Northern Virginia Realtors: Old Home. Different Light. Digital Painting and Photography

Old Home. Different Light. Digital Painting and Photography

Virginia Landscape Photographer and Realtor Steve Bachman

 

Photography and digital painting have been dancing for 20 years.
 
Digital painting has been around since the mid 1980s with MacPaint, Corel Painter and Photoshop.
 
The invention of sensitive touch screen devices like the Ipad have made it much more fun than using a mouse.




Virginia Landscape Photographer and Realtor Steve Bachman
You use your finger for
 
brush and paint selection, and can control the result by the speed and pressure utilized.
 
The artistic tools available are almost endless and enable you to attempt many different styles. The photo above is very clean with almost no under painting....or layers...with much of the photo allowed to show through.


 
Virginia Landscape Photographer and Realtor Steve BachmanAlternatively, you can create great depth using different brush sizes, and building deep layers, allowing very little of the original photo to show through and get get a sweet impressionistic look.
 
You do not need any art training to use the modern programs. In fact, they are art training in relatively painless form.



Virginia Landscape Photographer and Realtor Steve Bachman



You mix paint, select brushes, determine style, and have at it without mixing mess or clean up.

Use a photo as an integral part of what you are doing or just as inspiration.
 
If you have an iphone, check out this site http://thebeginnerslens.com/ to get some instruction and ideas.
 

The paintograph above was created on an Ipad using Photoviva.





 

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7 comments • Steve and Jan Bachman--Northern Virginia Realtors • February 10 2012 06:05PM

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I have been playing around with this a little lately and it's a lot of fun. Incidently, I created our company logo from a photo Mel took, using some of these techniques. I love your photos/pieces of art. So interesting... I love the textures and colors.

Gretchen

Posted by Gretchen & Mel Ahrens (ColumbiaGorgeFSBO.com) 3 months ago

Hi Jan & Steve - Your examples of this technique are very nice ones. I started fooling around with this with Photoshop 1.0 a long time ago and I've had tons of fun with it. We have used it in the past to do renderings of clients' new homes, both as framed prints and business cards.

Posted by Dick Greenberg (Coldwell Banker - Fort Collins, CO) 3 months ago

Hi Steve and Jan,

We have payed with some of the art conversion software in the past, but have not done so on our tablet, that will be next on our shopping list hopefully there are android options

Posted by Peter Pfann (250) 213-9490 PAY-LESS For Victoria Property Results. (FAIR Realty, Victoria BC www.Pay-LessRealty.com) 3 months ago

Steve and Jan, this is making me want to sign up for a Photoshop workshop.

Posted by Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company Realtors) 3 months ago

Steve & Jan, That is really impressive work!  I am always impressed by people's creativity!  Great job!

Posted by Tony Cannon, e-PRO & Darcy Cannon, SFR - The C Team (RE/Max Velocity Realty) 3 months ago

Steve, WOW! I love the photo's they are fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I need a Ipad for sure. 

Posted by Keith Gilkey www.advancerealtynorthernbay.com 3 months ago

I have downloaded all kinds of photo apps to my IPAD but have had no time to play around yet.  Love what you did with these.

Posted by Debra Walsh Hudson Valley NY Real Esta 845.294.8800 (Keller Williams Realty Goshen, NY - Realtor) 3 months ago

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