From there to here...
Originally I am from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I traveled 2,000 miles "out west" with some of my school buddies back in the day for a 3 week vacation. Having the flu for most of the trip did not stop me from falling in love with the Prairies and the Mountains during that time.
Once back in Ontario I made plans to return 2 weeks later to Alberta permanently with some of those same buddies. Over the next few years they all abandoned me in Alberta but that was fine because I married my girl from back home in Windsor and we set down roots in Southern Alberta.
Once back in Ontario I made plans to return 2 weeks later to Alberta permanently with some of those same buddies. Over the next few years they all abandoned me in Alberta but that was fine because I married my girl from back home in Windsor and we set down roots in Southern Alberta.
I caught the photography bug from my father who took lots of pictures and video of the family. Unfortunately he passed away when I was 11 years old but I will never forget his influence on me. My mother's love for birds and animals along with her keen observations inspired me to stop and truly see. Dennis (one of those buddies) was photographing weddings in Ontario so I tagged along with him with my "new" camera. At this point everything came together and I was learning as much as possible about photography. Our photography experiments were many and costly.
As time progressed with digital cameras, editing programs became the norm and I found myself learning to edit pictures in Photoshop's LAB Color Space. LAB is very unique editing environment and a bit hard to learn and even harder to learn with very little teaching on it. Eventually I figured out how to use it and in the process discovered new techniques that few people know about.
Currently I am editing images using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC as well as Topaz Software. LAB is still a critical part in my editing process and that will never change.
Currently I am editing images using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC as well as Topaz Software. LAB is still a critical part in my editing process and that will never change.
Thanks for stopping by!
Pat Kavanagh.
Pat Kavanagh.
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At one point I had over 8 Million views of my images on Flickr and well over 3,000 images posted since 2005. In 2023 I decided not to be a paid subscriber on Flickr, so now I use the free version and though the features are watered down, it still serves its purpose for me.
I have had a number of images featured in Flickr Explore, published in magazines, band T-shirts and CD's, world-wide newspapers with an image that went viral, TV interviews, Radio interviews and along the way I invented a macro extension tube set-up made from plumbing pipe - LOL, it worked well too.
Here are the "Previous" Album Covers I had on Flickr: (I still photograph all of these subjects)
I have had a number of images featured in Flickr Explore, published in magazines, band T-shirts and CD's, world-wide newspapers with an image that went viral, TV interviews, Radio interviews and along the way I invented a macro extension tube set-up made from plumbing pipe - LOL, it worked well too.
Here are the "Previous" Album Covers I had on Flickr: (I still photograph all of these subjects)
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My Latest Hobby - "KARtooning"
My latest hobby is creating something I call "KARtooning" which is a caricature of people, cars, trucks, animals and birds made from real pictures. This is something I had been thinking about and playing around with for the last few years wondering if it might be possible do. I started off working on show and shine cars making them look meaner with more muscle...LOL, I am still laughing about all of this. I even made a couple of sales KARtooning Muscle Cars.
Where I am now is KARtooning celebrities. Its fun, challenging from a technical standpoint on how to do this but it is unique and so far I have only found a few people on the web that remotely come close to what I am doing. The latest photo editing programs have created an environment where producing these images is easier and resulting in better images.
My latest hobby is creating something I call "KARtooning" which is a caricature of people, cars, trucks, animals and birds made from real pictures. This is something I had been thinking about and playing around with for the last few years wondering if it might be possible do. I started off working on show and shine cars making them look meaner with more muscle...LOL, I am still laughing about all of this. I even made a couple of sales KARtooning Muscle Cars.
Where I am now is KARtooning celebrities. Its fun, challenging from a technical standpoint on how to do this but it is unique and so far I have only found a few people on the web that remotely come close to what I am doing. The latest photo editing programs have created an environment where producing these images is easier and resulting in better images.
When I get a KARtoon right, it should look more like
the celebrity than the original image, by making the recognizable features more prominent. - sounds pretty deep eh?!
the celebrity than the original image, by making the recognizable features more prominent. - sounds pretty deep eh?!
