Tag: lighting

  • Tutorial: Turning Star Trails into Comets (with Twinkles!)

    Tutorial: Turning Star Trails into Comets (with Twinkles!)

    Star trails can get boring. Let’s make twinkling comets! But first here’s a story for you. Back in the day, in darkest Winter, the Rangers at Yosemite National Park used to build a big fire on top of Glacier Point and when it was good & hot, they’d push it over the cliff and give…

  • Tutorial: Burning the Jeep

    Tutorial: Burning the Jeep

    With a friend heading in to town for the weekend, we started planning our most elaborate burn shot yet, we wanted to surround our Jeep with fire and smoke. The fire was the easy part, we’re getting quite good at that. We simply took the fire whip idea (tutorial here) and made a 9 foot…

  • Tutorial: Beautiful Smooth n Soft Skin

    Tutorial: Beautiful Smooth n Soft Skin

    Having seen my new LinkedIn picture, my beautiful wife wanted one of her own. Of course, she didn’t want the ‘aged’ version I did for myself (see here) but something a little more realistic. Pictures of her wouldn’t usually be the subject of a tutorial because she’s blessed with a radiant smile, sparkling eyes and…