This is an offer to anyone interested in having one of my Alien Landscapes done up / using one of their photo’s or parts of and posted in…
This is an offer to anyone interested in having one of my Alien Landscapes done up / using one of their photo’s or parts of and posted in my art section. / I tend to like surfing,sea’s,ocean,mountains,scenic views etc. / Although I’m not confined to just those. / The planet I create would have your name,and a story made up from your profile / or something you like,the photo would only be used for the DA then deleted. This could be a fun thing. If interested I will go to your site and choose a couple,let you know and you would send me the image.
*For anyone at all interested! My DA’s take anywhere from 3-32 hours.Depending on number of layers and render time. First & foremos…
For anyone at all interested! My DA’s take anywhere from 3-32 hours.Depending on number of layers and render time. First & foremost is the camera, I use a Canon S3 and a Kodak LS753 on my travels wherever I go, it could just be to the store,or checking the mail,the camera is always there. / I look for scenes that would work in a DA,it might be part of a snow bank, a hill, skyline, people, etc. / My main software is Artmatic Voyager & Artmatic Pro for renders + Photoshop. / Infini- D for building ships,space stations, buildings etc. I use Poser 6 for DA people, animals. Deep Space Explorer and Starry Night Pro which are software I use with my telescope, this for the REAL galaxies, planets, nebula,s uns , and star systems. The main filters I use are / Color Efex Pro 2.0, Sharpener Pro 2.0,Liquid,Mystical_TTC,plus on and off a number of other photoshop filters. I have 100’s of folders in which I have collected ( for the last 20 yrs) bits and pieces of photo’s and creations,everything from moons planets, seas,skies, nebula, star systems etc. Everthing I might need now or in future DA’s. I even have one with nothing but renders, sometimes I only use part of one or two or more in the same render. I like to think of my creations as jigsaw puzzles. I have one folder that I use for my workshop. I also use a Bluenose Wacom Tablet. I first select what I may use, everything is a COPY on a transparent background, then I build the shot, which can take up to 12 hours. / This could include renders, model building, people/creature making, etc. / I’ve being known to spend 2 days inside a single program, getting a certain sky,landscape or planet, until I achieve my goal. In some cases I have done a built over a day or so and ended up deleting it and starting again!. Mostly that happens when too many ideas colide. Once the build is to my liking I save all the layers into a folder, / ( I have had up to 66 layers so far) / then crop and save as a .jpg into another folder,then clear the screen and reopen the jpg. Now starts the path to the finished DA,I try different effects until I get what I want, the mist or fog in my DA’s is created using the Fog filter in Efex Pro, the nice thing about this set of filters is that the effect can be painted on and off just where it is needed. I use the Liquid filter, cloning tool and feathering to blend the edges of each layer, it also gives a nice paint effect,which I think adds to the DA. / Then I finally have the finished product. Saved as a jpg at 300 dpi and posted If you have any other questions….just ask!!!!!!!! “May you always create well and prosper” Alienvisitor’s Imagi – Nation* AV
‘There is an art to mathematics and a mathematics to art.’ / (Hany Farid, computer scientist at Dartmouth University in Hanover, N.H….
‘There is an art to mathematics and a mathematics to art.’ / (Hany Farid, computer scientist at Dartmouth University in Hanover, N.H.) Unfortunately this article is now only available to subscrbers of this news site / Fortunately, Archive archived the article. According to a february 2007 article from sciencenews.org, titled Fractal or Fake? / Novel art-authentication method is challenged, a debate about fractals in art and Jackson Pollock prompted a defense by the father of fractals, Benoît Mandelbrot, a professor emeritus at Yale University : “I have extraordinary experience of these structures. Drawing on that experience, I do believe that Pollocks are fractal.”
