Doug Boutwell the occasional odd thought or image
Geekdom
Inspiration and LOLz
I just had to pass this link along to one of my favorite websites. Check out pictureisunrelated.com for some of the strangest photos you’ll ever set eyes on. It’s simultaneously entertaining, and mind candy for getting your brain into a place where you’ll let weird things happen in your images. Though most of these are [...]
Too Many Cameras!
We were taking inventory of all our gear and I just had to muse at how much stinking photo equipment you tend to collect over the years. We found stuff I didn’t even know we had… for instance, I had no idea that we have 3 5D’s, nor that we still have 3 550EX’s. I [...]
Flying Solo
Just had an exhilarating experience today… my first solo flight! Yay! I’ve been working on getting my pilot’s license for about a year (took a detour in June because the surf was good all damned month, and then just kinda forgot about flying). Got back into it this week, though, and surprisingly didn’t have nearly [...]
Goodies For iPhone Peeps
I’m not an Apple fanboy, by any means, but that doesn’t mean I’m not totally smitten with the iPhone. It does the job or 4 or 5 separate gizmos, and does it better. Plus it feels nice in my hand, and all of my photographer-friends don’t make fun of me for being a PC guy [...]
Rap vs. Metal – Star Wars Style
Well, so which one wins? Both are so cheesy that I think WE’RE the losers, actually, but let’s suspend disbelief for a minute, and enjoy what a bunch of nerds can do with the miracle of technology we call the Internet. Gangsta Rap Metal
Took Me A Second To Get This One
But it makes me laugh… I don’t know why… but it’s just random enough to make me chuckle out loud when I think about it… I love how they added a DOF effect, too, so that the face in the back is more OOF than the others. I don’t know how the hell people entertained [...]
The Bible in Legos
I have an affection for odd juxtapositions of things… Elvis songs in metal style… Gangster rap in a lounge style… Mega-Man kicking Samus Aran’s ass… stuff like that always tickles me. So I couldn’t resist sharing something I stumbled upon this morning, which I think is just fabulous… the bible, illustrated with Legos, over at [...]
New Sample Actions + TRA Sale
So, in case you didn’t get the email (why aren’t you on our mailing list?), there are a couple pieces of TRA news to pass along… first, we have updated (as of a couple weeks ago) the sample set of actions to include 5 actions from TRA2, making the total EIGHT free actions for you [...]
Fake Front Swings And Tilts With f/zero
So here’s another video tutorial I’ve been busy working on, this time on the very confusing f/zero family of actions from TRA2 – The Revenge. f/zero was so named for two reasons – one, it’s meant to give you a set of tools to isolate your subject using selective focus… if f/1.2 makes everything but [...]
Weird Stuff
Came across this site linked from another blog this morning… looks like all kinds of fun stuff, but a couple posts really stood out to me, and I just had to share: Creepy Ads Freaky Food And while we’re at it…
Where The Hell Have You Been?
So it’s beginning to get a bit pathetic just how infrequently I post on my own blog anymore… chalk it up to being really, really busy with the things I’m about to tell you about. Prepare yourself for the abridged version of all the cool stuff that’s been going on in my life for the [...]
Hard at work on new goodies…
This is a snippet of what my world looks like right now… only took a day to get back in the saddle with the projects I had put off since last November, but now that conventions and workshops are behind me for a while, it’s time to make some better Photoshop tools. Believe it or [...]
New Cart! New Domain!
Minor news, but it took a while to get up and running… so if you want to know what I’ve been up to for the last few days, here you go: We have a new cart for Totally Rad Photographers – when you buy the actions, you’ll have a new, slightly prettier experience awaiting you… [...]
The Yummiest Chocolate Around
Okay, so first of all – Happy Valentine’s Day! What did you get? I was the lucky recipient of some of my favorite treats on earth, courtesy of my lovely wife… \ These little gems are all oddball concoctions of decadent flavors and textures. Things like Mexican ancho and chipotle chiles, ceylon cinnamon, and dark [...]
Get Your Game On!
Moved this to its own page on the right… was causing trouble with some people’s browsers :(