Connie March 25th, 2008

Did you know that you can use ACDSee Photo Manager & ACDSee Pro 2 to create awesome abstract images from your photos? I’ve played with the special effects & met the developer behind many of them. But I want to introduce you to someone who is using them to create gorgeously unique art from them! 

When I saw Katharine’s abstracts (aka littlefeather100 at Flickr.com) I was immediately struck by how strikingly unique they were! It was intriguing to see the original image that she had applied effects to in ACDSee to render the final image. So I asked her to share her work with you here & tell a bit about how she comes to achieve it. She shared a number of images, so I will present them as a series along with insight from Katharine on how she uses ACDSee to lovingly create these fabulous original works of art.  As of this writing she has more than 150 images at Flickr that she’s created with ACDSee. Feel free to enjoy her work & leave comments there too.

“Four Peacock Feathers In Abstract” is one of Katharine’s top favorites.

Her comments about this image: “This one prints out very nicely! The completed image started with a photo I took of a single feather, and I mirrored it twice, then adjusted the contrast and color until I got the look I wanted.”

She used to have a business printing & selling her own greeting cards.  She said, “I believe that the artwork I have been able to create since I’ve started using photographs, altered with my ACDSee program, is far superior to the work I used to do, and it is my plan to one day (hopefully soon) start marketing my work again.”

I asked Katharine how long she’s been doing this?

Katharine:  “I’ve had my first and only digital camera, a Pentax Optio E10, for exactly one year.  Although I’ve been an artist and poet for years, I’d never had much of an interest in photography. Now, it is my biggest passion!

My first experience with ACDSee came about because an older program was included as part of the software that came with my camera. Then, a few months ago, my computer crashed, and when I got my new one, the owner of the computer shop, knowing how much I enjoyed the old ACDSee program, was kind enough to throw in the updated program of ACDSee Photo Manager. And, I shamelessly admit, I am addicted to it!  It isn’t just that I can edit my photos to appear as though they were taken with a far more expensive camera; I love that I can take the most ordinary looking photo, then alter it to become, what in my humble opinion, is a gorgeous piece of (usually abstract) artwork.”

I hope that you enjoy Katharine’s photo essay here! Feel free to ask questions & I’m going to invite her to answer them.

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