I hate it when I create an action and then lose it. After I upgraded to CS3 I lost a few actions that I thought I had saved, but one was a technique I really liked using to tone and give a more raw effect to photos.
I just messed around for a bit to try and replicate it – not quite there, but hey if you only spend five minutes you can only expect so much…
Outside SOEX…
Both these shots look much better to me larger (so click them and view the larger sizes on Flickr!) These are just things I noticed on the roadside while my dad drove me up the 280 to Birmingham to get to the airport. I really like rural Alabama – there are so many interesting things there that I wish I could have explored more, but alas I only had a few seconds as we whizzed by them on the highway… such is life!
Great zine I picked up at Needles and Pens, it’s a really well designed, simple but quite evocative. I really love how it’s drawn. I thought it was woodblock cutouts until I emailed the artist:
I finally got to check out Harbin Hot Springs this past week and it happened to be on a full moon evening as well which was magnificent. The cool air and warm springs were a perfect match just before the busy Christmas holidays. The trip up and back wasn’t bad either in Chris’ Z8 which feels like it just isn’t happy until it hits 80 MPH!
Finally shot my first NFL game which was the San Francisco 49ers vs. the Minnesota Vikings. Of course the Niners have been sucking ass, but what can you do? I did get to see Shaun Hill get his first touchdown and interception. It was a lot of fun being on the sidelines alongside notables like Peter Read Miller and the Z Man, Michael Zagaris. I kinda felt like a fool with my tiny 70-200 when everyone was shooting with 400s but hey it was fun nonetheless.
My dad was in town on a clear evening and after we got sushi for dinner we drove up to Twin Peaks and got to enjoy this view of San Francisco…
My thermal imaging scanned at the Tech Museum in San Jose, CA, USA
Finally checked out some art today and saw the spider on the Embarcadero. This older guy was walking by using his cane and the long exposure came out kinda neat. It was also a full moon rising behind the Bay Bridge…
So I was cleaning up a little and found this old school drink ticket from Qool. I guess it was my birthday or the week of my birthday and the awesome folks at Qool made that week’s drink ticket with my image on it with a birthday wish on it too. I wonder if I can still redeem this?!