Grand Rapids....come for the churches, stay for the Nascar and Deer Hunting.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
No Excuses.
I really don't have any excuses for my lack of posts. Just haven't been that interested or feeling funny about anything. Sure, I've also been pretty damn busy at work as well as with freelance stuff, but thats not really an excuse because I'm usually busy with that stuff.
One thing I have been doing though, is burying my nose on a daily basis in a photoshop book. Not your basic "photoshop for dummies" book. This one is a 600 page monstrosity that covers only two things: masking and compositing. The idea is that if you master a wide variety of selection techniques you can seamlessly blend images together and avoid ever having that "cut-n-paste" look to your work. I knew a little about it. Now I know a lot more.
So here's a sample. It's an old vintage postcard, a close-up of a bronze "earthy" sculpture, an eye, a little girl, lightning, the ocean at sunset, a woman doing yoga, and another bronze sculpture of a man looking away. It's not supposed to be a work of art or anything....it's more of a collage to test some of these techniques, but I still like it for some reason.
THE FUNNY STUFF
I saw a beautiful picture on jamokers site and he mentioned that it was taken while playing golf hooky. There's also a cool magazine cover at Writermoms site. Those 2 things reminded me of the photo below that I turned into a golf digest cover as a spoof for the gang of fellas that I go golfing with every year up north in "Zilla country. It's the only time I was ever successful with the "exploding ball" trick, and the fact that the photo was taken with a disposable camera and caught the moment so beautifully makes it even better. The only thing I regret is that there wasn't a real ball on the tee because the guy swinging the club really smacked the piss outta the ball.
Thats all for today. Hi to you all. Hope to be back sooner than I have been recently.
Yes, good to see you! And great stuff! I have an unread photoshop book. I skim every once in awhile and become overwhelmed with the possibilities (if only I understood Photoshop instruction language!) Picked it up when I thought I was gonna get the latest version. Haven't done that yet because I've got too much to learn about taking the pictures first! Meanwhile, I cheated with my cover and used flickr toys. I bet you'd find it boring, though. It makes it WAY too easy.
Are you opening a flickr account soon? Your images would rock the...flick(?) I'm so addicted and I don't know anything about photography. Not a blipping thing.
Aren't you getting married soon? I didn't miss that, did I?
Name: Jonathan Home: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States About Me: Just a guy who trying to eek out a living as a graphic designer in SW Michigan. See my complete profile
Name: Jonathan
Yes, good to see you! And great stuff! I have an unread photoshop book. I skim every once in awhile and become overwhelmed with the possibilities (if only I understood Photoshop instruction language!) Picked it up when I thought I was gonna get the latest version. Haven't done that yet because I've got too much to learn about taking the pictures first!
Meanwhile, I cheated with my cover and used flickr toys. I bet you'd find it boring, though. It makes it WAY too easy.