Photo of Evie
Another short post and a single photo. This was actually taken a couple of weeks ago but I’ve only just got around to posting it up here. I was out with a few friends on a Saturday night and had taken my camera out in case any decent photo opportunities came up. This one seemed like a good one so I snapped away. The subject is a Brazilian girl called Evie who is a friend of mine, and she has her arms around what looks in that shot very much like the Japanese horror character Sadako from the movie “Ringu“. Evie is really photogenic and has a very fun personality which comes out in this shot pretty well I feel. I want to get her doing some fashion or portrait photography one day as it will give me some experience of working with composition and might give her some shots for a possible portfolio.
Digitally ageing a photo
Just a small post here, but I thought it worth showing to you all. A couple of days ago I found this picture on one of the internet forums I frequent taken of a 1949 Mercedes Benz (not sure what model exactly). It was a really nice shot but he was looking to age the photo a little to make it look more authentic and vintage. You can see the original shot here:
So a good shot to start with but I opened up Photoshop and with the help of a couple of internet tutorials I managed to come up with what I think is a great little piece of editing. Click to read the rest of the article to see what I came up with…
Custom Car Show 2008 in Okinawa
Yes, it’s that time again and how time has flown. The Custom Car Show is one of the big events for people to show off their cars in Okinawa, and on the whole we were treated to good weather last Sunday. There were a few showers but it just helped to keep the edge off the heat. Didn’t stop me getting sunburnt but some things never change. This particular car show will always give me fond memories though as it’s pretty much the first time I met up with Tara (aka Turbosnatch) in Okinawa, and who became one of my closest friends here. So with high expectations and armed with my camera I headed up to Chatan for the show.
There were the usual array of lowrider cars there, along with a couple of drift cars, classics imported from the US, some VW buses and Beetles and bikes too. Late on in the day was a performance by Okinawan hip-hop group, Triple P. I saw them last year and they were pretty good, but I was burning as the afternoon wore on and there’s only so much taking pics of cars that you can take. And with that in mind, here are some of my favourite shots that I took from the show. Have to say this first picture is the one I like best; the composition, focusing, colours all seemed to work. Let me know which ones are your favourites.
Should note that this is a picture-heavy post so only click to read more if you have a decent internet connection.
Full version of Meaghan’s kickboxing fight online
Yesterday I reported on Meaghan Pimsler’s (a friend & dive student of mine, and one of the coolest people here in Okinawa) first kickboxing fight in Japan, a fight she won emphatically. The video I posted yesterday was only the first round of the giths, but here we have the full fight and from a much better angle, for your viewing pleasure.
MMA fighter and a great photographer
Not too much to report over the past week or so, which is the main reason for my lack of updates. Looks like there will be no diving this weekend either due to strong winds coming in, which means another weekend of no diving. Time has been spent on the car and other things this year, but the small number of dives I have done this year really surprised me when I looked at my dive logs recently. One thing that will take some of my attention this weekend though will be the 2008 Custom Car Show in Chatan. I went to that last year and managed to get some good photos there. And this week I’ll be armed with my Canon EOS 20D camera which should hopefully make for some even better shots. And Okinawan J-hip-hop group Triple P will be performing, which will bring out all the crazy kids jumping up and down too. So expect an update very early next week with some photos.