So I decided to make some business cards since all of mine are more or less dated (I got a bunch when i was working at MZI Global but they have my MZI extension and email address on them). It was strongly influenced by the fact that they were on sale at Office Depot. I designed them informally and whimsically so that they would express my creativity. Also i wanted to use them in a social atmosphere.
But anyways, i got 1000 double sided full color raise print cards for 23 dollars including shipping. Lets just see how cool they are when they get here.
Also, expect lots and lots of free business lunches.
I’ve been doing some photo editing themes for each month to keep active. These were uploaded the Skim Online forums. However, now that there’s no snow or waves i don’t know what to do for November. We’ll see i guess.
Technically, these were done all in Photoshop. October #2 using basic levels and saturation tweaks. October #3 – 4, I started using Bodek tweaks and individual channel grading. Sequence #2 is done like sequence #1.
To keep busy I’ve just been out photographing and skimming. Today i decided to mix it up a bit and bring my wide angle lens. (and neglected to bring my telephoto just in case it didn’t work).
Thankfully Sequence September is over because those took a while to make. Welcome Wallpaper October. Hopefully we can get some waves that will do Wallpaper October Justice.
So while i wait to hear back from some companies (i hope some of you are reading this), I’ve been doing more action sports Photography. Well…. actually I’ve just been out photographing my friend’s skimboarding.
So lately, I’ve tried to combine something you see alot in snowboarding or skateboarding into skim photography. The Sequence shot! Now i know you know it doesn’t really work but I tried my best and here’s a few tips on what i did.
First, try and preserve the wave as best as possible. I know the focal wave will be in like 5 shots but try and keep atleast the action area of it. This makes the rider look like he’s sort of riding on a small rouge break or something.
Next. Use background references. The water is going to change (although not alot since the sequence takes the place of about 5 seconds) so you will need to have a static reference point when stitching together photos. I used a combination of the beach and the wall in the background.
Think in 2 parts. The hard part about these sequences is that there’s one entry sequence and another after the connection. So the best thing to do is worry about the entry as one sequence and the finish as another. That way the image will look as clean as possible.
Lastly, Blending Layers are your friend use alot of them to cover the seams. Water is a giant texture and it’s small enough to be seamless.
So while my Portfolio pages are being created. I want to leave you guys with my latest project. Fourmation was my senior project at “Drexel University”. The project was completed in 20 weeks by 5+1 members(we got a 6th member 10 weeks into the project). I played a predominant roll in coding the multiplayer aspect of the game using smartfox servers and AS3, but i’ll go into details on the Portfolio page.
The bigger, more important, object of this post is that Fourmation has been chosen as a finalist in the Adobe Design Acheivement Awards. We’re one of 3 teams out of a total of 3,000 teams world wide. I’ll let you know if we win.