To quickly straighten an image. Lets say you have an image that needs the horizon leveled,or a crooked building straightened. / You cou…
To quickly straighten an image. Lets say you have an image that needs the horizon leveled,or a crooked building straightened. / You could go into Rotate/Arbitary and adjust two or three times. A much easier and faster way is …. Go to the the eyedropper tool,click and hold down and select the measure tool. / Click and drag across the horizon or along the side a building, you now have a line on the image. / Now go to Rotate/Arbritary and you see photoshop as given you the exact amount and the rotation,so just click OK. / And it is automatically straightened, but it still as to be cropped. If you wish to crop & straighten all in one move then choose the measure tool, drag across the image to get the amount that as to be rotated ,(it will be in the tool bar at the top of your screen) remember it or write it down. / Now go to the crop tool and select your crop by dragging,now you can rotate the bounding box to the calc. you have remembered or wrote down,you will see the rotate amount in the info window at the right of your screen. / When you have it click OK. / Now your image as been cropped & straightened in one move. AV PS. When you’ve worked in Photoshop for 20 + years the little things are just taken for granted, we tend to forget not everyone knows it that well. / These tips are mainly for new users, mostly what I put here are simple little things that help greatly, but when starting out are very helpfull.
More Cropping Tips. You can easily crop & straighten an image by clicking File/Automate/Crop and Straighten Photos. / Photoshop loo…
More Cropping Tips. You can easily crop & straighten an image by clicking File/Automate/Crop and Straighten Photos. / Photoshop looks for rectangular areas in your document,then extracts each one into its own doc.then straightens the images. / This can save time if you need to do lots of images the same.It also works on single images. Perspective Crop. Say you have a pic of a painting on a wall but its on an angle,if you want to see it full on, with the Crop tool choose the crop around the image and in the upper options bar click Perspective,now you can adjust the bounding box to what you want. / Once done click OK,now you have the image full on. Front Image Option Choosing this option in the Crop bar lets you Crop one image to the same size as another image. / Open two images and crop one,click Front Page in the upper options bar Photoshop enters the width, height, res. values in the options bar, drag the crop tool on the second image and adjust as needed,double click inside the crop. / Photoshop does automatically the second image to match the first. The good thing about me doing this is I sometimes remember little things I forgot, so we all learn. Happy photoshpping & Enjoy. AV
Always good to have a quick reference. !http://images-3.redbubble.com/img/art/size:xlarge/view:main/watermark/292413-1-photoshop-qui…
Always good to have a quick reference.
Ok,I took Donalds image and really looked at it.In this one I will only use the Mountain. !http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/size…
Ok,I took Donalds image and really looked at it.In this one I will only use the Mountain. I could see I needed an image with mountains running down both sides,distant mountains in the BG,on this one I decided no water. / I could do just ground but I am getting some interesting textures with deserts,so it was a desert/mountain world. / I also wanted something in a fairly neutral color. / So I went into my 3D software Artmatic Voyager and played around for a couple of hours. / This was the outcome…... Decided I wanted a space ship,to add some life,added the city later,it was done in Artmatic Pro.then taken into Voyager. / I have a very old program I use to build ships,it is no longer made or sold ,it was a Metacreations program,it just kind of disappeared. / Ok used it to build the patrol craft,then as a dxf ( Drawing Exchange Format) i took it into Bryce 3D and added tilt and color scheme,saved it as a psd file and saved it to the current PS folder Donald1( every time I do an image I use a new folder,I have thousands). / So…take everything into PS ,then it cut and paste,using the magnetic lasso to slice & dice. / Once I sliced things and saved them into a transparent BG file ,I make duplicate layers and leave the originals in the file. / I then work with 3d image and add each layer until I am happy with the product. / Then I add numerous color masks to get the effect I want, then just save as a jpg. / Write up the story,using the notes which I’ve developed while doing the image. Then I upload. EASY!!!!!!!!!!!! The one thing that needs doing a lot is SAVE SAVE SAVE.
