Don’t delete that digital image! Do you sometimes have a shot that you
really like….a subject that is hard to capture….a place you may not get to
again….but it’s not perfect? Turn that “almost” good shot into a work of art
by utilizing textures and overlays.
Maybe it’s a bird in flight – the bird looks great, but the sky is blah. Use
another sky image as an overlay, or add a texture – or both! Maybe it’s a
nice flower shot – good color and composition, but it’s not quite tack sharp.
Use textures to turn it into a fine art image! Of course, you can also add
textures to your best images and make them spectacular!

Textures are everywhere – there are many free and for-purchase ones
online. You can create your own textures within Photoshop or from photos
of everyday objects. Working with layers and blending modes, there are
many things you can do to create a beautiful work of art – I’ll show you
how!

Bio:
Hazel Meredith is an award-winning photographer and a sought-after teacher, speaker, and
competition judge. She began teaching in 2007, and does seminars at camera clubs and conferences across the U.S. – both in-person and virtual. She offers her own workshops and webinars, and has done webinars for several software companies.

She has written two eBooks, “Working with Textures & Overlays: Turn Ho-Hum into a Work of Art”. Book 1 was released in 2015 and the sequel in April 2019. In Jan. 2022 she released her
first course, “Creating Your Own Textures”. Hazel loves the creative aspect of photography and post-processing, especially the use of textures and software to create unique images. In
2017 she and her husband, Dave, founded the “Creative Photography Conference” in New
England. After several successful in-person events, they began holding Virtual Conferences to
reach a wider audience.
Hazel is actively involved with the photographic community, and has held leadership roles and received honorary distinctions from several organizations. In the Fall of 2020 she was the
recipient of the Ashbrook Award for Digital Imaging Instruction from the Photographic Society
of America.

She enjoys teaching to assist other photographers in realizing their own creative visions, and
believes that camera clubs are a great way to share the passion of photography and keep
learning and sharing new techniques.