First, create new file. Select the following size of the image: Height 800 Pixels, Weight 600 Pixels. This will create a small area to work with in which we will be creating a whole new image. Choose a white background so we will end up with a blank white layer within a small window. From this point, the possibilities are endless and we will begin to create our very own image.

On the right side, there are three tabs: Edit, Create, and Share. You will click on the Create tab to bring up a new menu that provides new tools to add effects to your image. Click on artwork to bring up a host of background images. Choose Animal Fur Pink and drag it to the blank layer in the middle of the screen. In a second or two, the image will show up providing a pink furry background.

The next step is to go back to those three tabs we discussed before and select the Edit tab. From this point you are able to edit your initial image. You will then click on Layer in the tool bar to bring down the Layer menu, select New and then Layer. Click on the Gradient tool and choose Radial gradient effects which will produce a darker center with a lighter surrounding. Next, go to the right hand side bar again and further below than the three tabs you should be familiar with now will list each layer. Make sure the layer you are working on is highlighted and further up select Dissolve and change opacity to 9%. This will create the look of glittery marble somewhat. This is our background.

The next step is to start yet another new layer. This layer will be a duplicate layer, so either choose Layer via copy from the Layer menu, press Ctrl+J, or right click the layer and click duplicate. This will create an identical layer to work with. On this layer go to Edit in the tool bar – not the sidebar, the tool bar at the top—and click on Layer fill. This will allow you to fill the layer with another color. Choose dark blue as your foreground color and you will see that your image has changed slightly now holding a dark blue hue. Next use the Cookie Cutter tool and select the butterfly from the menu at the top. Draw this butterfly in the middle of the layer and you will see the image is much smoother than the surrounding areas. Not a major image, but something new to get used to Photoshop.

One thing that I have noticed about photographers nowadays is that a lot of them have actually lost a lot of their passion.  That is definitely not the case with Raya.  This incredible photographer is actually a local one and while she is not all that popular as of right now, if she can belt out pictures like this one – I have to say that she is going to the top.  Not only is this photographer one that likes to work with people, but she also likes to incorporate animals as much as possible into all of her photography.

In 2005, this particular photographer won a prize at the Cannes and I have to say that I can not blame them for giving her something!  There is something here and I absolutely love everything about this particular picture.  This picture has captured everything inside of it and to be honest, I have fallen completely and totally in love with it.

So take another look at this photo – seriously, take another look at it and tell me that you do not think that this particular photo is going places.

One of the greatest things about photographers is the fact that they speak to you.  Garry Winogrand is one of those photographers that speak to me.  Not only is he simply incredible in his photos, but did you know that he actually studied painting?  That was what his major was in the City College of New York and then he shifted on over to Columbia University to study photography.

One thing that I love about Garry is the fact that his photos are so different, so strange and yet there is something strangely familiar about them.  I love the fact that they tell a story.  Like this picture – the thoughts going through my mind is about the child.  What the child is thinking, what he is feeling … it was all brought about from the way that the photo was taken.

So the next time you are looking for some photographs to decorate your walls with or simply to look at, you should look at Garry Winogrand’s collection, it is incredible!

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