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Category Archives: Photography
Why Micro-stock Mega-sucks
I have been submitting my photos to Shutterstock.com for four years now. In a month I will close my account with them and never submit another photo again. Here’s why; sometime over the next few weeks I expect to finally crawl over the minimum payout threshold of $75. I do not intend to spend another [...]
What Once Was Lost Has Now Been Found
A long time ago now, nearly nine years ago in fact I travelled across this great land of mine by train. I had wanted to make the trip on The Canadian as the train/route is called ever since I was a kid and I read a book by Eric Wilson set on that very train. [...]
My New Favourite Toy: A Panasonic GH1
In 1999 the state of the art digital camera on the market was a Canon Pro70. I don’t know how much it cost but if I had to guess I’d say well over $1000. And that $1000 would have bought you a 1.7 megapixel sensor (only barely big enough for a 5X7 print) that only [...]
Transform Your Drab Photos: A Lucy Starkiller Tutorial for Photoshop and PSP
When I first created Lucy Starkiller, I did so in protest against companies that sell plug-in to people for hundreds of dollars, when the same effects can often be achieved with the tools already included in Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro (and other programs). I had no expectation that it would become so popular, and [...]
More Sample Images for the Lucy Starkiller Photoshop Action/Paint Shop Pro Script
The following are sample images created using the Lucy Starkiller Effect. It is available as Photoshop Action and a script for Paint Shop Pro. You can view the product page and download it here. Click the images to view full size.
Introducing the Lucy Starkiller Photoshop Action/Paint Shop Pro Script!
Presenting Lucy Starkiller! (If you get the joke in the name, you are probably even geekier than me.) Lucy Starkiller is an action for Photoshop that will give your photos the "LucisArts look" without any extra software. It is also available as a script for Paint Shop Pro. It produces identical results in both programs. [...]
