This blog is a compilation of my professional and personal experiences. Here, you will find anything from music, art, flash, inspiration and many more things. Basically, anything I personally think is cool, will be here.
It’s been a while since i’ve been looking into getting a point and shoot camera… initially I wanted to invest in a real pro camera… but I quickly realized that I wanted was just something simple, that I can capture fun moments with my friends and family… So a friend of mine owned the Lumix TZ5, and he kinda let me play with it for a little while… It turns out to have a bunch of pro features, and it makes this camera a powerful little monster… So I went online and ordered it.
I can say so far I am pleasantly surprised with the quality and clarity of the images, very easy to use, point and shoot or manual. I’m not here to review the camera, there’s plenty of people out there that do a better job at that… but all I can say that so far, I’m very happy with it.
I did an HDR test, using the bracketing feature, here’s the result.
Here’s one of the images used for it… this was the regular exposure shot.
If fire places are your thing, you can certanily relate to these really fancy/modern pieces of art. Glamm Fire presents its products with class, what almost feels like a fashion show, I really felt immersed in the site. Beside the clean design, I was specially pleased with the navigation. Clean interface, but fluent enough to make you want to explore more. I also liked the treatment on the icons, I thought it added a bit of fun to the site. Definitely worth checking out.
Ford came out with a new microsite depicting the all new Ford F-150… apart from the cool site, camera angles, comparison shots, they’ve also included Mike Rowe… As must of us know, Mike has been prettu much the voice of the Discovery Channel, with multiple shows, voice over, and commercials. With a personality that appeals to both men and women, he’s the perfect presenter for an hard working, prone to get dirty, truck… in all, cool site.
I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I was to see this site! I a soccer fan, and a huge Fifa Games Fan! this site strikes both of them… not only that, but it highlights my favorite team… REAL MADRID! The site is about the experience of soccer, and being immersed in the game. Believe it or not, sometimes it gets like that in my apartment… lots of screaming and cheering! It is definitely an awesome game and the site captures the emotion of what it’s like to play it!
Speaking of cool prelaoders, I just saw this site, this is a perfect example of how a preloader can be entertaining… I almost didn’t want the preloader to end… This site is done by Gringo – I Can Bank It – check it out… pretty cool…
So, I’m my class, I always talk about how important preloaders are, and why we should take the time to make innovative preloaders, and entertain the user from the get-go… Most people don’t realize how important these little pieces of art are, in fact, most client don’t want to see a preloader… ugh… However, when preloaders are done right, they can be pretty entertaining… Big Spaceship created a nice little repo of these, and it’s fun to see how much Flash Creatives and Developers have evolved…
Remember, these pieces may soon be a thing of the past with the faster connections and the future of our Digital World…
So, I’ve been trying to get started with P90X and consistently keep with it without breaks, I first got it right before the holidays, but I took a short trip and kinda stopped after just a couple of days. Well, it’s been a week, and I can confidently say that I’m on my way, and there’s no stopping.
For those of you who don’t know what P90X is, you can check it out here (I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO AFFILIATIONS WITH THEM): http://www.beachbody.com/
So far, my experience with this has been painful, I’m really struggling with the exercises at times, but it’s supposed to be hard, otherwise you wouldn’t get the results right?… Even though it is hard, after only a few days doing it, I already feel a change. The first day I bought the pull up bar, I could barely do 3 pull ups. I tried it today, just to test, I was able to pull 7 in a row… I know it’s not much at all, but for a person who’s never put working out in the forefront of this priorities, it’s a big accomplishment.
Last night, I had to do Yoga… ok I know what a lot of you are thinking, Yoga? Flexibility? Stretching?… Let me tell you, it was the hardest, most greatest experience in this program thus far. I was sweating profusely, shaking, feeling the stands, really tough stuff… I normally suffer from lower back pain from always sitting at my desk, I think I have found the solution for it.
Diet has a lot to do with it, but to be honest, I’m not following the program completely. I read through the nutrition guide, and took the most of it. To be honest, I know that I can do a little better on my diet, like stop drinking beer for example… but I also want to keep enjoying the quality of my life a bit . I probably won’t the the full results, but I know I will benefit from it either way.
I will try to give updates every week on my progress with the program. And will be uploading my pictures soon enough. I’m hoping to use the blog as a way to push me forward and see the program through… So, any encouragement is always welcome
Bloodninja: Wanna cyber? MommyMelissa: Sure, you into vegetables? Bloodninja: What like gardening an s**t? MommyMelissa: Yeah, something like that. Bloodninja: Nuthin turns me on more, check this out Bloodninja: You bend over to harvest your radishes.
(pause) MommyMelissa: is that it? Bloodninja: You water your tomato patch. Bloodninja: Are you ready for my fresh produce? MommyMelissa: I was thinking of like, sexual acts INVOLVING vegetables… Can you make it a little more sexy for me?
(pause) Bloodninja: I touch you on your lettuce, you massage my spinach… Sexily. Bloodninja: I ride your buttocks, like they were amber waves of grains. MommyMelissa: Grain doesn’t really turn me on… I was thinking more along the lines of carrots and zucchinis. Bloodninja: my zucchinis carresses your carrots. Bloodninja: Damn baby your right, this s**t is HOT. MommyMelissa: … Bloodninja: My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love. My insides turn to celery as I unleash my warm and sticky cauliflower of love. MommyMelissa: What the f**k is this madlibs? I’m outta here. Bloodninja: Yah, well I already unleashed my cauliflower, all over your olives, and up in your eyes. Now you can’t see. B**ch. MommyMelissa: whatever.
So this is the new piece I started, first i’m going to show you the initial image, which I took from a free site called: stock.xchng, if you haven’t been to this site, and need images, you should really bookmark it. Most of the images are royalty free, and if it’s not for commercial stuff, most of the people are cool letting you use their images – I hope the owner of this picture is one of those people
Anyway, onto the image:
And here’s what i’ve got so far… I plan on continuing to work on the image. Some of the basic stuff i’ve done here is enlarge the eyes a bit, and give it sort of a elf angel look. I’ve als played with saturation levels and color corrections. If if get requests later on, i’ll be more than happy to to a detailed tutorial on how I create these pieces.
Again, onto the image:
DISCLAIMER: I’m not trying to kill this beautiful girl hehehe, this is just a distortion of a simple image to reflect my crazy head Enjoy.
. I probably won’t the the full results, but I know I will benefit from it either way.