An interview with the very talented artist – Jennifer Woodward / Jen is one of the co-hosts of …
An interview with the very talented artist – Jennifer Woodward / Jen is one of the co-hosts of the Space 2008 and Beyond group / ..................................................................................................................................... / How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life? / ..................................................................................................................................... / If I can’t express myself creatively, I wither and fade away. It’s a fundamental part of who I am, and it’s only been over the last year or so, I’ve begun to understand just how important this part of my identity is. I think the things that come naturally to us are sometimes the hardest things to do. When it comes to our careers, I feel there is a certain guilt attached to finding a job that we actually enjoy. This seems ever more apparent in the field of the creative arts. It seems the more we find something enjoyable, the more it is viewed as a hobby. And how can a hobby be a job? Easily… because it’s what we’re interested in, and it’s what we’re good at! It’s very easy to go through life pursuing the grass that we think is greener, especially if others keep telling us it’s the only place we can find a living. But what we all should be doing, is working with our strengths, and improving on the things we were born with. We each have our own patch of green grass, and it’s up to us if we decide to start growing flowers on it. And if we nurture them, they might even be pretty enough to sell. I’m not the kind of person that gets bored easily. My mind is always on the go, and I sometimes daydream so much I forget where I am! This can be a problem when travelling on public transport. I once travelled 30 or so miles by train in the wrong direction before I realised. Then I got fined when I got back for not having a valid ticket! I can live in my imagination at times, and this was particularly the case at school. I was certainly the daydreamer of the class. / ..................................................................................................................................... / Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful / ..................................................................................................................................... / I can remember when my first work, santa, got featured on the homepage. I was over the moon. / ..................................................................................................................................... / Show & tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you. / ..................................................................................................................................... There was a beautiful story to go with Julie Langford’s extraordinary image, by the very talented writer and photographer, ECGardner Unfortunately, it seems to have been removed. It was about about an elephant’s demise at the hands of poachers. It moved me to tears. Muriel’s Tears Robert Mullner’s work, Monkey Day Spa, really made me smile. A perfect capture of a tender moment. I remember when I first stumbled upon Robert’s portfolio. I’ve never been on such a visual journey! Simply stunning work. Monkey Day Spa RED HAIR TALE by “botticelli”: fires my imagination and makes me want to write about far away lands by the sea… Sande Elkins Sunrise Sunset is simply stunning, and immediately connects me to the horses I know Sande has so much love for’ This image by Ken Mucke reminded me of when I went to the ballet for the first time. I knew I’d cry! I also admire Paul Vanzella’s approach to portraiture with his signature style and the concepts behind his work; kcranmer for her beautiful imagery and more recently, her portraiture and collaborations and many more! I hope this makes you laugh as it did me! From the talented, Cimmerrian Hugs to all! Jen :-)
Zorind Rakkmnn – a profile* !http://images-0.redbubble.com/rbimages/mybubble_work_main_view/avata…
