The Lineup

July 1st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Rose

The Lineup

Taken at Shatto Lanes in Los Angeles, CA.

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High Contrast [Apophysis Gradients]

June 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Rose

These are gradients for Apophysis. They can be downloaded here (or click the image below).

High Contrast [Apophysis Gradients]

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Citizen of the Planet

June 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Rose

My first fake movie poster; I’m trying new things. Hope you enjoy!

Citizen of the Planet

The title of the “movie”, Citizen Of The Planet, is an Alanis Morissette song (from the album Flavors Of Entanglement) that fit in with the image. That’s all, really. I used it because the woman in the photo reminds me of Alanis. And, for the record, I’m aware that there is nothing ironic going on here. ;)

Subtitle & Title:

People look like celebrities sometimes.
This chick looks like Alanis. Ironic.

CITIZEN OF THE PLANET

“Movie” Credits:

a rose schwartz creation     via interhuss designs     using a creative commons share alike license
presents “happiness makes you cry”    shot by lanuiop  [flickr.com/photos/lanuiop/3190786542]
starring      guy mcfakename       and       alanis peacefulhippie
this movie poster is a total fake, but this url is real:     interhuss.com      <- go there

Real Credits (mostly the same):

Original photo of woman by lanuiop & Earth photo by NASA.

Under a Share Alike CC License.

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Bowling Shoes

June 28th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Rose

Bowling Shoes

Taken at Shatto Lanes in Los Angeles, CA with a Nikon D60.

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A Quick Introduction to The Gimp

June 28th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Rose

Over at Digital Photography School, there’s a nice introduction to The Gimp:

Many DPS readers have requested more and more information about GIMP (sometimes referred to as The Gimp) photo editing software.  As a freely licensed bit of photography software, the high interest is understandable.  Before diving into some specific GIMP tips and tricks in future posts, I’d like to help bring those up to speed who may, after reading this far, still be thoroughly confused about what exactly I’m talking about.  What this introduction will not be is a comparison between Photoshop and GIMP, but merely a stand alone introduction to the software you may find useful.

GIMP preview

GIMP is a an attempt at answering the call for freely distributed image editing software.  While Photoshop is widely regarded as the industry standard for all kinds of image manipulation, it’s costly and overblown for the average photographers use (ok, so I let in a *little* comparison).  Yes, Photoshop has a ton of useful tools, support and plugins available, but it was never available for Linux operating system users until the introduction of Wine.  And it was those users of Linux who initially requested something to run on their operating system to manipulate photographs. [Read more.]

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