8th of August 2008

First, i would like to point out how i do not usually double-book dates, because i like to do my best to have all my energy and focus for one couple. However, when i meet a couple that give off a great vibe and feeling, i try to do whatever i can to fulfill their need for a special ceremony.

So, because of the significance of 8/8/08, i agreed to perform ceremonies for three wonderful couples!

CONGRATULATIONS: Par. and Mar.!
Their ceremony was held at the LAKE SHRINE at the Self-Realization Temple in Malibu, just a little ways from the beach off of Sunset Blvd. and PCH. There were lots of people walking around on this beautiful morning. There were swans, ducks and koi in the lake, watching on as we paid tribute all the world's religions. We made a prayer in front of Gandhi's memorial, peeked in at the Meditation Room, and had the bulk of the ceremony taking place in the Sunken Garden.

CONGRATULATIONS: Gee and Rich!
Held at the fabulous Yorba Linda home of a friend, this wedding was truly special. With just a couple dozen close friends, it was a fabulous party and celebration. i had known this couple for about a year, since their 7/7/07 ceremony did not work out at first, but 8/8/08 proved to be the charm for this lovely, Chinese themed ceremony. There was lots of red, dragons, and noisemakers to wish the couple a happy life together.

CONGRATULATIONS: John and Tutu!
This special couple found me at the last minute, and asked me to perform their ring exchange ceremony. We met in the evening at DOUGLAS PARK in Santa Monica. It was a wonderful way to finish off an incredible day. i think they will be together for many, many years to come.

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Silverstone is regarded as a "home" track for many drifters based in the UK and would be the setting for round 3 of the 2008 Japaneseusedcars.com European Drift Championship.

Title: TAR-21 - Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Weapon Guide

An introduction to the TAR-21 in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer.

The TAR-21 (or simply Tavor) is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition with a selective fire system, selecting between semi-automatic mode, burst mode, and full automatic fire mode. The name "TAR-21" stands for "Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st Century". It is the standard issued weapon of the Givati Brigade (since August 2006) and Golani Brigade (since August 2008), with the Nahal Brigade receiving it by 2010. The MTAR-21 (Micro Tavor) was recently selected as the future assault rifle of the Israeli Defense Forces, and within the next few years it will become the standard Israeli infantry weapon. It is named after Mount Tabor.

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How to Get 90 Days of Adobe Illustrator For Free

Most DIY brides know that you can get Adobe Illustrator as a trial for free for 30 days. I used up my 30 days designing the Save the Date cards nine months ago. Oops! I am not a professional graphic designer, and I couldn't justify the $600 price tag for my wedding alone. But, I still wanted to design my own wedding invitations. Turns out, you can get THREE free trials of Illustrator for a total of 90 days!

Ninety days should be plenty of time to design all the paper products for your wedding to your heart's content. Plus, since each trial is 30 days, you can stretch out those trials. Design your Save the Dates during one trial, then three months later design your invitations in trial 2, and design your menus and programs two months later in trial 3.

Here's how:

Step #1: Adobe Illustrator 30-day trial
Download and install the Adobe Illustrator trial from this website. Use it for 30 days until the trial runs out. Uninstall Adobe Illustrator (in Windows: open Control Panel, then open Add/Remove Programs).

Step #2: Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium 30-day trial
Download and install the Design Premium 30-day trial from this website. During installation, select only Illustrator unless you want all the other products to install as well. Use it for 30 days until the trial runs out. Uninstall the entire Design Premium Suite.


Step #2: Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection 30-day trial
Download and install the Master Collection 30-day trial from this website. During installation, select only Illustrator unless you want all the other products to install as well. Use it for 30 days until the trial runs out. Uninstall the entire Master Collection Suite.

Final Tip:
The last day of your trial is NOT the last time you get to use the software. After your 30-day trial has run out, the software will let you use it one last time before blocking you and forcing you to enter a serial number. Take this opportunity to save all of your work into non-Illustrator files (PDFs and JPEGs) so you can view, use, and print your beautiful designs later.

Note: I did all of this on Windows XP with the Adobe CS4 suite. I can't guarantee this will work on Macs, other Windows versions, or other Adobe suite versions. You may actually be able to get two more 30-day periods by installing the Creative Suite Web Premium and Production Premium trials, but I haven't tried it.

