Sorry for not posting last Friday. I went to work with my dad last friday at Microsoft, and kind of had a daddy-daughter day, which was fun :) so that kind of distracted me from posting.
But today is another Friday. So I think I'll explain the title of the post. It's in honor of Owl City's new album titled "All Things Bright and Beautiful". It's such a cool, new direction for Owl City, but obviously still includes the foundations in which Owl City established itself, with fun synth pop and mesmerizing beats. All in all, it's a perfect summer album - there are so many upbeat, happy songs on this record. You should all definitely check it out. My favorite songs are "Plant Life", "Alligator Sky" (I prefer the non-rap version at the moment, but both are cool), and "The Yacht Club". Adam Young is truly an amazing artist.
To follow Kylie's request of documenting my summer... well, I don't really have any exciting pictures. Mostly I've been staying home, chillaxin'. Doing lots of Photoshop experimentation, reading books, playing video games, going to Tae Kwon Do. You know, the usual. However, today I did go to the doctor because I've been having weird knee pains, and apparently I over-exerted my knee through various activities. So now I need to see a physical therapist. Fun :|
What I'm really excited for is in a week and a half, I'll be leaving for Hawaii! I'll be gone until July 8th, so no promises on posting. I'll try to remember, and maybe post from my phone. But there's a 3 hour time difference, so if I posted at night after 9, then it would technically be Satuday here... hmmmm.
Ok, I think it's time for the Photoshop picture of the week. Like I said, I've been experimenting with stuff. Mostly trying to do HDR pictures and working with the Orton effect. Both are very cool, and I've learned a lot. I know some other programs, like Picnic, allow you to use an Orton effect filter, but I like actually recreating the effect in Photoshop because a) it's more fun to do it yourself and b) you get a greater control of the effect and you can really taper the effect to the image you are working on. So like for this pic, I didn't over use the effect - I used just enough to add a slight blur/dreamy quality. And I think it works - I especially love the way the trees look.
Hope you all are having a fabulous summer!
-N
