Tradition has it that if Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his temporary burrow——on February 2 and sees his shadow, winter weather will continue for six more weeks across the United States. But if Phil doesn’t see his shadow, then spring temperatures are just around the corner. I haven’t heard what the fat rodent did yet, but I do believe in good shadows!  Yeah, yeah, it’s a reach…but have you ever seen a good layout and the shadows are what made it so spectacular?!?! How do they do that?   I have very bad depth perception, but I do know that you can buy shadows!

These ones keep popping up time and time again in layouts that strike me…Shadow Mistress actions for PS CS2-4.  I love them.  I have the old dinosaur CS-zero I think, so I will keep an eye out for Bec to come out with one I can use. Look at the shadows in action in BEC’s One Love done with the Charity Collab kit of the same name for the Haitian Aid and Relief.

OKay if buying shadows is not for you, I recommend Misty Cato, she has an awesome tutorial over at her site that is a huge help!  I think fiddling around with all the knobs and levers in your program is a good thing personally.

Let’s look for your shadows!