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Labor Day Weekend

Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse 1 Originally uploaded by DLSDesigns

I spent this labor day weekend at our summer home on Hog Island. On Saturday night we had the Hog Island dance. In typical Hog Island fashion we had minimal lights, a crappy DJ and a tons of alcohol. It's so great to be able to have fun and relax. It's nice not to worry about someone being stupid and driving home drunk, since  the island has no cars, only golf carts.

I was lucky enough to have beautiful weather and plenty of shooting time. I got some great shots of the Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse and the boathouse. I will try to upload the boathouse photos soon. You can check out all of my Hog Island Photos on my flickr.

Hog Island Boathouse

Hog Island Boathouse, originally uploaded by DLSDesigns.

This beautiful photograph is now available for purchase on my etsy site.

Hog Island Mosaic

This weekend Stephanie and I flew home to Boston to go through some of Grandma’s jewelry. I had Steph sign in to my flickr account, so I could show her some of the family picts I had uploaded. She seemed impressed with the shots from Hog Island and said she would love to have copies of almost all of them for her place to hang up. Go Diane! Here are my favorite shots from Hog Island:

Hog Island Mosaic, originally uploaded by DLSDesigns.

Recent TTVs

Floral Triptych, originally uploaded by House of Six Cats: Photography.

This is my favorite ttv that I have found on flickr. It is by my favorite flickr member, House Of Six Cats. He has inspired me to start altering some of my images and making them ttvs.

Just off Thayer

Just off Thayer, originally uploaded by DLSDesigns.

This past weekend I went home to Norwood to be there for my mom while she is going through a difficult time. My step father had a brain tumor biopsy this past Thursday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. It turns out that he has a glioma. (We will get more news on the specific type of glioma and course of treatment on Friday.)

After taking care of my mom's parents, my dad's parents, my mom, and my stepfather, I decided I wanted to do something for myself. After all, my grandparents did give me money. So I decided to head to the Urban Outfitters on Thayer St. in Providence and buy myself a Diana+. This is the first image I shot with it when I loaded my first roll.

DLS Designs Velvia Xpro Actions

, originally uploaded by ZoeRuth.

Some more actions I created from inspiration from one of my favorite flickr photographer's, ZoeRuth. She does some awesome Holgagraphy and does a lot of xpro. Some of her Holga Velvia Xpro Shots rock! Everyone should thank her for inspiring me to write these actions and offer them free for you to download. If you would like to see a larger version of this preview, click here. If you do download these I would appreciate comments or constructive criticism for how to improve them. I would also LOVE to see any of your work!

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DLS Designs Coloring Actions I

After experimenting with cross processing, I wanted to start playing around with creating similar effects in photoshop. I found several tutorials online, but I prefer easier methods such as Actions and Filters. After searching a while, I came across Steven Almas's Urban Acid. While I love the effects of this action, I find myself wanting other coloring effects, so I decided to create some of my own. Here are two of my first actions you can download them for free, but I would love to see what you create with them. If you would like to see a larger preview, click here.

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TTV in Photoshop

Since joining flickr I have been learning a lot about different types of photography. I had been admiring the work of one photographer who sells prints on Etsy, House of Six Cats. It turns out that House of Six Cats also has a page on flickr. Through his work on flickr, I have learned about Through The Viewfinder(TTV) Photgraphy. "Through the Viewfinder photography is defined as taking a picture of any subject through the viewfinder of any camera with another camera."-Through The Viewfinder flickr Group. I have browsed through several websites on TTV and have learned a few things about the types of contraptions they use to shoot this cool shots. Since I already own a Yashica Mat and a Macro Lens for my N65, I intend to build some sort of contraption to use that equipment. However, I have yet to find time to build my contraption. In the meantime, I searched google for TTV and Photoshop. I found this tutorial for how to create "fake" TTVs in Photoshop. Here are a few examples of my results.

Cross Processing

Since I have started doing some of my photography again, I dug out some of my old equipment and at the suggestion of my friend, Scott, joined flickr. I joined several flickr groups, which inspired me to dig out some of my old medium-format cameras. I have an old Yashica Mat and a Holga. I also was inspired to do some cross processing. Most of the cross processing I will be doing will be E-6 film in C-41 Chemicals. I just developed my first roll of 35mm cross processed film. I took a roll of expired Kodak Elite Chrome 200 (ED-3) that I purchased at the Wolf Camera Clearance Center on Harry Hines. I then had it cross processed in C-41. It was a photoshoot that Drew and I did at Bachman Lake in Dallas. Here are the some of my best images from this roll.