Fun With Photoshop
I ordered two of my favorite movies the other day from Walmart’s online website. I could have rented them from Netflix, I suppose, but I wanted to have my own personal copies in case there is ever a run on them. I waited such a long time for “Sweet Bird of Youth” to be released. I don’t think I could tell you why it has always been one of my favorites, not until I see the movie again and think about it some more, since I’ve only really seen the movie once, and another time as a boy I fell asleep right after the opening credits. Something about it just struck me as memorable. Nor do I know why it took so long to be released; I’ve had all my other favorite Paul Newman’s for many years now.
The other movie I ordered was “Two for the Road,” starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney, a fine British actor. I’ve seen that one many times, but never seem to get enough of it. I love movies about relationships, and movies about travelling, and relationships that travel, and this one is all over the place. It’s not very believable, I suppose – what man in his right mind could ever be unfaithful to Audrey Hepburn? She was Holly Golightly, for heaven’s sake.
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is probably my very favorite movie of all-time. I’ve said ”that” all over the place. And if ever I’ve had a dream-girl, she would be Holly. I think there’s quite a few girls like her in New York City right at this very moment. They don’t know it, of course, they’re too wrapped up in their careers. I saw one just the other day in fact.
I think the problem is there’s too few “Fred, baby-s.”
Oh yeah, the Photoshop thingy. Well I found a black and white photo on the internet, that was a much better photo than the color screen captures that were out there, and thought I might try adding some soft colors to it. I didn’t think Audrey would mind. The result is the first two pictures. The second image was colorized only, and turned out better than I had anticipated, so much so that for the top one I tried to get a little artsy with an artistic filter effect and later added a paper texture in Fractal Painter. Even tagged on it.
Here’s the original black and white photo that I used:
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