DIG MY PIX: December 2011

How to use patch tool -Richard Sterner-

There are 2 methods to retouch using sampled pixels.
Method 1:

In the Toolbox, select the Patch Tool.
Drag in (select) a damaged area with the Patch Tool**(exactly like with Lasso tool
On the Options bar, choose the Source mode.
Drag the selection (cursor inside the selection) onto a repair-source area (movie).

Method 2:

Drag in a repair-source area with the Patch Tool*.
On the Options bar, choose the Destination mode.
Drag the selection (cursor inside of selection) onto a damaged area (movie).

To retouch with a pattern, use Method 3:

Drag in a damaged area with the Patch Tool*.
In the Pattern picker, choose a pattern (movie).
Click the Use Pattern button on the Options bar.

insidious: Katelin Jensen

custom white balance: Katelin Jensen

Artest Statment -Richard Sterner-

The Last Mile
By Richard Sterner

When driving on the many roads through rural Utah, it’s easy to miss something that is so common; road kill. Rural Utah drivers pass an animal that has been hit by car almost on a daily basis. Overtime, these animals become unnoticed. If it were a human being, would you do the same?

This series of animals isn’t about death, but more so respect. To show a creature’s last moment on Earth. Who knows what their life held before it was so brutally ended, but we can at least honor what they had.
These images were shot with a digital camera in black and white. I veered away from color on purpose. What some might see as gross and disgusting cannot be seen so well in shades of grey. This puts more focus on the animal and not necessarily what happened to it.