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20080828

New Set: Fresh Bruises

I just uploaded a set of pictures taken just two days after the recent motorcycle accident... you'll find it right at the top of the Members Only gallery! It's a pretty simple set, given that every picture is of my backside since that's where the bruises are. So if you like girl butts, bruises, or me (and you're here so I know you do! ^_^) then DO check out these new pics!

Now available to Members Only: Fresh Bruises, 23 images

And if you think that bruise is colourful, just wait until you see the followup set, Fishnets 'n' Bruises. This "minor discolouration" has nothing on that wicked hematoma!

Yes, I like bruises. I am weird like that.

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20080820

Blogging the Editing Process

Yesterday I concluded a little project I had started in early July, just a whim really, and it got put on hold for a month while life went all crazy on me (again). But yes, the exciting conclusion to "Blogging the Editing Process" has finally arrived! Exciting indeed.

Members, here are some quick-links to the individual posts:
- Part 1: Shooting, Uploading, and Importing
- Part 2: Sorting and Selecting
- Part 3: Editing in Lightroom
- Part 4: PhotoShop
- Part 5: Prepping for Web & Uploading
- Finale!


As the post titles might betray, I tried to cover each step, start to finish, of what it takes me to get a new set online(okay, sometimes I just thoroughly "gloss over" a particular part). It's a little... nerdy, I guess you'd say, considering that much of it is just technical jibber-jabber, and not so much with the sexy "ooh I touch myself and take a picture" talk. Meh.

I did learn a bit about my own practices during this project. One, and the most obvious "no duh" lesson is that I am easily distracted. I mean, not just distracted, but when my brain changes courses it's like I never look back and am content to just let the story trail off into the wind. But I'm working on that, on the whole "finishing what you start" thing. I mean hey, I finished this right?! :D Well, anyway, I also learned that I am indecisive and do a lot of backtracking while I edit. Probably because I have no idea what I'm doing back here. But yaknow, it's a learning experience. And those are cool.

You probably won't see me do any step-by-step series again, because damn it practically triples the workload of just editing the damn photos. I'm not kidding you; I probably would have had the set posted much earlier if I hadn't near-overwhelmed myself by writing up the process. Nonetheless, I do enjoy the "time lapse" images of a single picture as it goes through editing. That's pretty interesting (to me/for me to create), moreso than a simple "before and after" juxtaposition. So I'll probably do that again, maybe even for each set. And there I go being all ambitious again... For you non-members out there, here's an abbreviated version of the timelapse: It's 4200x800 pixels big and shows 7 steps, as opposed to the Members Only version that is 6600x800 and has 11 different versions. Pretty dorky stuff. ^_^

Editing timelapse


Members can see the entire set here: Wet 80's Nerd, 51 images

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