So what has Antique Mommy been doing for the past month and a half you ask? I have cleaned out my garage so that I can now walk in it and not trip over anything or have something fall on me. I can even set something down. This makes me very VERY happy. I am the anti-hoarder and orderliness gives me a thrill. And I’ve been playing with my camera and Photoshop and just generally goofing off and enjoying having the windows open and watching the grass turn green. There now, doesn’t your life seem more exciting just by comparison? You’re welcome.
But enough about my clean garage and neat freak tendencies. I am here today to tell you about Fotolia, a photo stock company. They contacted me a while back and offered me some some free photo stock and asked me if I’d tell you about them and I said yes because I have been a Fotolia fan for a couple of years. And I like free stuff. Don’t ask me how to pronounce it though because I do not know. Is it “fo-toll-ya” or “foto-lee-ya”?
Why would you use stock images you might ask. Well I use them on my blog from time to time. Sometimes a picture punctuates the story nicely. Any given post might not be worth a 1000 words, but a picture is. I also have a company that makes photo montage presentations for businesses and people and sometimes I need an image to thread the story together, an image that I can’t get myself. A lot of what I do with Fotolia stock images is make digital art. But you can also make invitations, Christmas cards and scrapbooky type stuff. In fact my blog background which I have had for the past five years is from Fotolia.
So, here’s some stuff I’ve done with my Fotolia images recently.
I call this Waiting for Miss Riding Hood. It was made in Photoshop using a Fotolia stock image of a wolf (all three wolves are the same) and a Fotolia stock illustration of trees along with some stock textures. I thought it was very cool and put it on my Facebook page, but no one “liked” it. Not even my mother.
This is a Fotolia stock graphic into which I inserted Sean’s pictures.
Below, I used a Fotolia stock graphic of a blank book and put Sean’s picture on the right and the text on the left.
So there you have it. If you are in need of reasonably priced stock images, check out Fotolia today!
judy says:
I have really missed you. I am so glad you are back.This photo stuff is great. I have done a few things with it.YOU CLEANED THE GARAGE>>>>>Would you come to my house and do mine PLEASE….. Judy
April 19th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
skip says:
Love the picture of the three wolves. Reminiscent of American Gothic.
You do excellent work.
Give the Moose a hug for us.
April 19th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
edj says:
My garage is “clean” but it is Donn’s office and therefore of no use to anyone else. Hmph. Lucky you to have storage space.
I like the wolf pic myself! I don’t get on FB everyday so I must have missed it when you posted. I esp love the title. I will show it to my daughter–she will LOVE it.
And I’m always happy when you post
April 19th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Karen says:
Those are really cool prints!
April 19th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Julie says:
There truly is something magical about watching the grass turn green in the spring. Watching paint dry is much less exciting!
April 19th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Kay says:
Watching the grass turn green may be magical, but watching okra grow–now that’s exciting!
I have missed you and I’m glad you’re back to commenting.
April 19th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Jim says:
I’m impressed. Sean is even wearing a helmet with the bicycle ! Must have been one of your weaker moments…..ha ha.
April 19th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Vivian says:
Now that the garage is cleaned and your flowers planted, we sure hope you have more time for blogging and photography!
Missed you!
April 20th, 2011 at 6:41 am
momof8 says:
I thought of you and AD a few weeks ago. With 10 people living in our house and a need to pass things down, I am getting drowned in stuff. Hubby’s mom is moving to a retirement home and purging her house–which got me tossing and thinking. I have 2 cribs (some kids just a year apart!) and was thinking–none of my kids are going to want my 25 year old crib even though it is in good shape- it is not current. So I asked hubby if we could say good-bye to it. He got misty eyed and said– I’ll think about it. Yes, it is still in my basement . . . reminded me of AD.
April 20th, 2011 at 10:50 am
momof8 says:
PS I “like” your wolf picture! And of course anything with Sean in it is adorable!
April 20th, 2011 at 10:55 am
Roxanne says:
Well. That is just cool.
April 20th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Katherine M says:
I like your wolf picture as well. I think it is very cool looking!
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Thanks! That makes my day!
April 22nd, 2011 at 12:34 pm
deb says:
LIKE Like Like
April 26th, 2011 at 1:33 pm