I Love Color! It’s no secret that I love color! I know a lot of people feel the same way I do. As I was processing today’s photo, I was thinking about how color is such an intricate part of our lives that we even use them to describe feelings. What’s more, everyone knows exactly what…
Castello di Amorosa, Redux I had an opportunity to revisit Castello di Amorosa in the Napa Valley recently. WooHoo! This time I got to bring my husband Joe along. He’d heard all the stories from my previous visits, watched the episodes of The Chat with Dario Sattui (who created and owns The Castle), photographer Annette…
Lending Focus to a Grand Landscape When a big, fat, sprawling landscape spreads out in front of you, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and wonder how to compose it. To make sense of it all, I always look for some structure… and a point where the story lives. In this case, it was where the…
The Courtyard at Castello di Amorosa You can use them boldly or subtly, but the using a Gradient Fill Layer in Photoshop (I use CC) is a great tool for finishing touches on a photo. I’ll give you an example of subtle use from a photo I processed recently. We visited Castello di Amorosa last…
New Episode of “The Chat” on Monday! A brand new episode of “The Chat with Karen Hutton” goes live tomorrow!! And here’s your third and final clue to my stunning guest’s identity: Hint #3: When she began, her materials were found, but now she plays with her food. PLUS… her name is a color. Wink.…
First things first! Hint #2 about my FABULOUS ALL NEW GUEST on The Chat this coming Monday: SHE is an artist. An amazing, amazing artist!! OK, you just got two hints. Who loves ya, baby! So there I was in Napa, California. Went there to get out of the smoke from the huge Rim Fire…