A Cool, Custom, Website Header you can do yourself
I hope that you like my web page header. Curious on how I created it? Yes, I did create it. I did not have someone else create it.
Well, I started with photo software
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/photoplus/
You can download the free edition and then upgrade it to the full edition for $10. You can also go to their website and buy their latest and greatest for about $50 or $60. This software, in my opinion, is a great substitute for Adobe Photoshop at a fraction of the cost. I do own the $50 version now but when I created my header it was with the $10 version.
Next I bought a royalty free photo from a stock photo site.
I bought from https://www.123rf.com/purchase.php They had the best pay as you go plan. You can purchase 15 credits for $15.
I opened the photo in my photo program
I typed in my name, picking a font I liked–this automatically creates a new layer
I changed the color of my text to a light, mint type color, green.
On my text layer I applied the difference blend mode.
Once I was happy with the way it looked (different text colors will affect how it looks and so will the position of the text) I exported it as a jpeg and uploaded it to my website server. Now it was all ready for me to use as my header.
The serif website has a lot of tutorials on it to learn how to use the program.