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Wizard World New Orleans 2017
Morial Convention Center
Central Business District
New Orleans, Louisiana
This is a young wizard - he hasn't even grown a beard yet - and he's got himself a lovely hat with gold stars on.
From a pattern I have written to make a mini witch or wizard, 4.5" tall including the hat.
I'm off for Wizard World Chicago tomorrow, I'll be there for the entire thing. ( And then hanging around Chicago for a bit and maybe doing one other signing, with the amazingly talented Menton3, though details are to come )
I'll be at my booth at the con almost the entire time, find me at booth 3215 with my red banner "T' logo thing.
I'll be doing commissions! Email me at bentemplesmith@gmail.com to get on the list or see me as early as you can at the con. Am likely to fill up. All info for commissions is here.
I WILL HAVE SOME COPIES OF SQUIDGIRLS WITH ME. Yes, indeed, a couple boxes worth should make it to the con by Friday or so. They're $50, come signed and with an original sketch page and fancy, personalized experience with me, idiot supreme. The power of Squid compels you, etc etc.
Also, I'll have a bunch of cheap prints. First come, first served.
I expect 3 very common questions/statements while at the con. Let me answer them for everyone in advance... though apparently nobody checks my various websites aaaanyway... :-P ( Maybe I'll just direct fans to my website here eh? )
1) What happened with FELL?
WORKING ON IT. ( Same with CHOKER )
2) What did you think of the 30 Days of Night movie?
IT WAS GOOD. YAY! I'm all about comics though, not many people get the chance to have a movie made of their work, so who am I to ever diss it? It was lovely. David Slade did a fantastic job.
3) I didn't know you were going to be here!
YES, the most common of statements made to me. I have a website, the con itself has a website, lets all make glorious comic music with each other, yes? I'll be there. With bells on. At least pants. ( I keep saying this now. Maybe one day I'll actually go pantsless and shock you all? )
Being back in the US has been a good time. I nearly didn't come back due to family & personal stuff but bugger it, there's a lot of life yet to live. Seattle and it's surrounds continue to be beautiful, now it's on to Chicago and let's win this thing. ( Just don't shoot me on the way out through the kitchens please ) Oh, and then finally NYC where I hope to loiter for possibly a good few years and mix it with some amazing artists who continue to enthuse me about comics. If you happen to have an amazing NY apartment for rent, let me know. I may also at some point be looking for an intern in said city. But beware, the interview process will be long, awkward and involve knifey spoony.
A special shout out to Julie and Damien Shanahan. ( As well as Gerick, Killian and Emma ) Finer human beings I have not met in my short insignificant life. My pseudo family this side of the Pacific. I'll be back to Seattle next year.
I was experimenting with a little do-it-yourself studio I setup today. It's like a light tent and I can put small objects in there for nice defused lighting. This is just something I had around the house that I decided to shoot. I took two exposures on this one and combined them in Photoshop to get the hologram to look right.
Update:This was taken before I found strobist but the concept is the same as the DIY Macro Studio and I think the article found on strobist is a good one if you're looking to capture similar shots.
I didn't take a setup picture when I shot this image, duh! I don't know why I didn't think to do that. So I'll do my best to explain the setup. I used two 250 Watt halogen clamp on shop lamps from that orange box store. You know the one. This shot was taken before I got my SB800 and if I had to shoot it again today, I would probably just do it the same with the shop lamps and not use the SB800. Someday when I get a second SB800 I would do this shot with the flashes but the shop lamps work just as well as long as you have a tripod.
I built my macro studio with a PVC pipe frame, big boy tinker toys. I just cut the PVC to size and used corner fittings to make a "wireframe" cube if you will. I then cut some black craft paper from a huge roll that I have in my garage for the backdrop I tapped the craft paper to the top-back horizontal pipe. I then covered the sides of cube with some white cotton sheet like material that my wife had around the house. I draped the fabric so it would cover the sides and the top of the cube as well as bringing it around the the front of the box.
I setup my D70 on a tripod looking into the front of the box and used some clips to hold the cloth around the lens. I didn't want any reflections from the outside so that's why clipped the cloth around the lens on the front of the cube. Probably overkill. The lights were clamped to some speaker stands that I have for my DJ job and positioned close to the fabric outside the cube one to the right of the box and one to the left and slightly above. The lamp to the left was a little closer to the fabric than the light to the right.
Here is an unedited setup shot. You can see I used a spent TP roll to support my subject. Link
Wizard World New Orleans 2017
Morial Convention Center
Central Business District
New Orleans, Louisiana
Wizard World New Orleans 2017
Morial Convention Center
Central Business District
New Orleans, Louisiana
Wizard World New Orleans 2017
Morial Convention Center
Central Business District
New Orleans, Louisiana
For my birthday, awesome friends dressed up as various Wizard of Oz characters and we had ourselved a drunken photo shoot =)
Wizard World New Orleans 2017
Morial Convention Center
Central Business District
New Orleans, Louisiana
Wizard features 4 different games - Match Me, Break Out, Hot Corners and Music Maker. The main game is Match Me which is very similar to Milton Bradley's Simon electronic game.
Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and folded by me. From one uncut square of double tissue. Diagrammed in Works of Satoshi Kamiya.
The Wizard Nebula is located in the constellation of Cepheus
The Wizard is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787
The image consists of:
43x5Min Exposures at ISO 1600
19x Dark Frames
47x Flat Frames
Imaging Scope Used: Astro Tech AT8RC
Camera: Canon 500D Modified and Cooled to -15 Degrees C
Image Acquisition: BackyardEOS www.backyardeos.com
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6Pro
Guide Camera: QHY5
Guide Software: Maxim DL
Stacked and Pre-Processed: Nebulosity
Post Processing: Photoshop CS5 and Noise Ninja
Burnsville High School Theatre Guild proudly presents 'The Wizard of Oz' April 7 - 16, 2011. For ticket information, go to www.MrazCenterTickets.com.
Wizard World New Orleans 2017
Morial Convention Center
Central Business District
New Orleans, Louisiana
Wizard World at America’s Center in St. Louis Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/5.6 with a 1/60 second exposure at ISO 1600. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Burnsville High School Theatre Guild proudly presents 'The Wizard of Oz' April 7 - 16, 2011. For ticket information, go to www.MrazCenterTickets.com.
Wizard World New Orleans 2017
Morial Convention Center
Central Business District
New Orleans, Louisiana
This is a young wizard - he hasn't even grown a beard yet - and he's got himself a lovely hat with gold stars on.
From a pattern I have written to make a mini witch or wizard, 4.5" tall including the hat.
I made this quilt a year ago. The Wicked Witch Profile was made from a sketch of mine I doodled one day with my graphics tablet. The rest is basically taken from screen caps or freehanded.
Crossposted to my Wizard of OZ lens on Squidoo.