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My Life Behind the Lens

Lee Robinson / February 04, 2017

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Lee Robinson

For most people following my videography, they might think my career began earlier last year when I posted my California road trip video. Others who have been around longer might remember my ping pong trick shot videos or even the adventures of my friends Matt, Sam, and I. The truth is, these aren’t even close to the beginning. To understand why I create videos and where my passion stems from, you have to go all the way back to my early childhood.

The Beginning#

From the day I was born, I was always being filmed. Christmas, birthdays, family vacations, sporting events, you name it. My parents did an outstanding job documenting my childhood and it’s been a pleasure to rewatch and relive those memories. I've always had a knack for being behind the camera too. While on our family road trips, my sister and I would pretend we were news reporters and deliver live updates of our surroundings to the camera. This trend of being filmed continued up until my early teenage years. I had always been interested in technology, and my parents decided to gift me a tool that would change my life: a camera.

My First Camera#

The date is April 30th, 2009 and I’m 15 years old. As I furiously tear through the wrapping paper of my last birthday present, I’m greeted with a warm surprise: my first camera. It was called a Flip Mino and it could record 60 minutes of HD video all in a compact form factor. That might sound lack luster to you, but at the time it was a solid camera for a relatively cheap price.  This camera was a predecessor to the popular GoPro cameras we now know (although it wasn’t marketed as an action camera) and could fit inside your pocket. This tool allowed me to express a creative itch that had been burning to be satisfied. This itch soon turned into an (almost) addictive hobby, where I would spend hours editing and researching how I could improve my craft. After a year of trial and error, I decided I needed a camera upgrade.

My Second Camera (And Realizing My Passion)#

At this point, I had started to create content that I deemed worthy of sharing with family and friends. Realizing some limitations of my camera, I decided to upgrade to a newer model: the Sony Bloggie. This camera boasted a variety of improvements:

  • A larger LCD touch screen
  • 4 hours of recording time
  • Better image quality
  • An improved design

This allowed me to further iterate on the quality of my videos. My editing improved, as well as my eye for framing eloquent shots, and soon I realized my passion: taking a thought or idea - no matter the size - and bringing it to life. This usually stemmed from listening to music. I could see the corresponding music video play out in my head and I tapped along to the beat and visualized what a video might look like. I tried to find every possible outlet for me to express my ideas and convert them into re-watchable memories.

The Calm before the Storm#

Around 2011, I purchased an exciting new action camera that looked extremely promising: the GoPro Hero. Little did I know how much of an impact this device would have on photography and videography as a whole. It’s extreme portability and amazing video quality allowed me to create some of my best videos to date (including most of the pong videos). It also helped spark my interest in photography, and let me capture shots that previously weren’t possible with prior cameras. As the time went by, I did eventually upgrade to the Hero 3, but at this point in my life most of my time was focused on school work and college “extracurricular activities”.

Fast Forward to 2016#

DJI Phantom 4

As the end of my college career approached, I knew I was about to have more free time to explore my hobbies and passions rather than focusing on school work. Knowing that I would soon be making a consistent paycheck, I decided to invest in better camera equipment. I had been researching drones, simply because I thought they were amazing pieces of technology, and coincidentally a new model was released. The company, DJI, is hands-down the most established and well-known drone producer and had just released their new flagship model: the Phantom 4. This drone was perfect for me because it had, for lack of a better word, idiot-proofing that would allow a first time-flyer like myself to succeed. From there, things seemed to escalate quickly.

My family had planned a road trip down the coast of California for my graduation present, and I knew this would be an event I’d like to capture and relive forever. My drone was only half the battle - I needed a handheld camera that would complete the package. I had sold my GoPro earlier that year, so it was back to the drawing board for a handheld camera. After weeks of deliberate research, I finally settled on a Canon 70D. This would not only allow me to shoot higher quality videos, but also improve my photography content. Before our road trip, I learned the basics of how to operate the camera and record videos. Little did I know, I was about to embark on the ultimate crash course. Over the course of the road trip, I shot hundreds of videos and hours worth of content. Shortly after it’s completion, I began editing and refining my vision for the video. This was my first professional level video and I spent hours upon hours filming, editing, and reviewing the footage. After sharing the finished product on my social media, I was overwhelmed with the positive reaction. This drove me to dedicate more time to improving my craft and ultimately helped me setup clients in real estate and in the music industry in 2016.

Where I Am Now#

As the year continued, I traveled as much as I possibly could (another post about that coming soon) and continued to pump out content. I laid a solid framework for what I wanted to accomplish and set some tangible goals for 2017. I’ve since turned freelance videography into my part-time job, and am loving every minute of it. I’ve recently upgraded my camera equipment and am confident I’m producing the best content yet. It’s only one month into 2017, and I’ve already tripled the amount of revenue I’ve made from videography. I’m thrilled to find out what’s in store for the future, and hope to achieve and surpass my goals for 2017. I’m now opening up requests for videos to anyone, and you can contact me to receive a personalized quote. I hope you enjoyed this nostalgic trip through my videography career and keep me in mind for any future projects you have.