Zorind Rakkmnn – a profile My name is Zorind Rakkmnn,and I am 1474 of your years old,in my dimension I am considered very young. / I am known in this galaxy/time because of my close ties to the human AlienVisitor,and I arrived on a Time-Light Ship in your 14th century. / At that time humanity had a beautiful world.But since then you you have been destroying it,too bad. I am from the moon Zinnadin which is the 4th moon of the Red Giant Zan,in the system Renna,deep within the Andromeda Galaxy. / Humankind will not discover my home world for another 800 of your centuries,by then you will have left and forgotten this small planet you call home.It will be forgotten and it will remain so until near the end of the 2000 year war,by then humanity will have formed an Alliance of 2900 species of beings,and will have colonized approx. 45,657 worlds. I would show you the shots I got of the Watuzziur,a species living in the swamps of Zandeeni Prime,but the shock would turn you into a jelly-like substance, not pleasant. My hobbies are time travel,species watching, watching females of most species, Garranti fishing,cooking ,collecting antique starmaps and Geocaching across Galaxies. All of the Alien Worlds presented here by the human known as Alienvisitor are real,I project them to his brain with a mind link while he sleeps!. / He believes they come from his dreams and imagination,but he is, after all only human !. Over time I hope to present here a great many of the images I have recorded from the thousands of worlds,solar systems and galaxies I have visited in my travels and also introduce some of the many Alien Races I have met. “May your pod never be dry!! and May you create well and prosper” Alienvisitor’s Imagi – Nation* AV
There is an artist who I have know as a RB friend since coming on the site. Her art as inspired me. How she creates art is the same…
There is an artist who I have know as a RB friend since coming on the site. Her art as inspired me. How she creates art is the same way I create art. She does it with the mind. Mine is melded,while her’s is fused. Her creations are of this Earth,while mine are beyond this Earth. But her work is Stellar and Galactic in its scope,for it takes in the endless void of the mind. I call her the WU and if you view her creations,you will too. “May she create well and prosper” AV
I often engage in chat with RB folk and when I mention (or they discover for themselves) that I am from Northern Ireland, they somehow t…
I often engage in chat with RB folk and when I mention (or they discover for themselves) that I am from Northern Ireland, they somehow turn the conversation to their ancestory and often I have discovered that American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand folk do like to discuss that their grandparents, etc originated from our emerald green isle. I personally think that this is pretty cool. I do have a great interest in my own ancestory and heritage and I have discovered a lot of information about my own family roots. I can trace my family tree back to 1609 and beyond (I say beyond as that era then becomes patchy and difficult to find solid evidence or documentation on same). I do know that our family name does stem back to the registry of the doomsday book in the form of Jack/Jack’s) ... My family name is Jackson. A local historian (now deceased) Mr D J McCartney dedicated 19 years of his own life to research our family tree. It is recorded in the following book:- This book is a first class read whether or not your family name happens to be ‘Jackson’ ... it links Stonewall Jackson (Confederate General) and Andrew Jackson (US President) as direct blood relations and also outlines some of our other great military men that were prominent figures in the great world wars, Vietnam, Korea, Irish wars and many more. I am proud to be a direct blood relative in this line of Ulster Jacksons and am so pleased that my father (also named Stonewall) and I are pictured and recorded here as the latest of the line. My own children now take that honour (this book was published in 1997). I hope that you source this book and read it. Like ive said, it is a great read and I think it would have the effect of perhaps ‘kick starting’ you to begin researching your own family name/roots. It is an interesting and rewarding journey! This book is available on Amazon.com and from main source:- Carrickfergus Borough Council, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland, BT38. Thanks for spending time reading this entry ….. much appreciated! x SNAPPYDAVE
Karin Taylor, Jo O’Brien, Stuart Chapman, Lance Jackson, Ragman, Mark German, Steven Lippis, Simone Byrne and myself have added some v…
Karin Taylor, Jo O’Brien, Stuart Chapman, Lance Jackson, Ragman, Mark German, Steven Lippis, Simone Byrne and myself have added some very useful tutorials and links for those members who’d like some help in learning a few extra tricks to make their time on the bubble easier. I have this link in my profile, so it’s going to be easy to find. I’ll add to it as I learn of new helpful information. How to enhance your profile Text formatting Where to get help/critique/FAQ Help on how to sell your work How to TAG your work effectively Inserting image links easily with Stuart Add category lists How to make smoke photos Digital Infrared info Ragman’s excellent advice on all things arty farty Mark German’s fantastic photographic techniques Steven gives an explanation on how to utilise a flash modifier My experience with Neutral Density Filters My hints on shooting at the beach Explaning focal lengths for digital Polarisers – a visual experiment
