I just persevere.Ī huge inspiration of mine is Joel Grimes, and my favorite quote from him is that “Hard work will out perform talent any day of the week.” That quote resonates with me because I am just a rather boring and realtively unimaginative person with a lot of patience and drive.Įarly on, I worried about what others thought about my style of processing. My theory is that if you throw enough mud against the wall, some of it is bound to stick. In fact, I consider myself to be quite a hack. I would like to make it clear that I am not a naturally gifted artist or photographer. I need to constantly remind myself: “Every shot does not have to be a masterpiece.” Some images are winners and quite a few end up in the trash can. It's the same when it comes to retouching.

Sometimes the experiment goes well and sometimes not as well as I had hoped – but it’s all a learning experience. I approach each photo shoot as an experiment. I can’t imagine ever going back to landscapes!Įven though it has been 2 years, studio lighting is still a mystery to me. Luckily, my husband and I had the space and we set up a small 400 sq. Shortly after, a truck pulled up to my front door and delivered a bunch of lighting equipment. Upon returning home, I entered Westcott’s Flickr Photoshop World Shoot Out contest and amazingly, won first place. I was instantly hooked and spent hours taking hundreds of photographs. Westcott had a ‘Shoot Out’ booth on the Expo floor with professional lighting, sets and models. I considered myself primarily a landscape photographer until I was first introduced to studio lighting and portraiture at Photoshop World 2010. I am obsessed with learning Photoshop and have finally decided in earnest to master the program to the best of my ability. I always said to myself, “One day…”įast forward 20 years: that day has come. I was fascinated with the program, but never found the time to devote to learning all of it’s intricacies.

In spite of this, we managed to figure out how to place my dad’s head onto Arnold Schwarzenegger’s body. We had no idea how to use the software and it was clearly above our skill level. It was roughly 20 years ago that my dad purchased the first version of Photoshop and installed it on his Apple 2e computer. Thank you Scott Kelby and Brad Moore for providing me this opportunity. I am honored to be writing a post for this blog. Hello every one! My name is Regina Pagles, aka ‘shineylewis’ and I am a hobbyist photographer living in Springdale, Utah.

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