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T-Town Top 10: Week of Feb. 26-March 4, 2018

Things to do in Texarkana February 19-25, 2018

1. TRAHC presents On Golden Pond
Wednesday, Feb. 28
The Montana Repertory Theatre returns to the Perot Theatre in Texarkana with this tale of a family dealing with the challenges of aging in a humane, poetic, and comical way, through the power of family love. Partnering with Hospice of Texarkana and Alzheimer’s Alliance Tri-State Area. Series sponsored in part by Century 21 All Points Realty. Student tickets available by calling 903.792.4992. Buy tickets.

2. 60th Annual Kiwanis Pancake Day with 5K Run & Bake Sale
Saturday, March 3
Kiwanis Club of Texarkana presents an all you can eat pancake breakfast at Texarkana College benefiting kids and the disabled through local Texarkana organizations. $5 entry includes pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, coffee, juice and milk. Pancake Day events also include a 5K race for adults and a Kids K for children, plus a bake sale, cake walk, raffle, pancake eating contest and a Kids area. 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Learn more.

3. Mann Conducts: Berg, Rodrigo, & Beethoven with the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, March 3
At the Perot Theatre. Philip Mann, guest conductor, joined by the 2015 Grammy Award winning classical guitarist, Jason Vieaux, and composer Stephanie Berg. Featuring: Berg: Ravish and Mayhem; Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Beethoven: Symphony no. 7, op. 92, in A major. Learn more.

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4. Tuesday, Feb. 27
February Networking Social hosted by the Greater Texarkana Young Professionals. Bring your business cards to Pecan Point Gastropub & Brewery and socialize with young professionals within the city of Texarkana in a relaxed setting. 7-9 p.m. Learn more.

5. Tuesday, Feb. 27
Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture at the Joel Wright Art Gallery. 6:30 p.m. at 125 College Dr. Health and wellness event focused on sustaining ways to sustain agriculture for healthy animals, healthy plants, healthy environments, healthy air, waters, and soils, and healthy people. Learn more.

6. Wednesday, Feb. 28
The Joker & Jester Comedy Tour at Fat Jacks Oyster and Sports Bar. 7:30 p.m. A stand-up comedy and magic show featuring Justin Rivera (who has appeared on Comedy Central, America’s Got Talent, Playboy TV, Speed Channel, and NBC) and Jake Daniels (a finalist in the Las Vegas Invitational). Tickets $10. Learn more.

7. March 1-4
Godspell presented by Silvermoon Children’s Theatre at Silvermoon on Broad. With an eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, the story of Jesus’ life dances across the stage, with familiar parables told through games, storytelling and a hefty dose of comic timing. Dissolving hauntingly into the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Jesus’ messages of kindness, tolerance and love come vibrantly to life. Learn more.

8. Friday, March 2
Masterpieces by American Women Composers.
 A piano recital presented by Dr. Linda Holzer, Professor of Music, UA Little Rock. Sponsored by the TC Music Department and The AR-TX Music Connection. 7 p.m. at the Regional Arts Center. Free. Learn more.

9. Friday-Sunday, March 2-4
Lucky Dog Futurity, Derby, & Open. Four States Fairgrounds. Events are sanctioned with the Better Barrel Races and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. Lucky Dog Productions also hosts an annual Futurity and Derby approved by the Barrel Futurities of America, the BBR Eastern Regional Finale, as well as a qualifier for RFDTV’s The American. Learn more.

10. Saturday, March 3
TASD Job Fair hosted by Texarkana Arkansas School District. 10 a.m.-Noon. 2nd Annual Teacher Job Fair at the Red Wall on the Arkansas High School Campus. Prospective teacher candidates have an opportunity to meet with TASD administrators, apply for open teaching positions for the 2018-2019 school year, and interview as well. Candidates should bring multiple resume’ copies, and professional attire is recommended. Learn more.

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Summary "One Part personal quest to discover running greatness after age 50, one part investigation into what the women's running boom can teach athletes about becoming fitter, stronger, and faster as we age, Older, Faster, Stronger is an engrossing narrative sure to inspire women of all ages. A former overweight smoker turned marathoner, Margaret Webb runs with elite older women, follows a high-performance training plan devised by experts, and examines research that shows ho endurance training can stall aging. She then tests herself against the world's best older runners at the World Masters Games in Torino, Italy. Millions of women have taken up running in recent decades--the first generation of women to train in great numbers. Women are qualifying for the Olympic marathon in their 50s, running 100-mile ultra marathons in their 60s, completing Ironmans in their 80s, competing for world masters records in their 90s. What are the secrets of these ageless wonders? How do they get stronger and faster long after their "athletic prime"? Is there an evolutionary reason women can maintain endurance into advanced years? Webb immerses herself in these questions as she trains to see just how fast she can get after 50"-- Provided by publisher.
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The comeback of the U.S. housing market has been one of the most bullish economic stories in the world since the financial crisis. Sales, construction starts, and prices have all trended higher.

While sales are up, ownership rates are actually down as reluctant Americans are opting to rent rather than buy.

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Upcycling Apothecary Drawers

As I have said in my previous post Ikea Hack my dinning room had to be done on a budget we really wanted a new dinning room but our money had to be spent elsewhere (damp proofing etc).  I’m going to be writing a blog post on the dinning room as a whole very soon now it’s all finished but before that I want to share with you one of the ways I created an industrial style piece of furniture from an eBay find.

Dave loves a good eBay find its a blessing and a curse, some things he finds are awesome like this chest of drawers others get put into storage never to see the light of day again or there is the day he came home with a speed boat (yes a full sized speed boat). Anyway I’m not going to dwell on that we all have our shopping habits his is eBay mine is a never ending wish list.