New Phoenix wins POTD at DIC for Digital Art. http://www.di…
New Phoenix wins POTD at DIC for Digital Art. http://www.digitalimagecafe.com
*This was prompted by some comments that were not very complementary to the “genre” I create in, but everyone should make up their own mi…
This was prompted by some comments that were not very complementary to the “genre” I create in, but everyone should make up their own minds about what I create. / I like viewers to critique my work, both pro & con, but please let it be on the art itself, not on the genre as a whole, and if you don’t get pleasure from what I create, then please view it and move on. When we think of ancient art we tend to think of the Greeks or even back before recorded history when Pro-Magnon was squatting in caves and drawing pictures of the futures of his/her imaginations in pigments. / But if truth be told we have come full circle yet again, we still “squat in our caves” and use pigments on our walls. / Now our caves are what we call “modern” our “walls” are canvases, boards, papers, and in my case the computer screen. / But to my way of thinking we are still the “ancients”, for in a few thousand years we will be considered ancients. / Our art will be viewed as “primitive”. The ancients depicted our solar system and planets as they were imagined in their minds, this is what I and the artists of the “scifi” genre try to depict, as the other ancients imagined, so do we. / And will those same future beings view our work and say” did they once visit, were they there before and the knowledge as been lost” / Many in the art world and elsewhere view what we do as nonsense, yet all “art” of our age,whatever genre, as being done before and is really based on ancient art. The human mind is a vast storehouse of imaginings past down through the human “gene” pool over the eons, how each individual uses it should not be considered nonsense or fiction until it can be proved what we depict on our cave walls is not how other worlds look. “May you always create well and prosper in whatever genre you choose” Alienvisitor’s Imagi – Nation David & Zorind
I’ve been banned from using incense in the house, from my last foray into trying smoke photos….lol!! However, if you’d like to give it …
I’ve been banned from using incense in the house, from my last foray into trying smoke photos….lol!! However, if you’d like to give it a go, Lance has produced a tutorial telling how he does it. Go forth and stink up your garages and studios, peeps!
I`m always discovering new talent here on RedBubble, and recently I came across Paul Jackson...
I`m always discovering new talent here on RedBubble, and recently I came across Paul Jackson, who does the most beautiful watercolours. When I found his gallery, I thought many of them were photographs. I am particularly enamored with his study of glass objects. Here are some of my favs. The more I look at them, the more impressed I get.
:( I’m sad. He was only 50. I actually liked his music, seriously. / It was something I secretly listened to. / And it’s just sad….
:( I’m sad. He was only 50. I actually liked his music, seriously. / It was something I secretly listened to. / And it’s just sad. / He was one of the most famous people in the world I think. Totally going to go listen to his music now.
This song by the late Michael Jackson… is in his words “As close to an autobiography as it gets”..... At last he is at peace… ...
This song by the late Michael Jackson… is in his words “As close to an autobiography as it gets”..... At last he is at peace… Have you seen my Childhood....... Not a dry eye here…
Hi, everyone. / I wasn´t a big Michael Jackson fan; actually I quitted listening to his music a long time ago. The main reason is that I t…
Hi, everyone. / I wasn´t a big Michael Jackson fan; actually I quitted listening to his music a long time ago. The main reason is that I think he stopped being innovative after his successful “Thriller” album _ with a few very respectful exceptions. I know a lot of Michael´s fans would kill me for saying this, but I´m not going to argue either on this matter. / The thing is that somehow my kids did grew up following his carreer up to his final days and they were devastated when hearing about his death. / So I created this video specially for them. / This video has some technical flaws. Besides, my site is still under construction. But I thought that perhaps some of you would like to take a look at it. / So here it is.