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Title: Part 2 of 4 Adobe Illustrator Cs4 Creating a character , the inking job with the pen tool

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Sup everyone, how are you doing today? =3 welcome to the part two of this tutorial, In this video I will show you how I use the Pen tool to ink my cartoons with line art. Lol it can take a while so that is why I did a time laps in the middle to help speed it up. Lol it sucks sometimes, you can be about three or two minutes over the time limit here on your video for youtube, and that stinks xD, oh well, I'm happy. It's better than having nothing I might say. So yeah, As you can see the pen tool can be a little tricky to use at sometimes. Heck I use it all the time yet I still can have issues with it as you can see in this video xD. I guess practice makes perfect.

FYI: parts of the videos were done in different days due to work. D8

Note: I did some editing to save time, so I'm sorry if things skip around, or if it sounds like I say something out of whack Please notify me if you see something in the video I messed up or said incorrectly. Thank you so much for watching you guy. It really means a lot.

the character in this video name is Wayne, he is an English Bulldog from London. Most friends of mine might know him from Tegakie.com

oh yeah, if you have any constructive criticism I would love to have it, Don't be scared to say it. I'm a tuff man, I can take it. =3 thank you very much yall.

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Title: Photorealistic Architectural Rendering - Compositing in Adobe Photoshop

This is an overview of my photorealistic rendering technique with 3dsMax and Adobe Photoshop.
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Welcome to another tutorial brought to you by Creative Media Illustration. My name is Les Chylinski and in this tutorial I am doing an overview of my production process of this rendering.
This was an interesting rendering assignment because I had a chance to do my own photography. The site of the condominium project is located across the Mississippi from downtown Minneapolis. To take the photos of downtown I had to clime up to the top of exiting part of the mill that will be torn down to make room for this project. In this slide I marked my location from which I was taking the photos and I also sketched in the shape of the existing mill that would be torn down.
The roof of this existing mill was too low for the required vantage point so I had to create an illusion in Photoshop that we were positioned about 50 feet higher.
All of my photos were taken on an overcast day and that's another thing that I had to modify in Photoshop.
I positioned the sun behind the building on the left -- which makes it this an early morning shot with long shadows.

For this rendering the client provided me with the SketchUp model which was a little out of date and more accurate Revit model. I decided to use the SketchUp model to set the camera and use it as a place holder for the final render of the building. After I set up my shot I find the vanishing points that I will need for sournding environment the final render of the building will be done using the Revit model. The revit model was imported into 3dsMax and rendered with mental ray. Everything other then the two condo buildings will be composited in Photoshop.

I started in Photoshop by stitching together the background photos.
I added more color to the photos by increasing saturation.
I removed the existing overcast sky and replace with a clear early morning sky.
To get that soft warm glow in this background photo I applied yellow hues with a soft brush on an overlay blending mode.
As I am working on the surrounding environment in Photoshop, someone else texturing and rendering the model in 3dsMax. Working together like this our total production time is three days.
This is the finished max render and here is the render after some color adjustments in Photoshop.
Here are the photos of exiting mill that will be renovated. Again I was too close so that I have to separate each face of the building, adjust the perspective with transform tool and stitch everything together. The building on the right is another condo project that was under construction at the time. I took a photo of an exiting physical model of this project and composited it into my rendering as an underlay.
Here is what it looks like after I finished in Photoshop. I added mullions with the line tool and selected solid areas to apply some textures and adjust color.
Now it's time to give this rendering some life with foliage cars and people. First I am blocking in out all of the ground textures with the rectangular lasso tool. And then use the paste into command in Photoshop to add textures.
Next I add more detail and some more definition to the shadows in the final step I adjust brightness and contrast with curves.
I hope there are some ideas in this tutorial that you can apply in your work. Thanks for watching and please visit us at www.cmistudio.com

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ELEMENTS: Ouija Board Save-the-Date Announcements!

Check out these fantastic Save-the-Date announcements, created for an upcoming October wedding!  Thanks to SO YOU'RE ENGAYGED for sharing the how-to's of this DIY masterpiece!

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Title: Thereminist Armen Ra / METAL a tribute to Maria Callas

Sola Perduta Abandonatta! from the Opera Manon Lescu by Puccini. Video Laure Leber/
World-famous thereminist Armen Ra debuts METAL, a multimedia cycle of five arias selected from the repertoire of Maria Callas. Special guests narrate the content of the arias while the theremin voices the melodies, set against a backdrop of metallic black-and-white footage of Callas, projected in extreme slow motion so that every micro-expression in her face becomes apparent, simultaneously revealing a woman of great pride and profound vulnerability, creating a portrait that is both hauntingly mythological and painfully human.



