I love this “painted” image I just did from a shot we took at the zoo of our grandson.
Digital enhancements and paintings are more than just pushing a key and running a filter. They are painted by hand, it’s just that your brushes and colors are digital. Many painters start with a photograph to work from and digital painters are no different in that respect.
I put a watermark over his face lightly. Unfortunately we have to protect our kids and work from folks who cllick and take images without asking.

Here is another floral water color look I did today.

I thought this was a primrose.  Someone else said hibiscus.  Do any of you know? Please leave a comment on the post if you have an idea.Please don’t let the watermarks on our images distract you.  They are not on the final prints or canvases.  The original photograph is also posted here for comparison.

Bonnie Creevey of Meridian, Idaho has shared ideas for designing your walls using your portraits. If you click on t

The images you will see a larger view.  We can place your portraits we have taken in the layout to help you visualize the look.

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I had the opportunity to go to the Horse & Carriage Show for a brief time before a huge storm came.  I was only able to take a few images.  Here are a few I really liked displayed on canvases.  These can be printed up to 36×32 or so.  I think the rusted textured of these old blades, the tractor seat, and light play on them makes for an interesting composition. Enjoy.

Visitors: Enjoy the portraits, but please remember to respect copyright. It is digital piracy to take images off the web for any use without permission.

We have dear friends who are moving to Hawaii next Monday, courtesy of the U. S. Army.

This group shot of six siblings  is my unplanned favorite of the evening.

We were lining up together for a “feet in the sand” picture when I grabbed the group shot.

Needless to getting six kids into “formation” and together doing the same thing at one time

is a challenge…especially the littlest ones. The youngest turned 2 years old a few days ago.

You can see their independent personalities in the images of them all together.

We made sure they got plenty of Georgia sand between their toes so they would “have to return to Georgia” in the future.

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Do not copy any image in anyway for any use or display without permission.

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We  visited together at the school playground near their home and took individual pictures and many candids of

their six kids. This is just a small sampling of the zillion shots I took. I’ve been tinkering with them to create

some interesting effects including this “Vintage” look on some of them.  They sure look like they were at the

beach and not inland 200 miles!

two kids in the sand. They were so content just playing in the

sand that they were not interested in looking at that silly lady with a camera! It can be so addictive to work on

images and explore all their possibilities.Comments are encouraged! There is a link at the bottom of the posts.

The kids (and me, too) will read them and appreciate them.

Please respect copyrights…all images on this site are copyrighted by Geitgey Photography.

Do not copy them in anyway for any use. If you have questions, please contact us at info@geitgey.com.

The youngest girl fell down just as we started and scraped up her knees badly ,

so she’ll get an individual time later this week. You can see her agony here…I didn’t to leave her out of the sneak previews.

We’ll have to hurry and get some of her individually. She’s featured above in the “Vintage” look image.

Please respect copyrights…all images on this site are copyrighted by Geitgey Photography.

Do not copy them in anyway for any use. If you have questions, please contact us at info@geitgey.com.

Visit Ruth’s digital enhancement page to learn more about the following images.

You can view a larger size of the images on the Enhancement Page. Comments are welcome.

July 1, 2008, FYI I’ve added some new before and afters.  Check the Enhancement Page Link to see them.

We just got a call from the Town Planner Calendar that two of our scenic prints have been selected for next year’s 2008 calendar. Also one of our images is being considered for the 2009 cover! Check for updates soon!

The Hopelands Garden Walkway in Aiken, South Carolina image to the left was selected for the January 2008 page of the Town Planner Calendar.

The Brillant Fall leaves and quote by Shelly was selected for the October page.  Ruth did the inscription artwork of the quote.

I have always loved to do jigsaw puzzles. It was an activity we often did in my home growing up. I am always amazed how the little parts fit together to define an image. When doing a puzzle of a photograph it often seems that nothing is there and suddenly you place a couple of pictures and the clarity and definition emerges like magic.

At jigzone.com you can do the puzzle of the day, get timed doing it and choose other puzzles and the “cut” to challenge yourself. You can also have a puzzle made of one of your images, but do use a small file for fast loading.

The image in the post below [Madelyn is One!] is the featured in a puzzle When you go “read more” the page will load the puzzle for you to make! Please allow a few moments for the downloading of the puzzle. It is fun to do!

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Digital Image Files are Packed with Information!

This week a friend who loves photography and I had a conversation on enhancements and variations in photography. Photography is capturing the light reflected off something and recording the information. Ever since photography was invented over 100 years ago photographers have enhanced and varied their “shots” in a variety of ways.In black and white film days photographers would “manipulate” in the darkroom by using different exposures, dodging and burning sections of the image on the film by using a tool to block off part of the image during exposure. Difference filters, chemicals, and papers as well as exposure times could all result different representations of the image recorded on paper of the “image” captured on the film.

The proof or first image seen on paper or today on our monitors is just one of many possible interpretations of the information recorded by the camera.

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