Today the headlines scream that Michael was murdered. (sigh.) / I always thought he was killed, but not in the everyday sense of the w…
Today the headlines scream that Michael was murdered. (sigh.) / I always thought he was killed, but not in the everyday sense of the word “murder”. Is there such a thing as “legal murder” – maybe we need to think about this and at a deeper level, question why he died. And for that matter, Heath Ledger, and the list of others before them. Every day, ordinary people die from drug related causes and the media publish and condemn the use of illicit substances and the law comes down on those who deal in them. Those who die pass anonymously from this planet and remain only a statistic—their lives and deaths forgotten. When someone famous dies from drug overdoses or drug use, they make the headlines and the stories reignite and the lawmakers and media get their pens ready to wield their power. / . / But WHEN will the media and our governments pick up on the fact that we have had a series of very famous people who die from the use of the supposed “good drugs”...the pharmaceutical sweets dispensed freely by the medical profession all across the planet. Isn’t it time we questioned what the hell is going on with the drug companies, the medical profession AND the weak governments that bow down and make laws that allow them to have such power. Isn’t it time we took control over what gets put into our bodies? Isn’t it time we took a look at just which drugs are doing more harm to our bodies, insidiously sitting in our bathroom cupboards and slowly taking their toll on humanity while the “legal” drug dealers get fat and rich????? / Heath died, Elvis died, Michael died, just to name a few…....isn’t it about time to ask REAL questions?
*In 7 days I sail off into the sunset, on a cruise ship. Leaving from Vancouver, 5 days at sea, then cruising the islands and ending 12 d…
In 7 days I sail off into the sunset, on a cruise ship. Leaving from Vancouver, 5 days at sea, then cruising the islands and ending 12 days later in Honolulu,Hawaii, then back to Kauai for another 9 days. / This trip celebrates our 40th wedding anniversary. I think this will be a once only trip. / This is also one of 3 places on Earth I wish to see. The other 2 are kayaking the NW coast of Australia, and taking the Siberian Railway 6,152 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok. And there are many places beyond Earth I still have to visit, but I guess they’ll have to wait!. / I’m looking forward to taking lots of photos, I feel its only fair I take Hawaii off-world. “May you always create well and prosper” AV
I just saw Michael Jackson’s “This is It” movie, directed by Kenny Ortega. I know of Michael Jackson only as a casual fan. I went to see …
I just saw Michael Jackson’s “This is It” movie, directed by Kenny Ortega. I know of Michael Jackson only as a casual fan. I went to see this movie out of curiousity, more than out of reverence. Having seen “it” I now appreciate him far more than I have in the past and will for sure go buy whatever album is for sale with the soundtrack. Michael Jackson’s life was not a pretty fairy tale. He was born with an excess of talent in a family all to willing to exploit that talent. From the beginning one could understand why Michael had little grasp of the reality most people live, but he did possess what the people craved, he had talent, looks, taste and a compulsive desire to entertain in a big way. Numerous pop hits earned him a following that has not been diminished by his peronal excesses. Excesses that we all know about, his altered face, his fantasy estate, and his desire to enjoy the company of children, to name the big three. His friends and family loved him, the Govt. wanted to imprison him, and we, his fans wanted too much from him. When one has “it” it usually comes with an expressed wish to indulge in displaying it. We all can relate to that feeling here at RB. What few of us can relate to is the huge success he had, and just what that success does to one’s mind. The dopamine highs in the beginning of his carreer must have been so overpowering that he started sacrificing his own body to be able to continue generating hits and shows. At all costs, he wanted to be even more than he actually was. We too, can relate with that here at RB. Elvis, Marylin Monroe, and James Dean and you can see the theme. Does catering to one’s expressive abilities have to be so destructive? We all have heard on the media just how Michael died. He wanted a dubious doctor to give him drugs to help him sleep. He gave him the drugs and for whatever reason, that night became his last. The doctor was reckless, yes, and may be charged with a crime, but still it was Michael’s desire to “enhance” that led to his finding someone who would say yes to his wants. Many feel they want to be famous, popular or a star. Well, stars burn bright, and even brighter stars, burn even quicker.They eventually explode of course, sooner than the later. Some “stars” peak and then settle down, others keep upping the ante’. Some of us handle popularity better than others do. It is tough to know how any of us mere mortals would handle the fame Michael had. It can even be argued that such talent comes at the expense of the ability to handle it. I don’t know. I do know that I now appreciate his loss a whole lot more. When on stage and in rehearsal, he indeed was “The King of pop”. He directed and controlled a supremely talented group of people, he was the man with the vision, who made sure we got to experience what he knew, we wanted to. That connection the entertainer has with his audience was something he did respect. He worked very hard, demanded the very best, and delivered more often than not. “This Is It” was a show that truly summed up the best of what he was, and unfortunately his big heart gave out before the world could see him for the last time. It’s as if he knew it would be his last tour… because he knew the toll that was being paid.
