Nothing but good things to say about this family. I started photographing their oldest son when he was 6 months old and have kept in touch ever since. Now that little boy is not so little and they have added a new member to their family. Love you all.

Ella's 1st birthday

I had the pleasure of attending a dear friend of mine daughters first birthday. Words cannot describe how adorable Ella is. She has dark hair with these piecing blue eyes. The way she works the camera is amazing she is a pro at age one. Here are a few pictures from the party. Thanks Siri!!

Avatar Creation!

Good morning everyone! The past few days in Algonquin, IL have been very gloomy. I had a few hours to kill and relaxed a bit reading this months issue of Photoshop Layers Magazine. It has great step by step tutorials (some advanced than others) of everything to do with layers. Still working on the current CS4, I plan on upgrading shortly to CS5. Anyways. I came across this tutorial and thought it was super cool, so I gave it a try. Using a self portrait of myself. I created my avatar below.

Here are a few links that are similar to what I did.

http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/photo-editing/na-vi-avatar-photo-manipulation-exclusive-tutorial.18015.html

http://inspiringpixel.com/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/how-to-create-avatar-movie-poster-in-photoshop/292/

The main thing here after attempting this on a picture of myself is to get a straight facing picture. You do not want to have any weird angels. The first thing is to copy your eyes and lips on separate layers. Enhancing them to fit your style. After doing that you will need to convert your image to a blue hue using hue and saturation. My next advice would be is to get creative with the dodge and burn tool. I didn't not use a animal print layer or any type of pattern. Highlight the upper part of your cheek bones and burn the lower. I also added for effect the twilight looking effect by scattering just a normal brush.

I am very happy with the results. It was my first time trying this and think its extremely cool.

Welcome Blog World!

I am finally jumping on the wagon and diving into the world of BLOGGING!! A little bit about myself. The names Ashley Klemm and I am the one and only of AshleyKlemmPhotography.com. I am a mother of a beautiful little boy who shows me every day what life is all about. I am a self taught photographer with allot of practice in photo shop and photo manipulation.
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