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Aug
20

Sizzling Summer Fun in the South

posted in Life

A late and overdue life update. Brace yourselves. It’s a long one.

A few weeks ago I invited a friend to come over from Florida and spend the weekend with me in Georgia. We had all sorts of fun.

On Friday we set out to climb down Stone Mountain. We couldn’t have picked a hotter summer day. I thought Florida was hot, but now I know why they call it HOTlanta. Boy did we break a sweat.

Saturday we explored

Jul
09

Post-Processing Tutorial of a Self-Portrait

posted in Freebies | Photography

Below is a simple walk-through on how I achieved the look in my “Incognito” self-portrait. When browsing through my set of images, sometimes it takes me a while to realize the potential in an image. I force myself to visualize how the images will look if I try cropping them a different way. The composition can really make a mediocre image a GREAT image

Jun
28

QuickPost: PixelGirl Presents my Wallpaper!

posted in Design | Illustration

My “On a High” illustration is a featured desktop at PixelGirl Presents.

Pixelgirl Presents

I want to thank Shana Victor for posting it up. Only one of the color schemes got posted up on the site. I have both color schemes available for download at this blog post.

PixelGirl Presents is an awesome source of high-quality wallpapers and icons by all kinds of great artists and illustrators.

Jun
21

On Self-Portraiture

posted in Inspiration | Photography

Self-portraiture is something that I’ve recently been doing for fun or when I need a creative break from a web project.  It all started when I first purchased my DSLR. I really wanted to sharpen my picture-taking and editing skills, so what better and more accessible subject than myself?

While I thoroughly enjoy taking pictures of others

May
25

It’s Official—I’m a Mac!

posted in Technology

After being a PC user for years, I had a jealous fit after my sister kept showing off her glossy new iMac and all its fancy apps whenever I was over. Was Mac really better? There was only one way to find out. BUY ONE! So I did.

And this, fellow readers, is what happens when you switch from a PC