As if playing the ghost of an instrument, a Thereminists role appears to be part musician part conjurer; though after listening to Armen Ras playing and point of view, you most likely will believe the latter.
In METAL, his July 9 performance at The New Museum, Armen Ras Theremin recital of five arias will give voice to the premier of his silent slow-motion video piece of sampled Maria Callas footage. The performance attempts to bridge the distance between creative spirits with Ouija board will. By extracting and amplifying the most potent elements of her stage presence, he creates a haunting distillation of the diva.
Divorced from his identity to receive anothers, Armen Ra notes that he enters an otherworldly state while performing. In this sense, he opens the possibility for sonic drag. The substitution of the sound of the Theremin for the voice of Callas teeters on the edge of selfless homage and provides new entry into the tradition of drag and gender performance. Consequently, the Theremin transcends its eerie science fiction associations for an elegant connection to voice and the music of the spheres.
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INTERVIEW

Review by John Hoge. Thereminworld.com

The theater at the museum was larger than I expected, very simple and nice with an open raised stage and giant smooth wall for projections.

I'd seen a celebrity in the lobby, but didn't know what was coming: Armen's guest narrator was one of the most famous voices in New York downtown theater, the actor and playwright Edgar Oliver! His reading of some aria lyrics was a perfect fit.

The visual breadth of this concert may well have been the best setting yet for Armen's playing. You'd think such massive visuals would eclipse a single player standing in shadows, but his intense presence and concentration was still riveting. Projections became an extension of the music being created on stage. The non-stop format made for a breathless journey through pure music that was entertaining in every way.

Armen has always been one of the most expressive and musical thereminists. Since he moved to L.A. it's been a while since I've seen him. An added delight in hearing an artist, and old favorites over time, is enjoying the subtle changes in their music making.

It seemed to me he's understanding and embracing the "true" voice of the theremin, and accepting the nature of the instrument at a deeper level. Not imitating a soprano, especially in the quicker or jumpy bits, but letting the theremin sound like itself naturally without pressing it into some other mold. Armen sounded relaxed in the control field, his intonation was excellent and his phrasing is always exquisitely musical. The playing was honest: centered, secure and confident - the music just flowed from that core.

The program featured "Casta Diva" from Norma, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca, "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" from Manon Lescaut, "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from La wally, and a projected montage of Maria Callas archival footage edited to the backing tracks to form an organic companion to the vision of Armen pulling sear beauty out of thin air.

Title: Thereminist Armen Ra/METAL a tribute to Maria Callas/with Edgar Oliver

special guest Edgar Oliver/Video Laure Leber/

World-famous thereminist Armen Ra debuts METAL, a multimedia cycle of five arias selected from the repertoire of Maria Callas. Special guests narrate the content of the arias while the theremin voices the melodies, set against a backdrop of metallic black-and-white footage of Callas, projected in extreme slow motion so that every micro-expression in her face becomes apparent, simultaneously revealing a woman of great pride and profound vulnerability, creating a portrait that is both hauntingly mythological and painfully human.
Travis Chamberlain.



As if playing the ghost of an instrument, a Thereminists role appears to be part musician part conjurer; though after listening to Armen Ras playing and point of view, you most likely will believe the latter.
In METAL, his July 9 performance at The New Museum, Armen Ras Theremin recital of five arias will give voice to the premier of his silent slow-motion video piece of sampled Maria Callas footage. The performance attempts to bridge the distance between creative spirits with Ouija board will. By extracting and amplifying the most potent elements of her stage presence, he creates a haunting distillation of the diva.
Divorced from his identity to receive anothers, Armen Ra notes that he enters an otherworldly state while performing. In this sense, he opens the possibility for sonic drag. The substitution of the sound of the Theremin for the voice of Callas teeters on the edge of selfless homage and provides new entry into the tradition of drag and gender performance. Consequently, the Theremin transcends its eerie science fiction associations for an elegant connection to voice and the music of the spheres.
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Turtle Cake Toppers Update

I've written before about our idea to have turtles on top of our wedding cake.  I found these cutie-patooties, where else but on Etsy!  I contacted the seller, qtiff, and this March she'll be hard at work on our custom turtle cake toppers!!

