This is in no way meant to reproduce the film’s look, but rather influenced and inspired by it. That being the case it only seemed right to call it “Creamy Inspired 669″. The free download is available here.
I hope you enjoy using it. If you have any questions at all please catch me on twitter or shoot me an email. And spread the word if you dig it.
Creamy Inspired 669 Photoshop Action Download
Here’s the flyer for the upcoming photography show I’ll be showing in at the T&P Fine Art Gallery in Phillidelphia on March 6th. The show is co-curated by Kevin Knight and features a load of incredible artists. Looks like it’ll be a great time.
