Carolyn Bates

Take a look at my most recent time working with a green screen and flowers.First take the original photo. Then go to select the green screen and make a mask from select / color range 40 on slider. Exchange the green for another color. With mask selected, purple, select inverse or mask. Then select/refine edge. Refine edge so you make edge around flower move inwards into flower (i.e. minus 10-20 shift edge and feather 1-2 points). No radius. No contrast. See mask has moved now. Select inverse so you have the purple color fill selected instead of the flower and make a new layer and … [Read more...]

Sandy Lawton, of Arro Design, Kirsten Seibert, of Broadleaf Landscape Architecture and I gave a PHOTO SAFARI, which included tours of Sandy and Kirsten's home and in their barn where they are building a new home, complete with beautifully colored concrete kitchen counters. Then we drove to see Sandy's fabric formed concrete TreeHouse, and Kirsten's well designed very steep sloped landscape with pergula, We had a magnificent lunch, and finally camera raw classes by Carolyn L. Bates Photography.About Kirsten Seibert:Broadleaf Landscape Architecture has been in business since 1995 when it was … [Read more...]

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Peonies by Mary Oliver    This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready  to break my heart  as the sun rises,  as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers     and they open ---  pools of lace,  white and pink ---  and all day the black ants climb over them,     boring their deep and mysterious holes  into the curls,  craving the sweet sap,  taking it away     to their dark, underground cities ---  and all day  under the shifty … [Read more...]

I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to whip out my iPhone for this video - Waterfront Park, Burlington, Vermont on May 26, 2015. See more of my videos on the YouTube Channel! … [Read more...]

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Enter the home of Stephen and Genese and experience living in an art-filled home. See more of my videos on my YouTube Channel! … [Read more...]

This mural was made over 100 years ago. In the 1970's -1980's Aaron Goldberg found out about the mural and finally covered it up with the dream of restoring it. About the Lost Shul Mural In 1910 the interior of Chai Adam synagogue in Burlington, VT was gloriously painted from ceiling to floor by Ben Zion Black, who was brought from Lithuania by the congregation to paint the synagogue in the prevalent style of the wooden shuls of Eastern Europe. Decades later the synagogues in Burlington merged and the Chai Adam building was sold several times before ultimately being converted into apartment … [Read more...]

Take a journey with Olivia Wolf as she shares images from her travels around the world, including Machu Pichu, Brice Canyon in Utah, and her hometown of Burlington Vermont.Check out more of Olivia's work! Check out her latest posts on Facebook on her page, Olivia Wolf Photography. … [Read more...]

WOW! Can you believe my mom is 97!!! Thank you all for your amazing facebook comments. Here are some of them... Kathy Uhrmann Holmes: She looks fabulous! Tell her Happy Birthday from me! Melinda Moulton: She is gorgeous....... Donna L Sheppard: A Beauty Dawn Thibault: She's beautiful. I want to look like that when I'm her age. Carol Blattspieler: stunning!! I love her beautiful smile and purple attire Karen Harvey: Wow she looks terrific! Lea Van Winkle: Please be sure to share this with her.....you looked marvelous my dear and an inspiration! Anne Blumenauer: Smith She looks … [Read more...]

Check out this amazing photos of ELTON JOHN by my friend and photographer Ron Pownall! Recently I read an article by Joe Fox on cuepoint that featured my friend Ron Pownall's photography of Elton John. The images are amazing and the article is really interesting as well. Take a look and travel back into 70s Rock 'n' Roll.     Elton John: Prisoner in New York In 1976, music’s brightest star came out publicly to a bi-curious journalist and a freelance photographer. He applauded them for having the balls to ask. On America’s bicentennial, Elton John kicked off a summer tour of … [Read more...]

PHOTO SAFARI  unique TREEHOUSE and PERGULA with LANDSCAPE led by CAROLYN L. BATES PHOTOGRAPHY For 1-4 people. $1200 Includes:  2 tours, a photographic lesson, lunch, and class review: 1. Designer and contractor Sandy Lawton of  Arro Design & Construction will give a tour of the treehouse, including  information about his unique fabric formed concrete2. Landscape architect Kirsten Seibert of Broadleaf Architectural Design, will give a tour of the landscape and pergola3. Photographer Carolyn L. Bates of Carolyn L. Bates Photography will guide you with your camera to … [Read more...]

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I found this great photoshop tutorial that I wanted to share. Take a look at how easy it is to make digital gobos in your next image! Using Photoshop to Create Digital Gobos by Mark S. Johnson Photography (msjphotography.com) A gobo is a physical template made from glass, metal, or plastic that can be slipped inside (or placed in front of) a light source to produce a bright or dark shape, such as simulated window light or a tree’s shadow. During the 1930s, gobos were used regularly in Hollywood to add dramatic mood lighting to memorable shots in black-and-white films. In today’s tutorial, … [Read more...]