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February 29, 2008
Here we go again...
Yep, another Arnold and another weekend of no sleep! Congrats to Yaxeni Oriquen for setting the record on the women's side for the most titles in the show... more to come later this weekend!
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February 25, 2008
I Yeti SF!
So at Wondercon this past weekend, Gama Go had a booth and they had this dope shirt but it was all sold out in Men's sizes. Damn you Yeti!!!!!!!!Posted by genex at 10:49 PM | Comments (0)
February 19, 2008
Playa del Carmen wrap...
Well, I forced myself to only carry my point-and-shoot camera when I was in Playa del Carmen except when I was actually working of course and so I didn't take too many shots, but here's a quick little recap. You can find more if you look at my posts on TripAdvisor too.
So the requisite first shot - and of course it's lovers in the water - blech!
- the Mad Cow cafe - love it!
- I was amped to go see some Lucha Libres battle it out but got sidetracked at Kool (below) hanging out with our crew who eventually shut the place down...
I love wandering around the side streets, etc and this was a tortilleria I found mostly by it's loud sound of the giant conveyor belt looking thing that grinds up the corn I guess:
The little purse shop below had wonderful colors. This German couple rode up on their bikes to check it out while I was taking the shot:
My favorite restaurant was Taqueria El Fogon at 30th Ave near 14th I think - I had no idea what I was ordering but got this melted cheese with peppers - yum yum yum:
The best hangover food - once again I didn't know what the hell I was ordering:
And finally they say Mexico City is very smoggy - when I looked out my window I saw the perfect example of that - the sky was gorgeous and blue above the clouds, but smoggy and yellow below. I wish I used one of my 'real' cameras for better dynamic range:
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February 13, 2008
Playa del Carmen | Tripadvisor
So just added a review of the wonderful place I'm staying in Playa del Carmen, the Luna Blue Hotel and Garden but only took pix with my point-and-shoot right now so I will have to take some shots after the wedding since I'm conserving the batteries (yes I didn't bring both chargers!)
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February 4, 2008
On site at Silver Oak...
Here I am with an umbrella above the computer to protect it from the condensation on the inside of the tent at the new Silver Oak Cellars winery in Oakville, CA. We were setting up on a drab, dreary, wet day in Napa so the tent, even though there was heating, didn't hold in the heat that much where I was printing. It didn't matter though as we were able to do the shoot quite well and had a good time with it. We're definitely looking forward to the summer release when it'll be sunny and probably too hot!
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February 1, 2008
Photoshop techniques
I hate it when I create an action and then lose it. After I upgraded to CS3 I lost a few actions that I thought I had saved, but one was a technique I really liked using to tone and give a more raw effect to photos.
I just messed around for a bit to try and replicate it - not quite there, but hey if you only spend five minutes you can only expect so much...
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