Michael Jackson – Movie / Documentary / / This Is It / / A long time ago in a far away land… I was a…
Michael Jackson – Movie / Documentary / / This Is It / / A long time ago in a far away land… I was an impressionable teenager. / The years 1980 – 1985 really did form the basis of my musical appreciation and I was clearly affected ( in all good ways!!) by the likes of Adam and The Ants, Prince, Metallica, Duran Duran and KISS. / During these years, Michael Jackson was in (now, in my opinion) his finest form as an artist, with Albums like Off The Wall and Thriller / ..but in those days I didn’t quite get it. / I think back and (laughingly) I think it was all the dancing in his promo clips that made me shy away from being a true fan. / Now don’t think for a moment that I don’t appreciate the art form of dance, when done well, I think it’s amazing but back then I was all about the “music” and “musicians” so when I saw a video by Prince and The Revolution, with all those guitarists, drummers and keyboardists on stage I dug it immediately. / What’s that got to do with a review about “This Is It”? / Well, at least you know that this isn’t written from the point of view of a gushing fan but more from the view point of an admirer of this hugely talented man. / Also, I know it would be easy to stray and write about Michael Jackson purely from his so called “whacko” existence; well I won’t, unless you know someone personally and deeply, discussing their short comings as a human being is fraught with danger and better left to those who wish to promote propaganda rather than promoting the good and inspirational. / / The movie / documentary covers basically the rehearsals for what was to be a 50 show tour of England. / Coming from a background where rehearsing for theatre and stage was part my everyday life I was immediately absorbed into the vibe of this film. / Some of the footage included in the epic was filmed only eight days before Michale’s unfortunate passing. / / You can tell that Michael never really gets out of second gear during rehearsals… not singing all the lyrics, not completing every dance move with ferocity. But, if his second gear is this inspiring, I can only imagine how spectacular he must have been when giving it his all! / Captured too is are little interactions between Michael and his stage manager, band, vocalists and dancers, these are priceless moments where you hear a quietly determined and professional entertainer pulling into line his troops and guiding them with a knowing and at times gentle but stern hand. / / His band is truly awesome, producing a perfect reproduction of sound to Michael’s music that everyone throughout the years has come to know. / His dancers… Wow! Watching them go through their routines is a reminder of not only how much skill and confidence is required but also how physically grueling and taxing being a dancer can be. / / I’ve been told that during the filming of this movie Michael was 50 years of age. / He looked fit and ready for the upcoming tour. / He (even at that age) was able to move, sing and dance around the stage like a double jointed cobra and look graceful in doing so! / The tour perhaps may have elevated him even higher in the eyes of his fans and this film is homage to his true talent as a live performer / entertainer. / / If you are a fan, a music lover or just plain curious, see This Is It you will not be disappointed. / It will leave you feeling quite uplifted but also shaking your head at the why’s, how comes and vagaries of this beautiful thing we call life. / / Peace y’all, / Paul :)
It was short(ish) notice, but I found out about the World Premiere / Royal Screening for the new Peter (“Lord of the Rings”) Jackson film…
