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Rebekah Ruszin

Member since: 18th May 2010
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Occupation: Stay at home mom, aspiring entrepreneaur
Interests: Photography, painting, music, my kids, camping, knitting, crocheting, writing, reading to name a few.
Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebekahruszin/
Bio: New to the art of photoshop. Teaching myself through books, Photoshop Creative magazine and the help of a few kind souls. Currently using Elements 7.

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Thank you to "Snowcone" for modeling for me! Inspired by A Pefect Circle's "Vanishing" and very loosely based on a Photoshop Creative tutorial from issue 53. My daughter was gracious enough to model for me. My first serious attempt at creating a photomontage. All images in this work were shot exclusively by myself. No stock images were used. I entered this into a photo contest at the end of February (juat days after I finally finished work on it) February and took third place in the "Open" catergory. I wanted to capture both the dreariness of winter and the vibrance of spring here - that certain time of the year where those two seasons briefly meet. I personified spring as the rainbow-colored goose, bring back color, light and life to the barren landscape. Based on the featured article in issue 54 of Photoshop Creative - "Blur Filters". Rendered in Elements 7 using the gaussian blur filter. Dodging and burning used to create the snake. The second photomontage I've taken a great deal of time in creating...everything leading up to this has been "practice", "fooling around" and "learning". With this work, I really wanted a finished product I could be proud to show off. I know it's nowhere near some of the caliber of work I see here, but having no formal training and little experience, I'm quite proud of it! Comments and suggestions are welcome as is constructive criticism!

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Number of photos: 7 Number of likes: 0
Last update: Over 11 years ago Number of comments received: 9
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