Happy New Year!

01.01.08
I know this blog doesn't look any different than my previous photography blog but I just wanted a separate one for this upcoming season.

On thursday Jan 3rd I will be headed to Kona Hawaii to participate in an intensive 3 month photography course. (For more information click here.)

This school is run through YWAM (Youth with a Mission) which is an interdenominational Christian missions organization that was started in the 60's with the desire to see young people sent to the nations as missionaries. You might have heard about YWAM in the news recently with the shooting in Colorado, I was at that base in 2004 doing a school of worship, I did not know anyone involved. Here is an article that talks about the shooting and the organization.

I've been looking into this school ever since I started with YWAM in 2003. They only accept 16 people a year. Even though tomorrow will be my last day here in the continental US it still doesn't quite feel like a reality.

Along with updating this blog (how frequent I don't know, that will be based on how much free time I have) I will be sending out monthly e-mail updates. If you'd like to get those you can send me an e-mail to ywamjim@yahoo.com with "subscribe" in the title.

I've also committed to doing one self portrait a day for 2008 (it's a flickr thing) you can follow that here.

Here's to an awesome 2008.
jim baker

p.s if you leave a comment please leave your first and last name so I know who you are!

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

02.05.08 - selective coloring/hand painting

Yesterday in class Gary zipped through what all the tools in photoshop do. Then he showed us how to do selective coloring and hand painting and gave us the assignment to do it as well. Here's a picture of my roomates juggling soda cans.

Steven
(selective color)

Cliff
(hand painting)

looking forward to what we learn today,
jim baker
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3 comments:

Cheryl said...

I love the first one! What is hand painting? Just what it sounds like?

February 6, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Anonymous said...

My question is... were the cans full or empty? And, if they were full, did you drink them afterward? :p

February 7, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Jim Baker said...

thanks cheryl...

hand painting is a term they used when they used to take black and white prints and then oil paint over them to give it color... but now its all digital... just trying to mimic the original effect

wendy... great question...

we took them out of the fridge (borrowing them) and juggled them full then put them back pretty dented... :)

thanks for correspondence!

jim baker

February 7, 2008 at 6:22 PM

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