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Next chest of drawers (Dave’s eBay find) £32

As soon as I saw the drawers I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. I didn’t want the handles so my first job was to remove them and fill in the holes they had fitted in. I then used Rust-Oleum chalky finish furniture paint. I’ve used the Rust-Oleum paint before and really like it as there is no prep work to be done. The colour I used is Anthracite it fits in with my dinning rooms industrial theme really well. It took two coats and I did sand in between each coat but that was due to my painting skills (or lack of) rather than the paint itself. I bought the 750ml tin but used less than a quarter of it (I guess I will have to find something else to paint).  After I painted it I used Rust-Oleum furniture finishing wax in clear it’s a really easy product to use you simply rub it on with a cloth and that really is it, I did this twice. I already had this wax from previous projects and a little goes a long way so I still have lots left for my next ones (bedroom furniture).

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I left it for about a week while I waited for the handles that I had found on eBay to arrive. They were just what I wanted but with a twist. Originally I was just going to have all the same basic cup handles but I found an eBay shop that had lots to choose from so I decided on these.

This handle I used on the middle drawer
I used 8 of these for the other drawers

I spent more than I’d originally planned to on handles but I’m glad I did as they finish the drawers off perfectly.

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The photo frame is from Paperchase The lamp is an Aldi find

Total cost of this piece = £85.45

Chest of drawers £32

Rust-Oleum chalk paint £14.25

Rust-Oleum furniture finishing wax £9.20

Handles x 9 £30

I’m feeling a little proud of myself for how it has turned out with no help from Dave 🙂

Jessica x

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Throughout my years involved in or around the music business I’ve managed to accumulate an immense amount of recordings. Every so often I venture into my warehouse space to sift through my treasures with the half-hearted intension of putting some of my “collectables” on Ebay. At one time I began to catalogue my hoard but gave up one day because I was running out of sub-categories for Techno. Consequently there are now stacks of crates labeled: “To Be Sorted”.

Today I nonchalantly rummaged through one those crates and came across an album that has always intrigued me. Like much of my collection, it was sent to me unsolicited, nothing unusual about that except this was 1999. In those days almost everyone sent out promo CD’s not vinyl. When I’d originally unwrapped the platter the cover artwork prompted me to put this one in my “Keep” pile even if the music proved to be crap. Seductive cover photos rarely tell the truth and most often mislead, (Norman Seeff’s brilliant cover for Carly Simon’s Playing Possum excepted). Nicola Waddinton  Almost There the sleeve simply announces over an alluring photo of a young lady…er…um…rubbing her leg? Is she Nicola? And where was almost there?

Side one opens with a spare minimalist drum and bass line on Ancient Love, then over an almost classical guitar coda Ms. Waddington begins to sing. Think an English Francoise Hardy filtered through Hope Sandoval, a hint of Tracy Thorn with echoes of Lisa Gerrard. Haunting, was my first reaction and still is. The more up-tempo second track, Make Me finds the chanteuse managing to perform little yelps at the end of every verse that sound as if she is in the throws of ecstasy. Track three is a startling cover of The Cowboy Junkies Lay It Down where Nicola completely transforms the song into her own adding a peculiar rap-style finish over a long fade. Side two begins suddenly with a thundering drum roll then the harsh statement “Fuck you!” as Ms. Waddington delivers the title track Almost There, clearly a tirade about an unreasonable lover. Together We Took The Trouble To Never Learn is next, a sad slow song that clocks in at nearly nine minutes and easily my favorite. The last track Missing is almost an instrumental, Nicola Waddington appears after four minutes to repeatedly whisper the phrase, “Take my time I don’t use it”. The work as whole is extraordinary, complicated and fascinatingly unique. According to meager information on the sleeve the disc was released on the Patience and Cream imprint, recorded at Olympic Studios in London and produced by Saint Luc D’ Arms. More information about this curiosity I don’t have.


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Home from a summer paradise

We had the privilege of spending the last eight days in Colorado. My parents flew us Texans out, and we spent four days in Estes Park and three days in Breckenridge. The weather was amazing. In Texas, no one wants to be out past 10am unless a pool is involved; in Colorado, we could enjoy the great outdoors at any time of day. Hannah was so happy to be able to go on a walk whenever she wanted or run out onto the deck and pet her favorite tree.

I’m going to cover the trip’s various highlights (and one lowlight) in several posts, so stay tuned for all the fun, but here’s one of my favorites to start us off.

Hannah is chilling in our Ergo while we stroll around downtown Breckenridge. Gorgeous day of course.

Now we’re back to triple digits, a dead lawn (and broken sprinkler) and a diva cat with an attachment disorder. God bless Texas?

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  1. Why does Finn not like the Ergo??? I don’t know if it’s because he’s so small and can’t see everything or what. He doesn’t look as comfy in it as Hannah does here. I’m looking forward to using it with the next baby, and hopefully he/she won’t mind it as a toddler ;)

    It was great to see you guys and finally meet Hannah!!! Yay for Colorado fun!

