November 2009 - Queen's Grove (HTCIPS)
on Nov 19, 2009The original:The brief:Queen's Grove is a street in Hampstead, London. The road sign has been in place for at least a hundred years, and it's clear that when it was placed here the builders had run out of the correct letters, and had to make do with...

November 2009 - Challenge 6 (TIPF)
on Nov 16, 2009Starting image:My version:Click to view full.

November 2009 - Challenge 4 (TIPF)
on Nov 3, 2009The original:My version:Click to view full.

October 2009 - Halloween! (HTCIPS)
on Nov 1, 2009The original:The brief:Looking back through the archives, I see the last time we tried pumpkin carving was a full five years ago. Time to refresh the vegetable! Here's a classic complete pumpkin. Can you carve this into a design more suitable fo...

October 2009 - Challenge 3 (TIPF)
on Oct 29, 2009The original:My version:Click pics to view full.

October 2009 - Challenge 1 (TIPF)
on Oct 29, 2009The original:My version: Click pics to view full.

October 2009 - Challenge 2 (TIPF)
on Oct 29, 2009The original:My version:Click pics to view full.

New Challenges
on Oct 29, 2009As well as the How to Cheat in Photoshop site, I also belong to The Independent Photography Forum. The latter has now introduced a weekly Photoshop challenge, in which a member posts a photo. Members then 'Photoshop' this in any way they like, and po...

October 2009 - St Martin's in the Fields
on Oct 27, 2009The original:The brief:The view from the top of London's National Portrait Gallery shows the rooftops surrounding Trafalgar Square. The spire belongs to the church of St Martin's in the Fields, and when it was built it truly was out in the fields.&nb...

October 2009 - Down in the Crypt
on Oct 6, 2009The original:The brief:I photographed this crypt in a church in France in August. It's lit by lamps placed in the floor, but I think more subtle lighting could show this scene off rather better. And I'm not sure about that section of wall over on the...