Check out this first glimpse of Call Of Duty – Modern Warfare 4 dubbed ‘Plastic Ops’….
Just kidding!
I made this little mock-up as part of a Christmas present for someone who wanted Call of Duty MW3. I put the game is the bottom of a larger box and filled it with packing peanuts. This was in the box at the top so it was the first things the gift receiver saw when opening the present. I guess I could have timed this better and gotten these pics out of April 1st, but time got away from me.
For the record, I have never played any COD games nor do I have any interest in playing any COD games. I may be a nerd, but I am not that kind of nerd. Maybe that means I am not such a nerd….or not.
With a bit of time off work, I thought I would have another crack at a FreeRider 2 track. My previous track was the Park Orchards BMX Track (which was before the latest track changes) which was obviously aimed at using the BMX bike. This time I have recreated a ‘Red Bull Rampage’ type track that is aimed at using the mountain bike. I have called the track the ‘Blue Cow Rumpage’…you know, copyright issues and all. The code for the track is quoted at the bottom of this blog post. Continue reading →
I would love to try and skate a Red Bull Crashed Ice course, but my skills on ice are lacking
Check out the latest installment in full (1.5hrs) from the 2012 season that took place in St Paul, Minnesota. There are more videos, including highlights, on various Red Bull YouTube accounts from other Crashed Ice seasons and races, just search YouTube. Also check out the Red Bull Crashed Ice website.
You may have seen some of Erik Johansson’s photography composites floating around the interwebs. In a video from TED, he discusses how he develops his ideas and turns them into a final image. It really is a mixture of photography and illustration which creates phenomenal results that will blow your mind. The tools he uses are readily available, and as he says, the only limit is one’s imagination. If only I had his vivid imagination!
Eric’s personal portfolio is available on his blog.
Back in the early days of inline skating, that is the late 80′s into the early 90′s, it was easy for skate companies to decide on what size wheels came on each skate in their product range. In general entry level skates came with 4 x 72mm wheels, mid range skates came with 4 x 76mm wheels and high end skates came with 4 x 80mm wheels. Then there were the specialty skates for competitive disciplines. In that arena is was basically hockey skates with 4 x 76mm wheels and speed skates with 5 x 80mm wheels. Continue reading →
This is a very cool shot of Taipei 101 taken in the evening by Flickr user yameme. I found this shot while looking at picture of Taiwan on Flickr (I have been their once and enjoyed my time there) and was amazed by the color and vibrancy shown. The body of work from yameme also has many other shots from Taipei, Taiwan and east Asia which are all excellent. Check out his (or her) Flickr photostream for more.
OK it’s been a while since I have worked on my web presence and in that time my blog was hacked and it appears it was redirecting all my traffic on all my sites to some dodgy Russian site. It took me a while to figure it out and I hope it nothing malicious happened to anyone’s computer that attempted to view my sites.
Here is a little sample of some fun with dry ice in colored water I was working with on the weekend. I have a few variations on the theme and A LOT of shots with all manner of lighting and backdrops.
I will be submitting a number of them for microstock. Hopefully it will get me over the line with ShutterStock.
This shoot has given me a lot of ideas for more stock and the confidence to do more product photography. Some more lighting would help though (Ranger Quadra…wink, wink).