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[whatwg] The blockquote element spec vs common quoting practices

Tantek Çelik tantek at cs.stanford.edu
Thu Jul 14 13:48:18 PDT 2011

In agreement with Jeremy, I too have found the blockquote/q cite
attribute to be nearly as ignored as the longdesc attribute, despite
having conducted talks and written tutorials about how to use the
cite="" attribute (makes me think that the non-visible-effect-URL
attributes on elements should be considered an anti-pattern, evidenced
by the fact that they (cite, longdesc, profile etc.) have all failed
to get any meaningful uptake among web developers).

On slightly a more positive note:

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:35, Karl Dubost <karld at opera.com> wrote:
> Le 14 juil. 2011 à 14:59, Kevin Marks a écrit :
>> If I was writing a detector for this pattern,  followed by a colon
>> and
 would do it pretty reliably...
> yup unfortunately there are also many cases where you have more names in an introducing paragraph. It is happening when I'm writing, and the issue is then to tie the right person with the right blockquote/q
> I like the pattern id/for pattern of forms. We could imagine
>

> Sir John Typo
> has written plenty of a wonderful thing
> in Amazing title very similar to those in
> Susan Spellchecker's writings
>

> […]
>

> compare to Amazing title
>

>

I really like this pattern.

 is a known working and in use pattern.

Thus I feel much more confident advocating use of the parallel:

With one concern - multiple blockquotes. Thus the for attribute should
be a space separated set of IDREFs. E.g. this pattern (often seen on
blog posts analyzing articles and other blog posts)

Some quoted title of a work

 one quotation

 .. intervening commentary ..

 another quotation

 .. more commentary ..

Though that example is vulnerable to bad copy/paste errors. It
requires two markup updates (done consistently) for each copy/paste: a
new id on each new blockquote, and having to update the original cite
element for each additional blockquote.

That example redone with today's cite attribute would be:

Some quoted title of a work

 one quotation

 .. intervening commentary ..

 another quotation

 .. more commentary ..

which is then much more copy/paste proof if/when the author adds more
blockquotes from the same source that they're commenting on - fewer
bits of markup (none) to update.

So I don't know. Perhaps  handles the 80/20 one cite / one
quote case better and that's good enough to add it, and then perhaps
we keep the old cite="" attribute for the one cite / multiple quote

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[whatwg] <input type="password">... restrict reading value from JS?

Bjartur Thorlacius svartman95 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 29 18:53:52 PDT 2011

On 7/11/11, Sean Connelly <sean at pbwhere.com> wrote:
> As a web developer, if I wanted access to the password, I would then avoid
> using the <input type="password"> field, and create my own field that reads
> characters (perhaps via onkeyup), and fakes a password field visually.
Fair point. I also worry about attackers removing a form and inserting
their own, or even positioning their own over the old one - if they
manage to gather enough information about the victim's UA or if the
form of a password input is consistently positioned.

> I also think it's a bad idea to change the behavior of <input
> type="password"> because it will break websites that assumed they could read
> the value.  Perhaps a website checks against a user's past 10 passwords to
> see if they are using the same one, via XHR.  Or perhaps the entire login
> process is XHR.  Who knows.
So there are two use cases for reading user passwords:
 * client side password strength indicators
 ** telling users if their passwords conform to site specific password
  - arguably bad practice
  - IMO better achieved with declared regular expressions
 ** generally informing users of the computing needed to brute force
their password open, and if it's in a dictionary
  -- fetching a dictionary from each site is impractical (and thus
only implementable by UAs)
  -- can be implemented by UAs without "braking" sites that work if
laid out in the same way as the author's UA with floating overlays
that appear only while the password input is focused and has input
 * XHR submit
  - Could forms be targeted to a new browsing context and the server
return a HTTP 204 response instead?
  - Are implementors willing to display a more prominent notice of the
status of the submit (e.g. the text "Submitting" under a spin-wheel,
and then the Reason-Phrase of the request colored or on a background
colored to convey the status code)?

> I think there is definite room for improvements in security when it comes to
> <input type="password">, and I've also been trying to make it more secure by
> designing some sort of client-side hashing.  But I don't think restricting
> JavaScript from reading the value is a security benefit... in my opinion, it
> would just be a hassle for developers who need to read the value, and force
> them to use another means of password entry where they can read the value.
I don't think anyone but the receiving server should be able to read
my password. This is one of the reasons some people disable
JavaScript. Most don't, as they don't want to stop JavaScripts from
doing other more useful things. If we disable just stuff like this we
can bring some security to the folks that have JavaScript enabled
(such as me).

> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Aryeh Gregor
> <Simetrical+w3c at gmail.com>wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Alex Vincent <ajvincent at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > with a XHR I can send that password somewhere it shouldn't go... (well,
>> with
>> > cross-domain security code, maybe not, but that's not the point.)
Are XHR submits of passwords common and important enough to outweigh
the security cost of scripts having access to all passwords in their

>> You can send it anyway by changing the action attribute on the form
>> and calling submit().  So what attack scenario are you actually
>> avoiding here?  You'd need a really strong security benefit for it to
>> be possible to even contemplate breaking so many websites.
I propose disallowing changing the action attribute of forms with
password inputs. That is, if we manage to squash all the other obvious
ways a script can compromise the security of a typed password. This
seems to involve a lot of tedious allowance of this and that to be
done to forms, except if you throw in a password input. I'm not to
judge if it's worth it.

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Walmart store managers in some parts of the country make $92,000 per year.  At Kohls, some store managers are making $87,000.  Target store managers can make more than both.  How does the Treasure Valley compare?

