Archive for July, 2008

Ghent Festivities (Belgium)

Posted in BlaBla, Photography on July 29, 2008 by viero

The Ghent Festivities take place during the week of 21 July every year in the historic centre of the city of Ghent, in the heart of Flanders (Belgium). 10 days of free partying, on various squares: music, international street theatre and puppet busker acts, theatre performances, guided tours and so much more.


Town Crier of Ghent after 10 days festivities…
And yes, he was sleeping :-)


Teater Exces

Balloonmeeting Eeklo (Belgium)

Posted in Photography on July 27, 2008 by viero




Taken on 26 july 2008
Canon Eos 40D

Photoshop Cartoon :-)

Posted in BlaBla on July 21, 2008 by viero

Photoshop: add a frame without changing the size of your photograph

Posted in Photography, Photoshop, Software on July 21, 2008 by viero


1. Open your photograph
2. Select your background color (this will be the color of your frame)
3. Use ctrl + A and then ctrl + T to select and transform the photograph
4. Select this icon in the toolbar (you can find it between the icons width and hight)
5. Double click in the width box and press the down arrow button  to resize your photograph
6. If you like the frame, press enter
7. Your photograph has the same format and has a frame with your background color !

Photoshop Shortcut: Drop Shadow with drag and drop

Posted in Photography, Photoshop, Software on July 13, 2008 by viero
When you are applying a “drop shadow” layer effect, try to leave open the dialog box.
You’ll be able to move the shadow with a simple drag and drop.

Photoshop Tutorial: Give your photograph a movie effect

Posted in Photography, Photoshop, Software on July 10, 2008 by viero


Photograph @ Louvre Paris

1.   Duplicate your layer (ctrl + j)
2.   Adjust the Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u) -> set saturation to -70
3.   Adjust the Exposure (Image > Adjustments > Exposure)
      exposure > 1 / offset > -0,3400 / gamma correction > 1,75
4.   Duplicate your layer (ctrl + j)
5.   Add a lens blur (filter > blur > lens blur)
6.   Add a mask on the blur layer (5) and brush the parts you want to sharpen.
7.   Create a new layer and fill it with black, set the opacity to 55%
8.   With the eraser tool erase the center of the layer (7) to darken the edges.
9.   Flatten the image to a new layer (shift + ctrl + alt + e)
10. Add noise (filter > noise > add noise) amount 4.5 -> uniform
11. Change the color balance (ctrl + b) for cyan and blue
12. Select black as background color
13. With the crop tool select your photograph and use Alt to expand your canvas (up and down) + enter.

Photoshop Shortcut: Open or create a document

Posted in Photoshop, Software on July 9, 2008 by viero
Double Click on the stage (the gray area) to open a file or CTRL+Double Click to create a new file.