Category: Photography


  • Setting Down to Type a Masterpiece – Photophile Musings

    When I was younger, I had a vintage typewriter that formerly belonged to a family member. It was painted pale green. I can’t recall the brand, but it still worked. In the late 90’s, though, it was impossible to acquire a new ribbon for it. Nowadays, they do produce universal typewriter ribbons for vintage manual…

  • Abandoned Greenhouses in Northern Vermont

    I couldn’t decide which of these edits I liked the most. So, let me know in the comments which is your favorite! Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong. Edited with Corel Painter 2023 using the Bold Architecture preset, Soft Pastels AI style. Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong. Edited with Corel Painter 2023 using the Colored Pencil…

  • Fire Pit Vermont – Ephemeral Edits

    Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong. Edited with Corel Painter 2023 using the Colored Pencil preset, Aged Print AI style.

  • Partial Solar Eclipse – Ephemeral Edits

    Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong. Edited with Corel Painter 2023 using the Colored Pencil preset, Aged Print AI style.

  • Burger Boy, Caribou, Maine – Ephemeral Edits

    Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong from April 2023. Edited with Corel Painter 2023 using the Colored Pencil preset, Aged Print AI style.

  • Sugar Maple Leaves – Ephemeral Edits

    Photo by Amelia Phoenix Desertsong. Edited with Corel Painter 2023 using the Colored Pencil preset, Aged Print AI style.

  • Quechee Village Covered Bridge (Front View) – Photophile Musings

    This is one of my favorite covered bridge photos that I’ve ever taken, the front view of the bridge leading into Quechee Village in Hartford, Vermont. She is a rather dignified structure, bold and angular. She’s seen thousands of tourist selfies, no doubt, a minor character in so many Vermont vacations. Her rich, weathered wood…

  • Dummerston Vermont Covered Bridge in Digital Charcoal

    I’ve always been rather fond of covered bridges, but Dummerston Covered Bridge in particular deserved a photo edit with moody vibes. This charcoal effect I used with Corel Painter creates the kind of image that says, “I grew up in a postcard, but now I haunt it with unresolved seasonal trauma and a taste for…

  • 5 ½ MPH – Scene from a North Conway Campground

    These two signs on the same pole are a memorable artifact of a North Conway, New Hampshire campground that was turned into condos some years back. It’s delightful in the best kind of bizarre Americana way. What’s already a perfectly amusing sign turns into the absurd with that Corel Painter touch I’ve given it. The…

  • Ephemeral Edits: Camden Yards in 2005

    Thanks to my best friend showing me and gifting me a license of the Corel Painter 2023 program, I’ve decided to revive many photos from my past. While I’ve always been a bit leery of using AI-powered photo editing software, the results with what the software can do with particularly old digital photos is marvelous!…