I had the pleasure of meeting this man at Photoshopworld one time a few years back and he was an absolute gem. I actually bumped into him outside while he was on a smoke break. This only further my avid hatred for cigarette smoking. He was a kin man who had no problem talking to an aspiring photoshop geeky kid who knew nothing on the levels that he understood. The man was a veritable genius in the realms of color technology, sharpening technology and more. Hell he even got involved in areas like Camera Raw development consulting with many groups and thanks to his involvement many of the digital camera technologies we have today are a realization. He was an innovator, a leader and a comedian, and I'm sure he'll be sorely missed. I send my well wishes to his family, I know he'll be sorely missed.

go safe Bruce.

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So last Friday we had an art show where I entered 3 pieces. The title of the show was "mixed metaphors" and I tried to approach that in a story telling way that results from images when mixed together provoke a story. That you must assume one relationship to another because of their co-existence in the frame. Each piece usually triggered a certain response from viewers but gave something completely different when placed together...suddenly the whole became greater than any element and yet nothing without any of the elements. Needless to say I was proud to hear some great reviews, and everyone had a really great time.

Here is a thumbnail of the three pieces in the order they appeared on the wall.

Okay so here's the deal gang.

I have currently in my outside office a Dual 450MHz G4 with 2gb of SDR. My G4 inside my house, (the wife's computer) is a Dual 500MHz machine. I'm thinking of upgrading my machine with an upgrade kit...I want to know who has experienced this, tried it, knows first hand something about it or someone who has tried it, and can give me some real world info.

I was looking at this kit>>>>>KIT HERE<<<<<<<<

But I've always been iffy about upgrade kits in general. I usually just work my macs till they die, fix em back up, give them to the neighborhood kid and move on to the next model I can. But with this whole Intel Rosetta thing going on, and my budget, I am going to wait until Adobe releases CS3 before I buy a brand new Intel mac.

I teach digital imaging for a living and I'm a digital photographer/production artist by trade. On top of all that I run Pro-Tools LE recording some local bands and my own music, plus mastering. No video stuff though! :O)

I could really use some help on this. I think I'm willing to spend up to $500 on the system right now, give or take $20. So I'm thinking upgrade kit and maybe going to DDR ram...

What do you all think? Please tell me your thoughts

I stood in the creek.

My feet got wet.

Ghost of a train

Okay so it's that time again...I'm giving my students their Photoshop Midterm Test and this time it's a doozie! So here's the deal, I have a zip file online (13mb) with all the source files, there is also an example file of how it should look...see below.

I know some of you out there would like to give this a crack, so here's the deal. You download it, give it a go and I'll tell you what grade you would've gotten in my class. Techniques involved in this test are Selections, Masking, Colorizing, Problem File Troubleshooting, Layout and Appearance.

I'd love to see how people not in my class handle this test.

Click Here for the link to the .zip file for download..

Here are some of my latest shots...

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My father in law invited my wife and I to Hawaii for Halloween. You've seen some of the other shots over the last few days. This one was from the haunted house we set up. He had a series of bull skull donated from a ranch on the island to make the haunted house seem more authentic with bones and skulls. I was obsesses with this thing and decided to take a bunch of pictures...I like this one most!

Four pictures I finally pulled off the camera downloads folder. These are all miscellaneous shots throughout my trip to Hawaii last month. If you like any of them, feel free to comment, some are humerous, others peaceful and mostly just different. For example, who knew coffee started as a cherry fruit?

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still getting the hang of this new digital slr...but 8mp, I'm in love.

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and one more with the zoom lens from the parking structure..I was trying to get all three lights on for the traffic signal...2am in downtown San Jose

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THIS IS GOING TO F@#KING ROCK!!!