The GlassDoor is known for peeling back the curtain and getting into discussions about work and money that we don't normally have.  Do you want to know how much your co-workers make?  I don't!  But they're worth every penny and more.

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Target $94,226
Wal-Mart $92,113
Home Depot $88,743
Kohl’s $87,873
J.C. Penney $85,941
Costco $78,750
Best Buy $53,580

Specialty stores:
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Old Navy $63,707
Gap $63,567
Victoria’s Secret $62,252

GlassDoor doesn't list a store manager's salary for Boise Walmarts, but it does say a guest service team member makes $8.82 per hour and cashiers here make $9.89 per hour.  A pharmacy tech makes $12.63 per hour at Boise Walmart stores.

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Apply these Gradient settings, by going to Layer >> Layer Style >> Gradient Overlay.. You may also add a shadow like we did but only if you have a dark overall feel on the canvas, otherwise the shadow will spoil the mysterious look.

The second word in our title is written in handwriting, which is more typical to horror movies and suggest a psychopath actually wrote it himself, with blood. We decided to go with an optimistically named font — “Chiller” (costs 29,00 USD to download). Also, just chose a red / scarlet hue of your choice and apply a light gradient, to give the font more depth.

That’s all, really. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and it will help you to create something beautiful for yourself, your family or friends.

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The PSD file you download is EXACTLY same size as the preview image you see, i.e. 546*655 pixels and presents all the layers you see in the tutorial. We do NOT sell or affiliate with photographers, whose images has been used. This PSD file is for learning purposes ONLY, if you don’t manage to follow the tutorial, you can download the source file and learn better from it.

Create Classic Horror Movie Poster – Laura’s Counterplay

  1. Great tutorial, Looks very nice, the part of the picture with the woman’s hand in the air, reminds me of the car scene from titanic!! is that where the image was taken from

  2. Awesome!!! Thank you so much for sharing this! I just followed the tutorial and got something close to it.

  3. Nice tutorial! Definitely something to try out, good thing you provided the links to the stock photos. Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Keep up the good work!

  4. great job i used this for one of my projects in a computer art class! but i did notice something, on the left eye of the girl there is 2 eyes idk if u might have used the clone stamp tool in there but i just noticed that.

  5. What about this is ‘classic horror’? Looks amateurish at best and, you’d honestly charge someone .99 for this PSD? Are you serious?

  6. It looks like a good tutoria but assues way to much. Most beginners who want to learn by doing just do not know how to achieve the majority of tasks on here. Other tutorials show step-by-step pictures or explain how to find options as well as what press, but this one seem to go from A to G in the same “step”.

    Maybe once I know more this will come in handy, but for now, it’s too frustrating having to refer to other sites to find out how to perform each so-called “step” (more like a long jump!).

    If you’re a n00b, stay away from this one.

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A Hectic But Sugar Free Day

I worked from home today and Harvey had his friend Lucas over for the day.  I was hoping the last day of the week would be relatively easy and that I could fit in a dog walk with the boys.  Oh my goodness, it was crazy.  I didn’t even manage to have an uninterrupted lunch!  I had many meetings booked which are by conference call but in the background my mobile kept going too so I worked flat out at an intense pace all day.

I was very glad I had started my day early with a swim and a nourishing breakfast.  I am conscious that having stopped eating sugar, I may have taken David Gillespie’s advice of eat what you like to get over the cravings a bit too far.  There is plenty of fattening and unhealthy food that does not contain sugar!  So I made a big effort today and am rather pleased with my efforts.

The colours of a traffic light!  I prepared some pomegranate, pumpkin seed and 1/4 of an orange to add to my breakfast.
pomegranate, orange and green I made porridge and added some Chia seeds to the porridge and then topped it with the pomegranate, orange, pumpkin seeds and Macadamia butter.breakfast 25-10-13 WOW!  WOW!  WOW!  That Macadamia butter is amazing.  Very rich and creamy tasting.  I brought it back from Australia this summer and am very pleased I did.  If I had known how amazing it was I would have brought back more.  The nuts were harvested by hand, the butter was packaged on the farm and the farm is solar powered so it ticks lots of ethical boxes too.Hand 'N' Hoe Macadamia butterLunch was simple.  Jacket potatoes with butter, a little Cheddar, one fresh large tomato and half a can of sardines.  I have not had enough oily fish lately so it was good to eat some today.
lunch 25-10-13 Late afternoon I was peckish so I had the Pecans left over in this jar and a cup of green tea which kept me going until supper.pecans in glass jar Thank you for the home laid eggs Eula 🙂box of eggs This is really gross!  Lurking in my fridge was this pot of Vanilla soya yogurt!  I was quite fascinated by the range of colours of the moulds.mouldy soya yogurt For supper I am going to have cauliflower and broccoli cheese, which I made yesterday.  It is in the oven warming through as I write this blog.cauli and broc cheese

I suspect I will then have a large glass of wine and snuggle up with my lovely boy in front of the tv for the evening.  I feel very tired but relieved I managed another sugar free day, and one that I managed to fit in some swimming and added some really healthy foods.  Have a happy and healthy weekend!

