Self Portrait Tuesday (on Wednesday).
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Over the last few months I have been observing Self Portrait Tuesday entries with interest. Love the idea. Love encouraging people to photograph themselves. To see themselves through the lens of their camera in so many different and creative ways.
The theme this month is Personal History. I think the idea of this theme finally pushed me over the edge into creating something. I have done quite a few scrapbook pages of myself as a child and a few which compare and contrast my life now and then. I am lucky that I have a lot of photos to look through, reflect on, and create with. Thank you Mom and Dad.
And obviously, I did not take either of these photos of myself. So I guess it sorta qualifies as self portrait. That's ok. I am enjoying the process.
As for my process, I brought the two photos together in Photoshop. I adjusted the opacity (so that you can see the younger photo of me beneath the recent one) and blended them together (so that there is not a hard edge between the two) with the selection tool by deleting one side of the "now" photo of me. I used a quote and a butterfly brushe that Rhonna created for Two Peas and a new font along the bottom called Two Peas Funky Doodles by Elsie. I manipulated the crown by rasterizing the type layer, removing the word queen, and adding in me. If you aren't familiar with Photoshop it probably sounds like a foreign language but it really is not too tough.
Looking forward to seeing more of these as they get linked up to the self portrait site.
And guys, really, thanks for all the comments on the post yesterday. Totally appreciate you guys connecting with me in regards to kids, eating out, expectations, etc.
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ah, yet another reason to look at my ps a lot closer now! love this!!! especially the crown!
cheers,
rachel
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Hi Ali!
I met you at CKU-A Stamford in October. (I gave you the autism awareness ribbon car magnet)
I am a teacher of children with autism and can offer a little "advice" on taking Simon out to restaurants. I get asked about this by parents of my students often.
To begin with, it's really important to practice, practice, practice. It's hard to expect anything from Simon out of the house that he hasn't shown he can do at home and/or at school. Like eating out at resturants. Try to get him to sit at the table for longer and longer periods at home and reinforce him with something special.(The actual eating is really a separate issue) Then I'd try going to (casual)restaurants frequently just to practice. Maybe go just for dessert, or a treat, then for a quick dinner, etc. Try to set up all the situations with a reinforcing situation at the end so he sees it as a pleasant activity.
As far as giving him too much leeway in these situations, it's hard to say because I don't know Simon. A lot of children with autism do not understand that a behavior may be OK in one situation, but not in another.
I always tell the parents of my students that they are entitled to have a day off, a night off, etc, and sometimes you just have to overlook things and have a good time. As long as Simon isn't disrupting other people's dinners and you're not at fancy place, relax and enjoy yourself! You'll be back "at work" the next day!
Bonnie
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Ali,
I'm just now looking into Photoshop and wanted to ask you a couple questions. Mind?
The link you provided sends me to a page, showing a 150.00 dollar version of photoshop. Is that all you used to create this picture? My husband (a computer geek for a living) was telling me that I'd want the 650.00 dollar version...
Also, I'm pretty computer literate, do you think I would need to take a class or is it pretty user friendly?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
Tina J.
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Ali, this is pure genius!!!
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Ali, this is pure genius!!!
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Ali,
I'm new to your blog, so I'm not so familiar with your situation. I love your work, you really inspire me.
I have two kids one is 5 years and the other is about to turn two years old. Going out to restuarants with any children is hard! My kids are not autistic, but my son does have a very sensitive gag reflex, so throwing up was a regular occurance for him. It would happen without notice, I can laugh about it now, when he has pretty much outgrown it, but I do have lots of embarrassing moments with him at resturants. I am by no means comparing him to autistic children, but dining ANY kids is always an intresting experience. I recommend patience and as long as he is not being disruptive to other people let him stand up out of his chair. Take it from me I've had to walk outside with my kids , so the people we went to dinner with could finish their meals. Practice always helps you can't expect never to take your kids out to dinner with you. I think other people with kids understand the situation.
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I have been observing these as well and just added a link to it on my blog...to help encourage me to go there and eventually post! I would love to get into this more... and also Illustration Friday... now that I have my wacom pad I'm ready to go!
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Wow. I have to tell you that this photo has my heart beating a million miles an hour. Maybe I am overly senasitive today, but your photo made me think of my own life, and how it comes so quick. I really feel like yesterday I was a child relying on my parents. Now I am the mother of three, and I think ahead to their future. I think how fast their time as children will pass. Thank you for creating such a beautiful piece of art. You really touched my soul.
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