I finally got around to compositing this latest image from a photo-shoot that took place last winter. I had the idea for this one in my head for quite a while, but I never could find the right image to blend in with the model. I found this one lurking in my archives, and after a few hours of messing around with it, here it is
I’m really happy to announce that I’ve FINALLY finished my Advanced Photoshop techniques Tutorial. It’s available now. This is the longest and largest set of tutorials I’ve ever put together, and it covers some really interesting topics. This set of tutorials is targeted at intermediate to advanced Photoshop users who want to learn something new about their favourite application.
I’m really happy to present my Apple Aperture 2.0 certification. I passed the exam yesterday with a 97%! The exam was pretty easy. I’m hoping to get my iLife and iWork certifications in the next few days, and then start working on Adobe Photoshop, After Effects and Illustrator. I’m hoping that by getting these certifications that it will lend some extra weight to my credentials as I start to do more independent consulting and training.
I had a pretty surreal day today. I found out that I am the winner of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals So you think you can teach Photoshop contest! It’s pretty cool, and I’m super pumped to be a part of this. They’re flying me down to Orlando in March to attend Photoshop World, and do a presentation at one of their sessions.
If you’ve been a long time visitor of this site, you’ll know that i’ve been working in VFX for quite a long time. I spent the last 7 years at Frantic Films as a 2D compositor working on over 25 Hollywood movies. I’ve finally decided to take a break from production, and I’ve started up a 2D-centric Visual Effects tutorial site called VFXHaiku.com VFXHaiku.com is dedicated to bringing some of the esoteric concepts of working in high end visual effects [...]
A quick test of a VERY old 16mm Vistascope anamorphic adapter grafted onto my Panasonic GF1. Sorry for the crappy quality and shakiness of the footage. I didn’t have my makeshift steady-cam on me at the time The footage was taken in AVCHD mode in extremely low light conditions. The adapter seems to reduce the amount of light by at least a stop or two, so taking shots in these sort of lighting conditions produces pretty poor quality results at [...]
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