It was short(ish) notice, but I found out about the World Premiere / Royal Screening for the new Peter (“Lord of the Rings”) Jackson film one day before it happened. And since I’d some luck at the Last Royal Screening I attended (what with Queen Elizabeth II going to it) I decided I’d try again. Here’s how it went down: / “Tom, I’m standing here on the red carpet, Yellow Cap Guy is further up ahead, and that crazy extensible boom mike idea you had appears to be working. Good times, as long as it doesn’t rain” / Thanks a truckload, Tom. Still apparently my camera is weatherproof. Time to test that hypothesis! (Apparently the most expensive lens in my arsenal – ie. the one mounted on it right now – isn’t weatherproof. Well…. Let’s test THAT hypothesis too. This photo is of Actress Carolyn Dando, who managed to leverage a role in the production “Fatal Contact (Bird Flu in America)” into a role in a Peter Jackson film. Wow… / A guy with an umbrella, whose name is Michael Imperioli who was in “The Sopranos” and a heap of films, none of which I recognise him from. Hey, I take photos… I don’t have time to actually WATCH stuff! / “Come on Richard, you know very well that the first Lord of the Rings film was the best.” True, in my opinion. The Academy went kind of crazy-nuts and gave the third in the trilogy every award but ‘Best R’n’B release’ at the Oscars. But that’s just me… / And here he is : Director Peter Jackson, looking very dapper in a tux, and sporting an even thinner look than he had on the King Kong directors commentary back in 2005 (I mention it because ‘the list’ of celebs had him looking a lot chubbier. I hope he was recognised!) / ”You really want me to write ”For Frodo”?. Oh, like I haven’t signed that before” . Mr Jackson didn’t have a whole heap of time to sign autographs in our area, and I was unsuccessful in obtaining a signature that would have gone nicely with my Gollum + Aragorn. Never mind… he joins Quentin Tarantino and The Fonz, all of whom have snubbed me in the past 8) / Actress Susan Sarandon is HOW old? Damn.. that’s pretty impresive / Academy Award winning actress Susan Sarandon says ”I’m HOW old?? Damn… that’s pretty impressive” / Director Peter Jackson and Actress Saoirse Ronan admire the rain and the heavy camera machinery pointed at them / It’s a busy photo, but there are some interesting expressions in it. My position was good, except Peter Jackson doesn’t really present much more than a profile aspect when interviewed. And there was rain. And people moving back and forth. And stuff. / Peter Jackson. He started out with movies like ‘Bad Taste’ and ‘Meet the Feebles’, then somehow leveraged that into a middlingly unsuccessful movie called ‘The Frighteners’ starring Michael J Fox, and then somehow leveraged that into directing THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY. Now THAT’S how you use leverage! / ”PJ: The detail in the water droplets is fantastic! Is that CGI?? / “Interviewer: Dude, I think that’s just ordinary rain” / “PJ: Oh” / Peter Jackson also founded Weta Digital, a world-class effects house based in New Zealand. I was once on holiday in New Zealand where I had dinner with a girl who worked for Weta Digital and apparently it’s hard but fun work. / / / Actor Reese Ritchie managed to leverage a role in the widely panned ’10,000 BC’ into a role in a Peter Jackson film. More great leverage. / She’s fifteen. Time for… curfew? No, in fact Saoirse Ronan kept her promise and returned to sign autographs after finishing her interviews further up the chain of media cameras. Very commendable indeed. / Dude, let it go. She obviously doesn’t owe you five dollars / Comedian, Author, Podcaster and famous twitter-er Stephen Fry. / A bit over a year ago, I snapped the Queen herself at a premiere. This time? Another member of the family. Though sadly, I did not do as well. / That Bentley has some clean windows alright… This is Camilla…. and… I actually don’t know her last name… / With The Queen last year, I was shooting long distance, but at least unobstructed. Here, it wasn’t just a crowd in front of me, but Paps on step-ladders in from of THEM and security and red-carpet revellers in front of THEM. Still… here’s HRH Prince Charles. (Just barely!) So.. that’s another one for The Archive of Movie Premieres, which is starting to bulge with over FIFTY movie premieres, which is incidentally sufficient to provide photos for its own Calendar and even an Exhibition Until next time!
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