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This is not our usual garbage man, which is fine by me, at least he wasn't blasting his terrible music at 7am waking the whole neighborhood up. Thanks for taking our garbage politely, Sir!
1/28/2010
This photo/art of mine has been chosen by Narsad ArtWorks for a Holiday/Christmas card this coming season. <------ this sentence written in late 2007. They are an offshoot of NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders. One hundred percent of their profit goes for reseach on brain disorders that are often referred to as mental illness. I don't like for people to feel spammed, so if you want their toll-free number, flickr mail me, and I'll give it to you. There is a whole little catalogue of pretty work done by people with various brain disorders.
I removed the information about price and size and number and page on catalogue, on December 20, 2009, because I don't have the most current information on their availability, etc. It is a very fine cause. They have already paid me to use my picture, and I make no more money whether they sell one box of them or thousands of boxes of them. All I would get would be the pleasure of seeing them sell and go to a great cause.
The photo itself was a huge Douglas Fir Tree sticking up through low-lying clouds with silver and yellow/gold lining on the clouds. I took the picture handheld with a Sony Mavica FD-71 sub-megapixel camera seven years ago. I put it in my ArcSoft 1 or 2 program, which is what I had at the time, and I played around with saturation and confetti, splash, oil and whatever else I thought was fun and pretty. I did a whole bunch of versions, and called my series "Christmas Tree in Heaven", but I named this one Fuschsia Falls because of the colors that seemed to be flowing over the clouds. The clouds now look like snow with confetti on it, and the tree only shows the top of the tree sticking out. Later I will post the picture I started with, down in my comments. Also, there is a picture they bought about 7 years ago, (updated to 9 years on December 20, 2009) and it has done very well on Flickr. I'll try to post a little thumbnail of it too.
For the Exhibited and Sold Works (Pool), the only difference between this and they one they used is I sent them a higher resolution, and they may have cropped a bit to fit the card to 5 x 7.
June 14, 2017 - A visit to the Summer Palace in Beijing. In 1998 when the Summer Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site this is what was said about it: "A masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value".
Another of the six remaining steam locomotives, Number 17 is sitting watching out the window, waiting on the day to come where she's rehabilitated and started back up someday. I was fortunate to get the chance to tour the East Broad Top Roundhouse in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania this weekend and it was a great experience. It's sad to see the site shut down, but still great to catch even a glimpse of these historic machines in their natural element.
This is Cookie Monster from Sesame Street shows. I love Cookies and I love the color Blue so it was love at first site. LOL
for ABCs Game on flickr ```` C is for Cookie Monster
TOY SAFETY
Safety Note: Fisher-Price used to give recommended ages as something like 2, or 3+ or 5+. Then they started saying don't let anyone of any age play with the toy if they still put objects in their mouth.
Looking in better external nick than perhaps would be expected for a locomotive that's spent 17 years in open storage, DB Cargo's EWS-liveried Class 90, 90032 - stored in February 2004 - stands in the row of demic electrics alongside the Chester line at Crewe ETD.
'You don't have to be rich
To be my girl
You don't have to be cool
To rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your...
kiss' - Prince
I'm back! I've got all my kit sorted. And I've got two models booked in for this week so I'm excited to get creating again! I am full of ideas, just hope my technical ability (which is a bit limited) will live up to them.
It really surprises me how many models seem willing to work with me, given that I can't pay them and I haven't got much of a portfolio. they are mostly new models, but they have great looks and I think they'll be fantastic. I guess when I started out I did lots of TF with local photographers of variable levels of skill just because I wanted to do photoshoots. These models seem full of enthusiasm to try things out and play around, regardless of making money. It's refreshing, I think people are in this 'industry' a long time and they get a bit dulled.
Today I decided to take have a little fun and post this graphic that I had started in 2008. I originally created it to use on a flyer for a performance I did at a Star Trek convention (StarFest) that year. Needless to say, only about 10 people showed up to see my performance. I was always quite happy with the Photoshop work I did so I saved it on an old hard drive.
Earlier this month I got a new external hard drive so that I could start archiving my old photos and design work. As I was moving files around, I came across this PSD file and decided that I would clean it up a bit and post it for the world to see. Today I added a new Enterprise, added some text, cleaned up my sloppy 2008 cut job around all the characters and...voilà! Here it is!
17 / 50 : And now, something completely different...
The problem with "day-by-day" project like this one is that, some days, you just have NO IDEAS.
I always say creativity is a muscle, and I deeply believe so, but I have to accept the idea that on some days is gonna be sore.
Today, was one of those days.
So, instead of going through that vortex of self pity and depression that usually leads to a mediocre self portrait, I decided to play as the good scholar and do homework instead : in this case, trying a new lighting setup that I know for sure i'm gonna use very soon for another photo.
I spent a good half hour trying to position the two strobes exactly the way I wanted for a symmetrical double rim light and then, simply placed a HUGE silver reflector in the hands of my DODGY roommate, a cigarette in his mouth and BAM!
Voilà! Liked it a lot right away!
This is Andrea, or as we call it, "il Nero"
Seventeen done, JUST 33 to go!
Camera Info: Nikon D700 | 50mm (ƒ/1.4G) @ 50mm | ƒ/11 | ISO 100 | 1/125th s — Camera Handheld
Strobist Info:
-Nikon SB900 | 1/8th Power | No gels | Bare | On a light Stand subject right just above his shoulder off frame
-Yongnuo YN560 | 1/8th Power | No Gels | Bare | On a light Stand subject left just above his shoulder off frame
- Silver Reflector on subject's lap
Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Fuji Astia 100F'
This photo was probably taken around seventeen years ago. I can’t find EXIF with a date. Most likely shot with my first digital camera, a Fujifilm A310.
That's how old I was when I took this. We were going to Paris NY (Le Nightclub) that night to do my favorite things: dance, and ogle this godlike creature named TED. I must have been practicing my "Come Hither" stare. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
View Large On Black just clean & simple; my final week of uni is here as well as my end of year exhibition so things are getting quite hectic as they always are.
so in true stone style i thought i'd add a little more stress to the mix and decide to actively start moving out within a month or so, mike & i found a wonderful flat in bristol & we're extremely excited about it.
added to the worry/nervous-ness/excitement of my exhibition - i draw the line at being a student and want to start this as a career, my main concern is making my family & friends proud of me, so it's all a bit cr-r-azy here right now.