Flowers Smile When They See Me

Just sharing my first ever photo book from Blurb.

It's title is: "Flowers Smile When They See Me"

As you know, flowers are one of my favorite subjects for my photography. I've placed some of my favorite flower photos in this book. Hope you enjoy them.

Flowers Smile
When They See Me by Salvacion Placer Angtuaco | Make Your Own Book

A Year at RedBubble

It's been a little over a year now since I joined RedBubble - an art community.

I am enjoying my membership there and have gained some close friends as well as several acquaintances. Many of the photos that I have posted here (like the photo above) are also found in my RedBubble site. However, they are available as hires photos because you can sell art works in the site.

I also enjoy joining the many challenges in RB because I am challenged to go out of my comfort zone in terms of my photography.

I am happy to say that I have won some of the challenges but of course I also lost some. However, I can say that everything is fun! fun! fun!

Not only that, I have also sold some works (cards) in RedBubble. I am just happy that somebody appreciated my work well enough to part with his/her money and buy some of my cards. Right now, my most popular work is this:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/lensbaby/works/7193070-doing-small-things-with-great-love?c=81937-sold

It's a photo of some grasses which I coupled with a quote from Mother Teresa. Somebody loved it so much and bought 40 copies of this. Imagine that! I danced with joy when I learned about it. I don't even know who the buyer is so I thanked him/her publicly in RedBubble.

So this is how far I have gone in my photography now.

You can see a running slide show of my works in RedBubble in the links section at the right side of this blog.

Playing with Gradients Again

I am not yet through playing with gradients and blending. I came up with this happy result while doing so.

This is really so much fun and the results sometimes surprise me. What do you think?

By the way, there is a bigger version of this photo in my RedBubble site. Please click on the following link
if interested. http://www.redbubble.com/people/lensbaby/works/9069261-the-partys-over

Happy Easter Using Gradient Tool

I just recently discovered the beauty of using the "gradient tool" in Photoshop and I had fun playing with some of my photos and creating fun cards.

Here is an example:

I love the softness created by the gradient. I actually created several layers here and then used the gradient tool for the final blending of the layers.

Have a Happy Easter!!!

Using Textures, Layers and Blend Modes

I have never tried using textures in my photos. I just learned how to use them lately and have been doing some experiments. I am enjoying this new found way to create a new look of my photos. I did not realize it's just easy. Either you use some already existing textures or you can even make your own textures.

I discovered that the technique is just easy.  You just have to use the blend modes in the photo editing software, like Photoshop.

I have written a step by step article on using layers and blends in my hub in HubPages. The link is here if you are interested. How-to-Change-the-Mood-of-Your-Photos-Use-Layers-and-Blending-Options

I am just sharing a photo that I created by using this technique. Try it and have fun!

A Wonderful New Year

A wonderful New Year to all of you!
May the New Year bring you the best of everything!