I have no idea if any of the computers in my house (I think there are five, total, including two laptops that were obsolete when God was a boy) actually have functional Photoshop software. I am so abysmally disconnected with my computer reality that I use my lovely new MacBook as a glorified typewriter. When a friend spent an evening noodling around on it, making a song in Garage Band and then played the result for me, I looked at him as if he had just farted dubloons. Magic.
In order to find some kind of Photoshop workspace, I turned to the internet and searched for "Free Photoshop" only to be directed to the world's most obvious source: photoshop.com. Duh. The free tools on the website are basic, but I played around with them on a photo I took of my husband. The original:
This was taken with my Pentax K100 film camera on St. Simon's Island. I liked it a lot. Then, I started screwing around with Photoshop and I came up with this:
NOW he looks like an album cover! Well, granted, an album cover circa 1993. But still! I DID something!
I will be continuing to piddle around with Photoshop because I saw what people can do with the program on the link Kim recommended (http://www.worth1000.com/) and it's WAY better than early grunge era album cover art. And I do not discount the other suggestions that have been proffered because they sound pretty cool. Especially substitute teaching. Once upon a time, I ran a youth literacy program and loved it. One of the perks of the job was asking the kids to call me "Miss Amy," which I thought made me sound a lot like a character from "Pee Wee's Playhouse." I'll have to wait until after I get a better handle on Photoshop and after I finish packing up my apartment, though!
So, guys, what do you think?
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