"Lil' Miss Lillian Decides" Video - Logitech - Audio - Line 6 Toneport UX1

This song was inspired by a Black and White Photograph of my wife as a child on a Carousel. Probably circa early 1950's, she was riding by herself, but I include in the song that, "I'm alongside, of you." "Lil' Miss Lillian Decides," is ©2010 Kirk Mathew Gatzka, All Rights Reserved.

World of Motor City Guitar - PhotoPaint - Filter Forge

Motor City Guitar in Waterford, Michigan is a great place to shop for guitars, drums, amps, and all types of accessories. This is another of my series of High contrast images using photographs from there.

Here you see depicted a variety of guitars and equipment in a single aisle. I cropped, then copied, the photograph just a bit in PhotoPaint and pasted from the clipboard to a new image.

I applied the Local Equalization tool for high contrasts and then used the Tone Curve for depth. Using Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance I boosted the color significantly. I saved the large file after adding a film frame from Filter Forge and my signature.

I resampled the image in PhotoPaint for sharing here. I enjoy the motif of guitars and equipment in these high contrast, high color images. I hope you do as well.

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Amplification Equipment - Bass Guitars - High Contrast - PhotoPaint - Painter 11 - Paint.NET

Amplification Equipment - Bass Guitars - Motor City Guitar

Well it snowed and left some accumulation last night, so Spring isn't very bright and cheery this year in Michigan. I used Picasa 3 to browse my folders and again selected a photograph from my trip to Motor City Guitar. This time I have one focused on electronic equipment for amplification.

I opened with PhotoPaint and applied Local Equalization for contrast. I used the Tone Curve on it for depth and upped the saturation per my usual workflow on these types of images. I used KPT's Collection Lens Flare to add a blue flare. Saving that I opened with Paint.NET and applied the Ink Sketch tool for a bit more darkness as most of the equipment is black in color.

The piece is somewhat asymmetrical as it shows racks of Bass Guitars to the right hand side. And some Acoustic guitars upper  right.

I reopened the file in Painter 11 to add texture to it with the Image Luminance surface texture. Then in PhotoPaint I added a black border and my signature. I saved the large file and then resampled for the web.

Listening --- Kirk Mathew Gatzka --- Reckonings II