Corel Paint transforms photos into lovely works of art

The painting is above, my original photo that was used for it is below. Painting... Photo. Painting. Photo. I like watercolors and pastel paintings with either the sketchbook colors, or the watercolor hues. But there are many more ways to transform your photos into oils, with classical colors, faded colors, or even pencil...

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Bridal Veil Falls, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

These were taken during one of my trips to Canada last year. My friend Gina was my guide, and we traveled out from Espanola to Manitoulin and I was able to see some of the sites. I was very intrigued by the Cedar Trees around Manitoulin Island with their lovely exposed twisted root systems, although I gather the water level there...

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It's a hard life

A cropped portrait of a neighbor, whose hard life is showing on his fa...

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Dock Diving Dogs

These were taken at this weekend's Flying Fur extravaganza, put on by the owner of Paw Law. Paw Law does dog training of so many types it is hard to keep track. I have my dog enrolled in one of the classes and can't wait to enroll him in more. I've had some fun with some of these images, as you can tell. I'm still learning...

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Getting the HDR effect

My results on a photo getting that sought-after HDR effect. In Picnik, you can create it without ever fooling with Photoshop. Lucky for me, because I don't have photoshop. This rendering is a combination of Picnik effects. I have experimented here with several different effects to achieve variations of the HDR effect. And...

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Using Picnik

Picnik is an extremely easy-to-use online photo editing resource that is free. I do not have the paid version yet, but you can see what dramatic images can be created just with the free version in this post. This collection of four photos was made into a collage with Picnik. There are many more options for creating collages in...

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