Everyday quote: The student of the game knows that the levels of revelation in any art, are inexhaustible. – Steven Pressfield (from “War of Art”). Today I will note a couple of events: listening to Corinne Bailey Rae new album “The Sea”, whose soulful voice, straightforward instrumentation and no-bells-and-whistles production I enjoy very much, especially… [Read more…]
March 29, 2010
Everyday quote: I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. – Augusten Burroughs Today’s everyday, as announced in my previous posts, is a corporate video for Sonic Pool. The word “corporate” doesn’t really sound right when used in conjunction with this post-production powerhouse located in Hollywood. Check it out, and see… [Read more…]
March 27, 2010
Everyday quote: The truth doesn’t change according to our ability to stomach it. – Flannery O’Connor. Today’s everyday is a timelapse shot while hanging out in Hollywood hills. Also included is a photo I took earlier this year. It reminds me a little of Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring.”
March 26, 2010
Everyday Quote: Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. – Samuel Johnson In his today’s NYTimes column, David Pogue lent his legitimacy as one of the nation’s most… [Read more…]
March 25, 2010
Everyday Quote: The development of an imagined piece into an actual piece is a progression of decreasing possibilities, as each step in execution reduces future options by converting one – and only one – possibility into a reality. – David Bayles I smirk as I type the above quote, having spent the whole day editing… [Read more…]
March 24, 2010
Everyday quote: No person needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one. -Elbert Hubbard In my humble opinion, if I could point out a single thing sorely lacking in most of the content speeding up and down broadband these days, it would be (the age old craft of) storytelling. I… [Read more…]
March 23, 2010
Everyday quote: …Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. – George Carlin Alright, so I looked at Photoshop masks today. The (not so) secret tool of compositors and retouchers everywhere. When a mask is attached to a layer, it serves as a passageway to… [Read more…]
March 22, 2010
Today’s Everyday is a video of my courtyard. I used “Little Alice” track from Danny Elfman’s Alice in Wonderland soundtrack (purchased from lala.com) and would highly recommend it. I learned today that I will need to use sand-bags to weigh down my tripod when working with a glidetrack. The camera and tripod head are too… [Read more…]
March 31, 2010
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