wish you were here

i made a little collage for my side column that will serve as a button for my florida series posts. i used to outline images for catalogs and text books at my old job. some were tedious—like bicycles {with all the spokes}. but most images i had to outline were pretty basic, so it was not too bad. that is where i learned this photoshop technique.

i have not done it in a while, so having to outline this bird, chair, flower and sail boat took me a while to do tonight. the beach umbrella was already part of the original image. the others were part of separate images, so i had to outline them and copy and paste each onto this image. i like the end result. it's sort of postcard-esque. {you can see it better if you click on the image.}

more batches will be coming over the next few weeks. here are some of the upcoming series titles that you can expect:

florida sail
florida flowers
florida people
florida beach
florida pool
florida birds
florida sunsets
florida favorites
... and some other surprises thrown in.

i'll also post other non-florida shots here and there. i can't forget about the shots i've been taking since i got back—like these.

semi truck hubcap drive-by shooting

grapefruit juice and tobasco sauce at uncommon ground {a restaurant}

aaron and angela {a high school friend and my twin}
at uncommon ground

barn {from saturday's workshop/photoshoot}

baby goose {from photoshoot}

aaron's feet {from photo shoot}

and aaron's legs {my favorite shot of the weekend}