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Fabulous!

Sebastian Kim shot this Spring/Summer 2013 Jean Paul Gaultier ad starring models Ginta Lapina, Hannelore Knuts, Jeneil Williams, Maria Kashleva as Madonna, Grace Jones, Boy George, and David Bowie.

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Awesome!

I’ve reached that age where I now look in the mirror and wonder where the old fart that’s staring back at me came from and how the hell he got into the apartment, so I can definitely relate to this wonderful series of photos from photographer Tom Hussey:

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Happy Halloween!

My friend Jay has been collecting these and posting them to his Facebook account all week. I’d can’t provide a proper attribution link, but I can thank him for letting me steal them.

 

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But is it Art?

You know what’s depressing? Discovering a 99-cent piece of software that applies an effect to photographs that I’ve spent the last two decades of my life perfecting with paint and brush on canvas.

A friend of mine remarked that the finished products are similar, but lack the life and sparkle of my paintings. Agreed. But still…

I guess I should really consider it a blessing in disguise; I can apply the effect to the photograph I want to work from before I start painting and then use that as a guide as to where to make the tone differentiations in the painting (the hardest part of my whole process).

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First Major Snow of the Season

The roads were actually pretty clear, so I probably could’ve driven to work today, but I knew I had to make a dry run at some point to see how long it actually took me to get to work on public transit from our new place.

Surprisingly it takes about the same length of time as from the old place. The difference is I have a very nice half mile walk to the train station instead of having to deal with a bus transfer.

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Disappearing Act

I’ve always been impressed by the pros who can make items disappear from photos.  I know this can be done in Photoshop, but as I understand it’s a pain in the ass and very time consuming for us amateurs.

That’s why when I heard of a program called Snapheal I was intrigued.

I must say, it does a decent job of doing what it advertises:

This is one of the photos I took for May’s 12 on 12 that didn’t make the final cut. It took only a few minutes for me to make the sign and the skateboarder in the background disappear. Yeah, there are some obvious areas where adjacent areas were cloned to fill in where the sign was cut, but that’s only because I used a pretty large brush. If the areas themselves are smaller, or you’re willing to take more time to use a smaller brush multiple times, the program really does do an excellent job of removing unwanted items from your pictures.

In any case, it’s super easy to use.

If you have a Mac and have a lot of photos that need doctoring, this might be for you. (It also includes the normal suite of tools for retouching/adjusting image quality and removing dust and scratches.)

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