Dark Mood

This year I've signed up for Kim Klassen's Be Still 52 and of course, I'm already a few weeks behind. But no worries - I love how Kim always tells us to do this class on our own pace, that it is more important to quiet down the noise and get still than to hasten and get all the shots in we want. That's my style!

In one of the lessons she introduced a new preset for Lightroom called kk_darkmood. She had a short video how to tweak the photo while using this preset. I liked what I saw and tried it myself on a few of my images.

What can I say? I love it. I'm pretty sure this is going to be one of my favorite presets. When I work with textures, I have my go-to textures, and I guess this will be a go-to preset.

This is my Friday Find for this week - I know it will stay with me.

All the images are processed with kk_darkmood.

Room to Breathe

After I have finished my online photography class I finally could start Kim Klassen's Be Still 52. I like her idea of becoming still, taking a moment to slow down and just stop, - and breathe. This is my image for it:

I first processed it in Lightroom, but only minimally - I cropped it and played with the exposure a bit, but that was about it. The result I got pleased me, and that is my "official" photo for the class, that I shared on Flickr. For Texture Tuesday I added a texture in PSE - "kk_tuesday" that I layered in blending mode Linear Burn at 42% which is something new for me, since I almost always use Soft Light. However, I have decided to become a little more adventurous and play with more and other blending modes. This is the first result.

Of course I'm linking up to Kim's Texture Tuesday - how could I not?