Connie's Ramblings

I’ve been a NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) member for many years now… one of the most fun aspects of NAPP are their forums and the various photoshop battles that take place…

One of the ongoing battles is the “Randomizer”…

Here is the general idea…

1. We take turns going to sxc.hu, clicking Randomizer, grabbing the first random image that pops up without restrictions, and the next person in order has to add the new random image to the previous person’s image.
2. Create whatever you want based on the random image using at least part of the previous person’s image.
3. Upload JPG to the board and send PSD to opponent.
4. The next opponent goes to sxc.hu to get next random image to incorporate into the images and posts that link to the board.
5. Rinse, repeat as necessary.
6. No time limit. No themes. No holds barred.
7. The usual Battle Ground Rules apply. (this is in regards to copyright etc..)

To see the MANY battle images visit the NAPP Randomizer Battle page… or better yet, join NAPP!

My turn just recently came up again… below is the previous image, the random image served to me and my new image. Click on them for larger images.

Last week I actually managed to win tickets to see Bryan Adams at Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT from bryanadams.com. The only way to get into this particular show was to win tickets from 96.5 or the fan club… The fan club was giving away 5 pairs of tickets to each of the acoustic promotional shows Bryan is doing for the release of “11” luckily I got one of the 5. Kind of amazing as I typically don’t win much of anything…

The show was last night, Monday May 5th at Toad’s Place in New Haven. There was some confusion as to the time he was to start. His site said 8pm and Toad’s site said 9pm. He ended up starting sometime after 9:30 and playing for about a hour and a half.

This is the second show I’ve seen at Toad’s Place… the other being Jules back in 99. The place hasn’t changed any nor has the crowd… college area (Yale) bar/club with people at the bar more interested in chatting than listening to a show… pity as it sucks for the performer. I know Jules ranted about it after the show – can image Bryan did the same…

Other big difference – I didn’t have a pass to bring my SLR so the photos I took were all taken with my little canon sd800 (no flash – don’t want to blind the guy, set on the manual setting with ISO800). Challenging lighting but I have quite a few keepers even with the point-and-shoot… and I didn’t have to wait for things to get developed as I was shooting film back in 99! Aah technology 🙂

On to the show…

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OK didn’t do much to this – just playing with lightening the red one…

(Click on the image above for a larger version…)

It has been quite a while since I’ve worked on this. It has been sitting on my desktop but haven’t had a chance to work with it up until tonight… and now it is almost spring… though my cherry blossoms have yet to bloom and no butterflies yet…

The lower right butterfly is still MUCH darker than the others but haven’t quite figured out how to balance it yet… it is the victim of random playing with each…

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