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Here's an example of a custom cake topper, clearly for a fellow reptile-loving couple.  The figures are made from polymer clay.

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Winter Cards & Magnets

Tis the season. If you mail out holiday cards yearly, you will soon be at work addressing them.

This website still does not have a fleshed out holiday section; Nonetheless, each year I turn out a number of holiday, Christmas, winter, and/or New Year themed cards.

Sometimes they are traditional:


Sometimes they are a little more fun:


And sometimes, I find myself working on a number of magnetic projects needed in time for the holidays. Customers are looking for a variety, as usual. Customers might be looking for save the date magnets to include in their Christmas card mailings. Customers might be looking for photographic magnets to send to family.

In some cases, people are just looking for a cute favor to hand out.

Check out this 4x3 inch magnet:


Rarely do I offer non glossy magnets, and this is one such example. While it may be non-glossy, this example is made out of a nice cream metallic paper. This particular magnet can be ordered as few as 5 at a time. Click here to order 10 on etsy.

Whether you are looking for cards or magnets, you definitely want to place an order before the first week of December passes. Now is the time.

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I've made a round Christmas/Winter card with a lovely angel stamp from Tingtura.
I was inspired from Kwerners round snowman card.
I've used Spellbinders Nestabilities - scallop circle - the biggest one and Nestabilities inverterted scallop circle.
I've also used Quickutz circle 2 match with the other 2 die cuts.
I've made some faux stiching on the white circle - just 2 give the card some finishing touches. I've also put som bling stones 2 pop it up a little.
The decorative paper is embossed with a big Hero Arts snowflake stamp.

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WEDDING TESTIMONIAL FROM SUE AND DEREK IN MEXICO ON THEIR HONEYMOON AFTER THEIR VALENTINE'S DAY WEDDING ON BOARD HMS TRINCOMALEE

"...... Hi Dirk

Just to say we have been looking at our fantastic wedding photos from HMS Trincomalee on your website.

Thanks so much!! You have captured all we wanted ...fun, laughs, love....perfect happy wedding atmosphere.

Not boring!!

We are in Mexico City right now on our way to La Paz - so when we return we will contact you.

Thanks again....

Sue and Derek xxxxxxxxxx ......"


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PHOTOGRAPH: Silver and Red hearts as part of the table decorations in the Captain's Cabin at Suie and Derek's Valentine's Day Wedding on board HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool.

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Picking Music For Our Catholic Ceremony Outside Mass

type="html">When picking music for our Catholic wedding ceremony, I wanted to the music to feel familiar to our guests (who are also mostly Catholic).  I wanted the sung music to be attainable, so that our guests would join in singing the hymns.  No super high notes, no super low notes, no confusing or fast rhythms.  Singing is my favorite part of mass, so I wanted it to be a big part of our wedding!

The church we'll be married in uses the Breaking Bread hymnal, so I chose all of the sung music from there.  That way, our guests could follow along if they weren't familiar.  I made sure to put the page numbers in the ceremony program, using the online index.  Since I didn't have the accompaniment book, I purchased and downloaded the sheet music for each song on the OCP website.

Most of the organ music is super traditional (Here Comes the Bride, etc). I was able to find all of the organ music for free online!

Prelude
Air from "Water Music" - G.F. Handel


(sheet music here)

Companions on the Journey

(sheet music here)

Where Love is Found

(sheet music here)

Where There Is Love

(sheet music here)

Wedding Party Processional
Menuet From Berenice – G.F. Handel


(sheet music here)

Bride's Processional
Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" – Wagner


(sheet music here)

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 103 The Lord is Kind and Merciful - Bob Dufford

(sheet music here)

Gospel Acclamation
Celtic Alleluia

(sheet music here)

Marriage Rite Acclamation
God Who Created Hearts To Love
This is listed as optional in the booklet our priest gave us. We'll sing this after exchanging rings, and before the prayers of the faithful.

(sheet music here)

Lord's Prayer
Lord's Prayer Chant
(sheet music here)

Recessional
Wedding March – Mendelssohn


(sheet music here)

Postlude
Psalm 18 The Heavens Declare – Alessandro Marcello


(sheet music here)

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Title: Britannia High: Picking Up The Pieces [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

The official video for the song "Picking Up The Pieces" from episode 4 of Britannia High.

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