The TechnoDiva

Wow, I am way behind on email and rss reading but I took a peek at Marilyn Pappano’s blog tonight and found she’d written a glowing review about me. I have to tell you, Marilyn is one of the nicest people I’ve had the privilege to work with and it’s really cool to have such a nice review from her. Thanks, Marilyn, the feeling is mutual!

Seriously. A blue dog.

I have a friend, we’ll call her Tracy (mostly because that’s her name), who has a wicked sense of humor. Her groomer dyed her Bichon Frise blue today and she brought him over for a photo shoot.

The dye is just food coloring and will wash out by next week so it didn’t hurt his skin and unless the thing about dogs being color blind is false, he’s not traumatized.

We may have more pics of him later. She’s thinking of coloring him green for St. Patrick’s Day so maybe I’ll get to do some green puppy photos.

Well, I’m off to do valentine pics at our local YMCA. It’s a fundraiser for my kids’ gymnastics team. I was supposed to take pictures on Monday and Tuesday, but we had a little ice storm (as compared to the big ice storm in December) and I decided not many folks would be out and about so I canceled. Today we’ll spend all day there, taking pictures and editing them so we can get them processed over night and back tomorrow for Valentine’s day.

Okay, I promised a freebie photo template so here it is!

This is a layered psd file created in Photoshop PS3. I can’t promise it will work in any other version of Photoshop or any other software application. All you have to do is drag your photo onto a new layer above the black layer and make a clipping mask. I have directions included in the zip file. Please don’t download this to redistribute and claim as your own. If you’re a photographer you may use it to insert your clients photos in. Enjoy!

Just go to the DOWNLOADS page to grab it!

PS You do have to be logged in to download this…sorry, but it keeps bots from just snagging it. As soon as you’re logged in you’ll see the download link.

As I reflect over the last few months, I’ve discovered that as much as I love web design, marketing and writing–I love photography, too! I’ve been honing and practicing my photography skills and I’ve discovered that I’m becoming good at it. So good that people are starting to request my services as a photographer. I hope that doesn’t sound conceited, it just amazes me that friends are starting to treat me like a professional.

I’m slowly adding photography into my design work and I’m also adding some photography templates in, too. I’ll be posting some freebies later and I’ll have some for sale soon, too.

Hang on for the ride as The TechnoDiva opens another door! (and hopefully I’ll blog more too!)