I learned about a fascinating photography technique today that gives almost any photograph an ethereal, dreamy quality. It is called the Orton technique & is super simple to do in Photoshop. Below are some samples I made today & here is a link to a tutorial so you can learn how to do this yourself. It works particularly great on landscapes, but also works on portraits as well.
Close-up of flowers from NYC Arboretum. First pic is original. Second uses the Orton technique:
Yellow flowering bushes at NYC Arboretum. First pic is original. Second uses the Orton technique:
A portrait. First pic is original. Second uses the Orton technique:
Another portrait. First pic is original. Second uses the Orton technique:
January 21st, 2007
This is a rotating ring I recently fabricated from a sheet of 20-gauge sterling silver. It is based on a “poetry ring” design by Julia Converse Sober. See her wonderful pieces here.
I first sawed out the band & the ring base. The round ring bezel was soldered together, then 14-gauge wire was soldered to either side. I bent the ring piece into a U-shape & drilled holes for the wire to fit through. I then soldered small pieces of sterling tubing to either side for the wire to fit through. Finally, the wire was riveted to hold the ring in place. After sanding & buffing, I placed polymer clay inside the ring & a couple of beautiful cane slices on either side (blue cane by Denise Spillane & pink flower cane by Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg). After baking, I added a layer of Kato liquid polymer clay to the surface to give it shine.
January 21st, 2007
