Normal people do productive things in a day's work. I get to play with wind-ups and entertain little kids with things that light up and sound obnoxious. One day at work, however, I got footage of a wind-up cat overlord conference. They set forth to destroy the evidence that I captured. Luckily, I escaped with this video. The sound you hear is the sound of a dozen soul-eating cats yowling for the death of a spy.
Here's some photoshoppery I've done in the past. The topic of Photoshop incites a great divide between photographers and photo-manipulators. I enjoy the people who understand the value in both mediums and often, the combination of good photography skills with good Photoshop magic leads to extremely successful compositions. I'm on the hunt for my Photoshop calling as well as a constant adventure of always evolving my photography skills. Let's see how it goes.
This includes a choice crop to square format, obvious texture filter, a red-to-blue gradient mix, various layers of dodging and burning, placement correction of the center light post, and a vignette.
I spontaneously joined Cliff Sargent & Co to assist with the student film In Vino Veritas in a coastal Washington forest. It was an enormous amount of fun, a great experience, and the crew worked well despite the hail, sleet, cold, wind, and snow. We felt good up until the point we returned to Portland after the weekend and discovered that 75% of the footage was corrupt. Plus, we left a piece of rented equipment back at the location in Washington. The director and I drove all the way back the next day with defeat, but we were treated to a gorgeous sunset while crossing the bridge from Astoria into Washington. We stopped to enjoy it properly.
In Vino Veritas -- when the hail wasn't falling. Edited for darker edges.
My proof of existence in the In Vino Veritas project. I'm going through a vignette phase.
Taken from inside a car at a red light. Choice cropped to square format with minor contrast enhancements.
