I think this must have been one of the longest gaps between posts, ever. My days have an extremely boring pattern of late, which goes work-photoshop-sleep-work-photoshop-sleep… Occasionally food intake is added to the mix, but isn’t a priority. Neither are house chores. The way things are going, we’re destined to drown in dust, grime and dirty laundry, ha!
About a week ago I think – it’s a little blurred – I discovered OOB, which stands for out-of-bounds photography. It takes less skills than endless patience and time , and the results are pretty stunning. But most of all, it carries my mind away from work. I’m working on a project with deadlines that border on silly, and my brain cells have been in overdrive. I admit it could be much, much worse, but knowing that doesn’t do anything to diminish the pressure on my little blonde head!
I’ve put my photohunt participation on ice for a while, it’s too damn hard to keep up with the communication that comes with it. Sorry! Oh well, better days are bound to come. One day. Until then, I’ll probably keep churning out manipulated photos.
For now I just used existing photos of mine, but I have other stuff in mind, taking pics purposely for the task. Hey, I might become an artist! Right now I’m waiting for a little gadget that I ordered from eBay, a Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet (the smallest one!). With that editing will be less crude, hopefully!
So here’s my first collection of little pieces of art. I hope you’ll like them. All photos are chosen pretty randomly and they’re not really meant to carry any messages – except for the horse: that’s me, looking for a less bland world LOL!
If you like to see the larger versions, they can be found in my deviantART gallery. And in case you’d like to try it out, here is the tutorial I first started working from, though I altered it for myself as I went along.
Well, that is all for this week, I reckon. My weekend is cut pretty short once again, tomorrow there’s the mega wedding reception of the owner’s daughter taking place at the hotel, where everyone has to help out. But that’ll pass, too. Happy weekend to YOU!
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Heh Sabine, Glad you posted something. With PH I have the same problem but still I post a picture and try visiting others. These pictures you posted here are fabulous. So creative. Would love to try it one day but no time for that kind of stuff right now. Enjoy your weekend.
thanks Carin! :) If there’s something I don’t have enough of, it’s time… so I had to choose between “running” frantically from blog to blog and sitting here in peace and quiet playing with my pics… I chose the latter
These pics are simply amazing Sabine!!!! Thanks for sharing them with us :))))
Thanks Claudia! I’m happy you like them… and I’m happy to share them with the world, so I get all these nice comments LOL!
PS – gonna miss another chat tonight, because of that wedding…
ooh, I like the results, especially the last three, the cat ones pops out really well, I might even try the tutorial
Amazing photos! I so wish I had time to check this out! But I am over my head doing report comments and marking examinations for high school students! I shouldn’t even be here except I am taking a break before facing it again! Totally relate to your work demands. I have so many scheduled posts lined up on my blog that it’s unbelievable!
And you thought I have forgotten about you? LOL
Glad I visited..these OOB photos are really…OOB!! Amazing! I like it! I’m going to show these to my 5 year old daughter later when I get home from work!
Hey Lissa, thanks for your visit and kind comment. I’ve been very lazy in bloghopping (blog-anything, actually) lately, but I love your new creative outlet! :) And I’d love to see what you would do with OOB!!
Gemma, as you can see, I’m not getting any faster with comments/replies… I’ve too much going on right now, but I really appreciate your popping in every now and then! :)
Grace… happy you like my little creations! :) Oh, and I haven’t forgotten about you either – or about that tag………… how long is that ago now?? One day, one day!!
Oh wow! I didn’t even know you can do that! I see that my knowledge of taking and manipulating photos (besides for degrading
) is pretty non-existent! Keep it up cos I want to see more More MORE!
Thanks a lot Ann! :) I don’t know what degrading involves, but I think I prefer OOB LOL!
I just uploaded another one to flickr – and I found out that the slideshow (in my latest post) updates automatically! :)