About Lose Weight and Gain Health

Hi! My name is Zoe and I live in Hastings, East Sussex, with my son Harvey and dog, Milton. I have been fighting the fat for years but this time I am serious. I want to lose weight and gain health. This blog is about how I am changing my lifestyle so I can lose weight but not by just "being on a diet" but by making small changes to our lives so that as I lose weight, I gain health. I want my family to be healthy too and never have to struggle with their weight like I have. In common with many large people, I have gained and lost weight many times over the years. This time, I want to lose it and maintain a healthy low weight. I am interested in eating food that is nutrient dense and delicious and that appeals to children and adults. I do not eat animal products so follow a vegan diet. I try to use locally produced food supplemented with what I can grow myself. I support and try to use local farmers markets and farm shops. Another objective is to add more exercise to our days. It sounds so simple when I write it down :-)
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Exploring Tajima Part 1: My Soba Eating Tour in Izushi Castle Town

Article originally written for Voyapon / Part of a 4-day trip to mainland Japan exploring Kyoto, Hyogo, and Fukui prefectures in January, 2020.

“Itadakimasu!“ With my stomach already dangerously at capacity, I dove into my last order of soba (buckwheat) noodles in the Japanese castle town of Izushi (出石). As my favourite go-to cold noodle dish during the summer months in Japan, I’m normally a bottomless pit when it comes to eating those noodles. I can’t seem to get enough of its chewy texture, the taste of the cold dipping broth, and the intensity of wasabi as it hits my nasal cavity.

In the coastal city of Toyooka (豊岡)in Hyogo prefecture (兵庫県), I arrived in Izushi as the rain showers took a break, revealing warm puddles of light that reflected on the wet cement. As if striking a pose, the Izushi Castle Ruins on the mountain face is as generously photogenic as I find the rest of the old town to be.

Little Kyoto of Tajima

As a castle town that flourished during the Edo era 400 years ago, Izushi’s main draws include Izushi Castle Ruins, a wooden Shinkoro Clock Tower (辰鼓櫓) and Eirakukan, the oldest Kabuki theatre playhouse in Kansai. Dubbed the “Little Kyoto of Tajima“, Izushi’s fine collection of wooden structures and buildings gave it its honored distinction of being a National Preservation District of Important Buildings. Many of these buildings serve the soba buckwheat noodles the town is so famous for.

Considering Izushi’s small size, its robust resume of activities and tourist draws is a welcome surprise. Visitors can try painting on Izushi ware porcelain, maintain zen composure at Sukyoji temple, and even hire a photographer for their very own kimono photoshoot.

But on this day, I was here for the soba.

With that, I headed to the Izushi Travel Service office located next to the Izushi gift shop to buy my set of tokens for the Izushi Soba Eating Tour. For 1,800 yen, I got three Eiraku-tsuho (old coins) in a pouch. Each coin entitled me to one portion of soba noodles at any participating restaurant. With a map featuring a full list of soba restaurants, I set off. Not all restaurants are open during the week, though it’s easy enough to wander and pop into the first soba shop that you come across, which is exactly what I did.

Izushi’s Soba Noodle Eating Tour

My first soba stop was at Kizan (輝山) just off the main road. I traded one of my tokens for my first order of their darker buckwheat noodles served in small dishes. Each order comes with dashi dipping sauce, tororo imo grated yam, wasabi, green onion and raw egg. After ordering, I got a stamp on the back of my cloth bag displaying the restaurant’s name. Every restaurant has its own unique recipe for its soba noodles and dipping sauces, which makes the tour so much fun to try!

I followed the recommended order of eating, starting with soba dipped in plain soup broth, before adding my wasabi and green onion. Then, I added grated yam and egg at the end. I’m not the biggest fan of raw egg, but gave it a go on my last mouthful. If you’re not keen, don’t worry. Just leave the egg to the side. Try the soba yu (hot water used to boil the soba) that’s brought out at the end of the meal.

After my first meal, I moved onto the next restaurant. My second token went to Kanbe Soba (官兵衛), and their lighter variety of soba noodles and the standard set of veggie fixings on the side.

Finally, Sakyo (左京) claimed my final token. At Sakyo, people who have eaten a large number of soba plates get their names proudly displayed on a wooden plaque. At this point, I’m far from breaking any records and just managed to gulp down the last few bites of my meal.

Perhaps it’s the combination of the noodles, egg and yam, but three tokens filled me up just perfectly. If you’re still hungry, you can order additional plates of soba. With a full stomach, I move onto my next destination — the Izushi Castle Ruins.

Castle Ruins of Izushi

Originally built in 1604, the Izushi Castle Ruins provides a refreshing view of the city and is a relatively easy walk up for even the most unmotivated walker. Though the original castle is no longer there, you can still visit the white Nishisumi yagura (outer tower) rebuilt in 1979. Thirty-seven vermillion torii gates run along the side of the ruins up to the Arikoyama-inari shrine. With cherry trees surrounding the area, it’s sure to be extra lovely during their spring bloom.

Most of the major attractions in Izushi are within walking distance of each other, making it a manageable day trip if you’re coming from elsewhere. Electric cars are available for rent if you want to dig deeper into exploring the area. For a list of things to see and do in Izushi, visit the Izushi website.

As for myself, I’ll be heading to the famous onsen town of Kinosaki Onsen (城崎温泉) for the night, for a luxurious stay at one of their finest hotels! 👉(Article to be posted next).

