Another Photo Comic Example

Here's another example of how its done. Just a picture I took of my toy transformer. Same technique as the post below. It's a work in progress. With some dodging & burning it will look awesome in no time. I've just been to busy to finish half my projects. But enjoy. Let me know if you have other interests I can show you about. Cheers.

Change Photos into Cartoons - Simple 'How to"

First of all you should have an editing program like Adobe Photoshop. Thats what I use here. This was easily done. Just take a photo you like, duplicate the background layer. Set blending mode to 'color dodge' and Invert the colours (ctrl+I). Gaussian blurs 7 pixels. Make New Adjustment Layer > Threshold > value between 230-240. Now you have what looks like a sketch. Colour on seperate layers, with blending mode set to 'Multiply'. Shade using the Burn tool on midtones. Only set it to approx 3% pressure. Then BAM you're done!

Monkeys Scare Me

More about me

So this is me. Picture was taken back in 2002 I think. Back when I was in Algonquin College, where I studied photography for a 2 year diploma. I still look pretty much the same as in the picture. Except I lost the bandana, and I'm not black & white. My skin is not grey anymore. ...And that was more about me.

PHOTO WEBSITES

Looking for good sites to give you photo ideas?
Here's a few that I find helpful. You can browse
other peoples art & photos and even upload and
share your own:
http://photo.net
http://photobucket.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://www.webshots.com

Not facebook.. It sucks now

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An Awesome Wipeout

Here's a series of shots you'll like. A buddy of mine trying to hop a garbage can. He's done it perfect so many times I thought I would use my 3 frames per second to capture it this time.





Remember always bring your camera with you.

Canon Vs. Nikon debate

I'm going to get into the age old camera question.
Which brand of Camera should I go with? Canon or Nikon?
To start I will have to assume you've gone digital already.
In this case Canon's Digic processors are rather amazing.
Good for low noise in dim lighting. Nikon also came
back with a sort of 2 x noise filter. You can get both
in any Megapixel range, so no competition there. As for
lens quality I find Nikon takes the lead. Even on low-end
lenses Nikon produces amazingly sharp results. Canons
high-end lenses & luxury edition lenses are also top quality.
So, which to go with? You have to make the choice.
Nikon, with their beautiful assortment of lenses and fast
buffer speed, or Canons excellent colour range and digic
processor? If only you could get a Nikon-to-Canon lens adapter.
Not going to ever happen. Sorry.

I made my decision a few years back.
I got the Canon 10-D. Has a magnesium body, 1600 ISO
and 3 fps. It's a workhorse. For a lens I got a
Sigma EX 24-85mm. Much cheaper than Canons equivalent.