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Re: the above, there were 2 guys on one side of the foosball table, and myself and 1 guy on the other. The first part came from the other side of the table, and the second part was uttered by me. Aw, snap! ;p

So, yeah, if you couldn't tell, I totally forgot to post earlier. Whoops! Busy, busy, busy.

I wound up going running in spite of the weather yesterday, and I'm glad I did. Gizmo had to go outside anyway, because rain or shine, he's got to go and do his business, and I'd rather him not pee all over my stuff. ;p So, seeing as I was going to get rained on anyway, I figured I might as well run. I came back looking utterly bedraggled and hair-plastered-to-my-forehead drenched, but *wow*, it was a good run, and I did really well! I kind of struggled the last few times I went, so I was kind of surprised, but I think I even managed to tire out Gizmo.

So, I guess running in the rain agrees with me. Either that, or I've finally turned into a Real Oregonian, who laughs in the face of rain, bwahaha!

I skipped wushu today... I have stuff that I can and/or should get done, but I've still got the ol' guilt feelings. I feel like I should run around the block 80 times to make up for it, heh.

Anyway, not much else is happening. I have a lot of nifty ideas, but I'm kind of lacking the focus to pick one and run with it, at the moment. Photo-related stuff seems to be winning right now, mostly because I have other people to motivate me in that area. :) I was supposed to model for a paid photoshoot tomorrow, but it's being postponed for the 80-hojillionth time due to crappy weather. BOOOO. I think I'll be doing a trade shoot and/or playing with the fancy new cameras instead, though, so whee!

Speaking of, I farted around in Photoshop for a bit, using some pictures the guys took yesterday with the fancy new cameras, and I started a Before/After gallery. Not perfect, I'm sure, but it's fun to monkey around, at least! :)

That's all! Weekend looks promising. Hooray for 3-day weekend!

Date: 2006-05-25 05:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ambivalentmonk.livejournal.com
I WENT TO PRACTICE TODAY! IT FELT SO GOOD!

Date: 2006-05-26 01:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xplo-eristotle.livejournal.com
You want to go easy on the skin smoothing unless you're trying to go for the plasticky, heavily airbrushed, glossy magazine cover look. A little roughness and variation makes skin look more real. If you need to do heavy editing on a blemish or scar or something and it comes out looking too smooth, overlaying a little blurred noise can help the edit blend in with the rest of the skin. It's kind of a hack, though, so don't use it on (say) entire faces.

Also, I notice your edited versions tend to look a bit soft/blurry, which is something you generally want to avoid. A (reasonably) sharp photo has a lot more punch.

Nice job cleaning up the girl's hair.. I had to flip back and forth for a while to see exactly what you did. It looks like you blew out the shadows, though.

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