Access to Izushi Castle Town

From Kyoto to Toyooka: It takes approximately 2 hours 15 minutes by limited express Kinosaki. Get off at Toyooka station. Then take a Zentan Bus bound for Izushi. It takes approximately 30 minutes. There are approximately 20 buses per day.

From Osaka to Toyooka: It takes approximately 2 hours 30 minutes by limited express Konotori or Hamakaze. Get off at Toyooka station. Then take a Zentan Bus bound for Izushi. It takes approximately 30 minutes.

Address: Izushi Tourist Association 104-7 Uchimachi Izushi-cho, Toyooka-shi, Hyogo, 668-0214
Phone: +81-796-52-4806 (Japanese Only)

Exploring Tajima Province Further

If you’re in the area, a 45-minute drive will get you to Ritsuun-kyo, where you can hike up to catch sight of Takeda Castle Ruins, also popularly known as the “Castle in the Sky“. An hour away is the Ikuno Silver Mine, where you can get a glimpse into the fascinating history of mining in Japan while walking through its underground tunnels. The nearby mining town of Kuchiganaya is known for its unique red roof tiles and preserved inns. For a dip into a hot spring, the nearby Kinosaki Onsen with its several ryokan (traditional-style inn) is well worth the stopover.

Article sponsored by North Kansai Tourism Association.


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Brunite Ingot

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Brunite Ingot is Rare with a total supply of 4989

4184 left (of 4989) - Known to be found in Haunted Catacomb, Macabre Crypt, Shattering Chamber, and Dank Descent

Being relatively light, Brunite was a popular metal to use for fishing rods until the discovery of Tsarium which has seemingly taken over as the material of choice in that industry.

Brunite is still used by specialist weapon crafters in today's times with some proclaiming that it is one of the better metals in terms of edge retention for bladed weapons.


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Quiet Week

It’s been a quiet week. Sister Betty Choate has not returned to Winona, MS yet from her extended world tour and visiting family in western states upon reentering the USA. Brother Jerry and sister Paula Bates have been out of town for over a week as they travel to family and church appointments stateside. Just myself with whom to interact locally, I’m proud that I’ve not entered into any arguments or disagreements! The few book orders that have come in were easily enough to handle, though there remain a couple of The Voice of Truth International subscription inquiries that await Paula’s attention.

I have worked on volume 89 of The Voice of Truth International, and shortly after all the gang returns home, it should be ready to commit to the printing company. Wednesday, I spoke for the Courtland, MS Church of Christ; I made my PowerPoint presentation about 2015-2016 Mission Trips. I was graciously received by the small band of Christians, and they posed more questions than a dozen congregations to which I go with mission reports. The Courtland Church of Christ as well as individual Christian families that worship there participate with me financially and make it possible for me to do what I do abroad. I’m thankful for their encouragement and partnership.

Yesterday, I had a trailer hitch, trailer lights and spring assisted overload shocks installed on the Town & Country van. I resisted for about two years, but the last haul of literature and Bibles to a shipping company for shipment to Guyana, South America placed an enormous strain on the vehicle. Hence next time, I will pull a trailer loaded with The Voice of Truth International magazines, books and tracts instead of ruining the car.

Today, I finally published to the Internet the May edition of Gospel Gazette Online. Anyone who happens upon it can use the monthly journal freely and the thousands of archived articles preserved there over the past 18 years of publication. In addition, around 1,600 subscribers across the world will receive notifications via email that the new issue of GAZ is ready.

The upcoming week, Lord willing, will see me speaking for the Elliott and Crockett churches of Christ on the Lord’s Day. Both congregations are in Mississippi. Tuesday, I plan to leave town for a few days and spend them with brother Therman and sister Sadie Hodge outside of Meridian, MS. They have been gracious enough to agree to coddle me for the few days surrounding the first anniversary of Bonnie’s passing. My sorrow is slow departing, and especially this month has been emotionally challenging already.

May God bless each Reader. May you and I relentlessly move forward on the narrow, pilgrim pathway, between the ditches of sin, ever mindful of the heavenly horizon toward which we trudge.

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Snootles found a home at Love Creek Farm.  Snootles, a shy, female feral, showed up around November 2015.  One day, she was in the yard, and my first instinct was to throw her some goat food.  Then, she showed up again and again and never left.

We began the relationship by feeding her cat food at the front door, out of the rain.  We left her alone to relax.  Then, we set out a dog crate with rugs on top for her to sleep on.  She would not go into the crate (due to confinement), but she would lay on top.  In addition, two other feral cats came to the front door, probably because Snootles was female.  The two boys did not stay.

Slowly, Mike started sitting outside with her while she ate and calling for her.  She began to trust him just enough where he was able to put her into a cat carrier and take her to the vet to get spayed.

Snootles now has her own safe space in the guest room where she sleeps on top of a dresser by a window. The door is always left open so she can come and go to eat and sleep. She absolutely adores Mike and rolls on the ground for petting and brushing.  If I come too close, she will run.   I think I’ve been able to pet her twice.

She enjoys coming to the door to peer through the glass and go nose to nose with Wookie and Wicket.  One time, we did bring her inside the house, but Wicket got carried away trying to play with her, and she does not like to be confined.  She likes to sit on the wood pile in front of the house, especially when it rains.  She can look inside the house through the windows.

