Stagg Bowl Again!

Once again this year, Virginia Media Services will be providing photography of the game for the Old Dominion Athletic Council.  We had to miss it last year due to the gigantic freak snowstorm that blocked I-81 for most of two days, just as the Virginia Tech students were trying to get home for the holidays.  Here's a link to a photo from the game held in 2008.  The same two teams, Mount Union and UW-Whitewater, seem to end up in the championship every year, and 2010 is no exception.  Here's another action shot from the game.  Here's a small fan, and here's another sort of participant.

Weather will be cold but otherwise not too bad.  Come to the game!

Watercolor photo conversion

Here is another watercolor painting conversion of a bridal shot. Original photo is by Kurt Grosshans. While it is a nice photo, the art conversion really needs a tighter crop. After some significant thought, I chose a crop that may seem a little odd at first glance. The original photo is interesting, but not easy to convert into the watercolor effect because of the scale, and I was not really sure what the pose was trying to convey. However, the tight crop seems to have a bit more movement in it, and it shows the effect of the brush strokes better than the longer view would have. I intentionally cut off part of the model and left a little extra black background on the left side. This allows the potential for either a tighter crop toward the face, or space for text down the left side of the frame.

CD Launch Party features Va Media photos

The local old-time string band Old Sledge will have a launch party for their new CD today from 5 to 8 pm at the Palisades restaurant in Eggleston. Here is a link to the MySpace page for the band, and here is a link to the webpage for the Palisades. The album cover features an interior shot of the band on location in an abandoned building in Eggleston.

Vamedia photos being used by band

Shots from a photoshoot we recently did for a local band have begun to appear in their advertising materials. Here is a link to their MySpace page, on which you can find some of the shots. Click on the 'pics' link to see more of their selections. A few have been posted to the flickr page here.

Photos become art

Here is another photo to art conversion. Original photo on the left, converted on the right. Here I had to lighten the background quite a bit before doing the painting. Also, had to do a little freehand touch up after using the art brushes to get better plane separation in a couple of places. Fun