Some time ago, Timothy linked me a webpage where one person made a photograph and invited other people to post-process the picture the way they wanted it.

In analogy to this, Crahan (Thomas) started a similar project a few days ago. He supplied us with the untouched raw file and asked for our perception and adaption of the image.
I liked this idea a lot, downloaded the .DNG file and fired up my Photoshop immediately as I didn’t want to go post-processing with Raw Camera or Aperture.

The first steps I took were cropping, framing and cutting the picture. I didn’t want to touch the image itself by altering anything but levels, colours, curves. I did want to accentuate the warm weather and focus on the three people on the bench.

This is what I came up with, I hope you like it.

Thomas will collect all altered images in a few days and you will be able to see them on http://www.n00.be
If you want you can always grab the raw file and give a shot at it yourself. Have fun.

It’s not a new video, but somehow I missed it when they hit internet with it (I probably had my wintersleep that time).
Everyone who loves beauty, photography and/or image editing should take a look at this vid … and give it some thought.

Did you really think all people are as beautifull as you see in ads? Think again and have a look around!

I just received this (shocking?) press release:

PERSBERICHT

08/06/07: Think-Media lanceert dit najaar nieuw gamemagazine.

Think-Media brengt in september via haar dochteronderneming De Vrije Pers, uitgever van P-magazine, Ché en Maxim en hiermee onbetwist marktleider in mannenbladen, een gloednieuw gamemagazine op de markt.

De gamesector groeit uit tot een mature markt nu steeds meer gezinnen één of zelfs meerdere spelcomputers in huis hebben, de nieuwe next generation-spelconsoles steeds meer multimediafuncties omvatten en het online gamen spectaculair stijgt.

Het multiplatform gamemagazine richt zich op de brede groep van entertainment enthusiasts tussen 15 en 45 jaar die zowel occasioneel als fanatiek geïnteresseerd zijn in de wereld van videogames en de bijhorende high definition lifestyle.

Het magazine en de bijhorende gamesite zullen op een objectieve en overzichtelijke manier nieuwe games en randproducten bespreken. Tevens zullen alle facetten van het online gamen uitgebreid aan bod komen.

De redactie staat onder leiding van Bart Cop die reeds meer dan 15 jaar professioneel actief is als gamereporter.

Het magazine verschijnt maandelijks vanaf september met twaalf nummers per jaar; de uitgebreide gamesite die gelijktijdig gelanceerd wordt omvat enkele unieke luiken.

Think-Media is genoteerd op Euronext Brussel. Het bedrijf is actief op het gebied van buitenreclame, uitgever van magazines (P-magazine, Ché en Maxim), radio (Cool FM) en Online Media (Clint.be).

This basically says there’s a new gamers magazine coming up for the dutch speaking people, from the same company that publishes P-magazine, Ché and Maxim. The chief editor will be Bart Cop, which isn’t exactly an unknow person in the game industry. According to the press release, the target audiency will be the casual and fanatic gamer aged 15 to 45. The start of this monthly magazine is planned somewhere round the end of the year and will be released together with a website.

I’m curious what it will contain and if this is going to create new possibilities for gaming Belgium.

Source: http://games.shizzle.be/ 

I had to test the new lightbox plugin (which opens the picture in a nice ajax overlay screen). Actually I should by packing my bags to go on a little holiday, but I couldn’t resist taking my Canon and framing one more ball-moment.
No extra effects applied, just some brightness/contrast adjustment. I love those jelly things.
P.S.: looks like the plugin is working (Settings = Show: Thumbnail - Link to: File)