Kung Fu Shoot With Shawna

Here’s a couple of images from a shoot with Shawna a couple of weeks ago. She’s post black belt in Kung Fu and I wanted to do something different. This first image is a multiple flash image. Set up three strobes, put camera on the tripod. 8 sec exposure. Set off first flash, have her…

Snap. Visual Link Preview

Via Duck Tape Marketing Blog: Snap.com offers a free tool that shows previews of links when you mouse over them. It is real easy to install, you just put one line of javascript in your page header. Then anytime you over over a link you get a preview of the site. Sometimes it takes a…

5 Things Christians Do That REALLY Annoy Me

Freak out at any mention of sex. My minister taught on “Looking For Love In All The Right Places” and made a big deal about saying “the P word”. The P word is pleasure. Give me a break. Supposedly Christians are having better sex than non-Christians. You’d think we could talk about it without embarrassment…

Lazy Thanksgiving Holidays

I’m at my folks home in Arkansas doing a whole lot of nothing. Which is good. I find when I’m here I sleep a lot, probably making up for the sleep debt I have at home. When I’m at home and have time off I still feel like there is a long list of things…

SF Book Meme

From Blogonomicon: Bold means I read it. Italic means I liked it. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov Dune, Frank Herbert Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin Neuromancer, William Gibson Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke Do Androids Dream of…

Best H2 Hummer Comment Ever

I know I said I didn’t want short posts, but this line from Tamara couldn’t be over looked. …a Hummer H2 (which isn’t really a Hummer at all, just a Suburban with a codpiece…) My in laws had a Hummer H2 and I drove it once. What amazed me was how cheaply made the interior…

My Version of Asides

Ben at Open Switch – my new favorite Christian blogger – seems to have started trend with asides. He is at least making it famous because Personified gave him credit for the idea. Now I like the idea, because I often am surfing and find an article, page or site that is interesting enough for…

Photoshop Snap Technique

This comes from the Lightsource Podcast, specifically from the guest Kirk Voclain. I just used it when working on the images that are at the top of my pages and really liked it. But I had to go listen to the podcast again to find out the specifics so I thought I’d write it down….