Hummie's World, Course 2, Lesson 36 - Blurred Background

Not the easist technique to make a natural-looking photo with, but GREAT for a more special-effects-type pic!! had a good play and settled on this degree of blur. I used the first giveaway by Hummie during her 30 Days of Gratitude - a lovely gentle texture - YUM! I used it on the photo layered up 2x with diff blending modes, and then again on the b/g paper to produce this more dramatic effect, esp. around the edges! Thanks for that Hummie!

It's so good to have started to catch up with my Hummie's World classes!! Slow but sure wins the day!! That's what I keep telling myself anyway!!!

TFL!
Bernie x

Credits: Texture: Hummie - [url=http://www.hummiesworld.com/gallery/member-galleries/p12909-course-2-lesson-36mummy-making-21-21.html][img]http://www.hummiesworld.com/gallery/data/500/lesson-36---blurred-bg---mu.jpg[/img][/url]

Kit: Scarecrow Wannabe by Snickerdoodle Designs by Karen available at Digital Design Den

CT LOs for Snickerdoodle Designs by Karen using New Kit Scarecrow Wannabe!

Great kit to play with and there's SO much in there!

The 2nd LO was made using element/papers from the kit as they came save for a bit of resizing. I made the light effects by duplicating the photo and using different blending modes and opacities to get the desired effect. Then I used the mask in the kit as it came to add some black pattern on the very background, which I coloured orange and then used a default brush in pse8 to add some darker red and even black behind the photo! FUN!

TFL!
Bernie x

Credits: Scarecrow Wannabe by Snickerdoodle Designs by Karen available at Digital Design Den.