I thought I'd try what I work on with Rocky...in a different kinda shot...Fishing..almost looks like he's fishing thru a opening...well kind of... :.p

My baby is now 11-1/2 years old.  The 1/2 is still so important.

She has become somewhat unruly and I'm not sure I'm ready for the teenage years with the pre-teen years being so hectic.  Between the talking back, crying constantly and snubbing me, I thought I had it bad.  But her taste in accessories will send me to an early grave.

Please any help and advice will be appreciated.

I work at a factory that makes car emblems.  You see our work everyday.

There is much love between the departments here.
Accounting Loves Human Resources
Human Resources Loves Maintenance
Managers Love Their Employees

People are VERY serious about their jobs.
Receptionist
Accounts Payable
Human Resources
Plant Controller (top accounting dude)
Business Unit Manager

We make sure people feel good about themselves and are free to be an individual.
Halloween
Being an Individual (You would be surprised what you can talk guys into doing.)

Oh yes, and we do make a product...
What we produce
Molding
Taping
Awards
More Awards
Factory Floor

But the most important thing, of course, is safety.
Works Manager

(Kay, help me from getting fired for that last one!!)

A few people asked me yesterday how I made this  photograph .  I'll break down the steps I used to create.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Step One
I took four panoramic photos of my room using a tripod.  tripod room panorama I used the post of the stairwell as a starting point.

Step Two
Leaving the tripod in the same location, I took pictures of myself in the room using the self-timer.  I made sure to use the same lever on the tripod.
one jo of many

Step Three
I took a picture of the pitcher using a piece of black cardboard paper as a background.  pitcher and water

LAYERING
Step One
I created a new project in Microsoft Picture It (which came with my computer).  I added each room picture by copy/paste and began layering them on top of each other.
layered room Leave this as a .png file (not jpeg) until complete.  Better use for layers in Picture It.

Step Two
By using the "Create A Cut-Out" tool in Picture It, I cut myself out of each of the seven pictures of myself.  
cut out one of many Each cut-out is placed in a new project.  I then copy/paste this new project picture onto the Layered Room photo.  
(Tip:  When resizing the pasted image be sure to use ONLY the corners to maintain proportions.)
(Tip:  Where applicable, I copied the shadow as well.  I had to copy the couch cushion I was sitting on, also, to create a more realistic end result.)
I started in the back of the room, and repeated this step six more times to get all of the Jo's in the room together.

Step Three
Using the same method above, I cut out the water from the pitcher and created in a new project.  
pitcher cut out I then flipped and used Adjust Tint to make the liquid green.  flip and greenNext I placed the "margarita" in the layered room photo.  I did have to adjust the tilt to make it look more realistic.  margaritas

Step Four
After all layers are in place, save as a copy.  Save the copy as a JPG file.  Leave the original in the PNG format.  When you save in JPG, you will be flattening your image and unable to return to "tweak" as necessary.  Crop photo, and use options in save to preferred width/height.

Please note:  I did this for fun, therefore did not spend any quality time creating my cut outs.  I also found the lighting structure (windows and morning sun) created a large problem even though I used the same camera setting on each photo.  With more time, this picture could be considerably better.

EXAMPLE 2:Michelle Triplets Using the same methods as above, I made this Triplet picture for a friend.

I don't normally talk about work, but I was assigned to take pictures of an award presentation yesterday.  I found the picture to be quite BORING!

So I took home the actual award and took some studio photos.  I, then, Photoshopped to make it a little more interesting.

Not to think I'm all about work...last week a friend of mine for got to ask me to lunch.  I got my revenge by destroying her desk.  I then stalked her paparazzi style to get her expression.  I loved the expression so much, I had to photoshop it
as well.  It's not great...but you get the idea.  I then threw in a pic of me and my co-conspirator.

Just thought I would have some more fun with this one, and pizza for you Manzai, haha.

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