In the above video I’ll show you how I use cinefoil to shape light with my small strobe light. Of course, you can use this stuff on just about any light you have. This stuff can be used over and over again, is pretty cheap to buy, and can be cut and shaped however you …
Photoshop Tip: Remove Sunburn in Photoshop
Want to know how to remove sunburn in Photoshop? Sometimes you take a photo and there’s this annoying sunburn on someone–how do you get rid of it? There are several ways to get rid of this, i.e. frequency separation. But, in the video below I’ll show you how to bring that sunburned area of skin …
Lightroom Tip: Use Luminosity Range Mask to Selectively Edit Skies
I want to start doing quick and dirty tips for this site as well as my YouTube channel. In my first quick and dirty tip, I’ll show you how to use the Luminosity Range Mask in Lightroom to select the bright sky in your photo. This is great if you want to bring down the …
The miserable experience that was A Dance With Dragons
After I finished reading “A Feast For Crows” and talked about how much it disappointed me, I was assured that “A Dance With Dragons” would be much better because it concerned itself with the majority of the more interesting characters, i.e. Tyrion, Jon, Daenerys, Arya (I don’t know why I listed Arya, I hate her). …
Book Review: “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace
How do you even begin to tackle a review of David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest”? Well, for starters, let me just say I first read the book back in 2012. I read it while on 12-hour tour bus rides, in hotel lobbies, in hotel rooms, dressing rooms, and in restaurants. It took me about two …
Check out my recent book reviews on GoodReads
Well, I try to knock out a book a week. However, sometimes I try to tackle a monumental book that takes me a month, e.g., “Infinite Jest.” But you can check out my recent book reviews on Goodreads. I’ll usually do a brief review right after I finish a book. The most recent books: Clive …
My Scott Stapp Story
I’m sorry but while I’m writing this I just can’t bring myself to pull up a picture of Scott Stapp. I think I can stomach his face if I replace it with the mug of Abigail Ratchford. Anyway, Scott Stapp has been in the news recently because he decided it would be a good idea …
Dealing with Nutcases That Play The Victim
Yesterday I was checking my social media accounts and ran across something that infuriated me. I follow Christy Mack on Instagram, for obvious reasons, and on her most recent photo she said that she’d “be posting an update about her situation on Twitter” and that she was “alright.” I wonder what that was about. Sounds …
Why does a $250M movie fail? In “John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood” by Sellers we find out why…kinda.
I kind of have a special place in my heart for the “John Carter” movie. I remember being on my first tour back in 2012 and staying in this really nice part of Kansas City, MO. I was in a cool hotel room right on the outskirts of this downtown business district called Country Club …
Jarmusch’s “Only Lovers Left Alive” is either a huge joke or an annoying failure.
You know how people look back on the 80’s and laughingly say, “ugh, what were we thinking with that hair?” That’s the kind of hindsight people should have towards modern vampire movies. People should look back on Interview with a Vampire, Twilight, and even Vampire in Brooklyn and say, “Ugh, vampires are supposed to be …