She is our mouser, but she also kills squirrels, birds, gophers, and moles.  She also bites the tails off lizards. We are more than happy to welcome her on the farm as our barn cat.  We can’t change her natural instinct to hunt.

Snootles 2019

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    • Make and Serve an IMPACT Dinner meal:  our transformational ministry (through Love INC) on Thursday nights, is in need of small groups to provide dinner. It’s made at home, served on the campus, enjoyed by all in table fellowship and clean up. Small groups get to see transformational ministry at the top of the evening in action! If you are able; please select one of the THURSDAY night options through this link: Click here

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Farming in 2019 & Beyond

In light of the recent farmer protests in the Netherlands, this story delves deeper into the person behind the protester, and challenges of farming now and in the future.

The protests

On the first of October of this year, a remarkable sight could be witnessed. Rows upon rows of tractors and other farm vehicles are making their way towards the country’s political center. Farmers from all over the Netherlands have left their barns in the early morning of October 1st to go and protest on the Malieveld in the Hague. The city’s mayor had given permission for a maximum of 75 tractors to position themselves on the field- in the end, there turned out to be at least 2200. The first planned farmer protest was a big success, and polls tell us a majority of 73% of Dutch citizens responded to feel sympathetic towards the farmers.

However, only two weeks later, protests take a different turn: during actions at province houses across the Netherlands, the situation gets violent in Groningen. A tractor crashes itself into the monumental door of the building. Several people get hurt in an uproar between farmers and policemen. Elsewhere, fences get run over. Public sympathy decreases while farmers’ discontentment is still on the rise. A third protest takes place a few days after this, again in the Hague. Foregoing their designated protesting spot, the farmers break through the barricades to reach the Malieveld once again. Additionally, tractors are driven into the city center, occupying important crossroads and taking a tour through some of the pedestrian-only shopping streets. Whether or not their original goal, the farmers have succeeded in one thing for certain: making sure the whole country knows they’re there, and they will not go down without a bang.

Tractors on the move during the farmer protests. By Geert van Duinen.

Hans van Beusekom is a former dairy farmer in Driel, a tiny town in the Netherlands. He is also regional manager of the organisation for agri- and horticulture, the Landbouw en Tuinbouw Organisatie (LTO). I have met up with him on his farm to discuss these recent protests, and get a better insight of what farming is really like here in the Netherlands.

Why protest?

Leaving farming

The dairy farm Hans works on has been in the family for several generations. Nowadays it is just him, one employee and his elderly mother working there. Together they take care of the cows, the milking and the other odd jobs around the farm, though not for much longer. Hans tells me that by the end of the year, he will have stopped dairy farming.

His children are all in school or university, and do not have an interest in taking over the farm. It’s how it often goes nowadays, he tells me: taking over the family business, is not business as usual anymore.

Though this is one reason for him to move away from farming, there are other motivations too. Him stopping might be a symptom of a bigger issue, one that also played a role in the farmer protests.

The family business.
Moving on
The cows wear a collar that is connected to an app, telling the farmer when cows are drafty, hungry or ill.

Rules of the game

Farming in the Netherlands is thus heavily influenced by a set of regulations. To better understand these, it is good to know where they came from.

After World War II and the Hunger Winter in the Netherlands, politicians vowed for there to never be hunger again. To fulfill this, food production all over Europe grew very quickly. This eventually lead to a massive surplus of, for example, dairy products. To mitigate this, in 1984 the milk quota was established: farmers now had to pay for the rights to produce a certain amount of milk.

Due to globalization and a more global economy, it became more attractive to get rid of the milk quota again, to be able to compete better on non-European markets. Therefore, in 2015, the milk quota was officially abolished.

However, not even a year later, a new phosphate quota was brought to life, to lower the amounts of phosphate in our atmosphere, harmful to both people as well as the environment. Instead of having to pay to be allowed to milk, farmers now had to pay to be allowed to own a certain amount of cows.

One cow produces around 45 kilograms of phosphate throughout their life. At the height of the quote, farmers had to pay €275 euros per kilogram of phosphate: that’s already a whopping €12.375, just to own 1 cow.

Then there’s also the phosphate reduction, which forced all farmers to get rid of a percentage of the cows on their land.
Per square kilometer of land, farmers are allowed to produce a certain amount of phosphate. When this number was lowered, especially farmers with smaller farms were being duped, having to give up part of their livestock.

Over the years, political inference has moved its interest from milk, to phosphate, to where we are now: nitrogen. And these are not the only rules that make farming difficult.

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The price of milk

The future

Farming has thus changed a lot over the years, with regulations constantly changing and prices dropping. Farmers now have to work much harder to earn less money than they did just 50 years ago.

Hans describes it like this: imagine you have a book of rules, that tells you how to keep a cow. When you start, the book is maybe a few pages thick. Then, maybe 10 years later, that same book now contains over a 1000 pages. That does not exactly make it attractive for new farmers to start, for children to take over from their parents, or for farmers to continue their work: more and more farmers, like Hans, consider stopping.

No farmers, no food?
Future problems

Nitrogen crisis or not, it is clear the future is uncertain for farmers. Whether because of the fast changing rules, the low gain against a high cost, or the issue of finding successors, it is becoming harder and harder to farm, and therefore a less attractive option for many.

What that will mean for the rest of us, time can only tell. One thing is for sure: we all need to eat… and without farmers, we can’t.

Martine Roseboom

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