Saturday, December 14, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Campfire Yells
special thanks for bkaldorf Pittsburgh, (US) & N.S.Silwa
To start the new year off I figured I’d do another beginning to
end post on a recent personal project I completed. As visual
communicators, I think it is incredibly important to hone your vision
through the use of personal projects. After all, if you don’t exercise
your vision how can you expect to obtain stellar results on your clients
work?
Step 1. Initial sketch.
I always begin with a very rudimentary sketch of what it is I’m
trying to accomplish. In the immortal words of Doc Brown, “Please
excuse the crudity of this model, I didn’t have time to build it to
scale or to paint it.”
Concept sketch for the camfire stories photoshoot
I know, I’m a regular picasso right? Anywho, from here I start
fleshing out the particulars; models, lighting, wardrobe etc. For this
particular project I had people already in mind, so it was just a matter
of convincing them that they wanted to do it:) Luckily I have
wonderful friends who like to see my imagination come to life so they
were more than willing to help me out. The biggest problem was going to
be the location. I wasn’t keen on carting my entire studio setup out
to the middle of a campsite, so I decided to bring the campsite to the
studio. It was a full day of prep work to build the site, but it was
totally worth it. This way I had complete control of the lighting and
the models would be much more comfortable (being that it was already the
middle of October in the north east). The only thing that I wasn’t
able to replicate in the studio would be the background, that would have
to be photographed outside at a later date.
The lighting for this shot was somewhat complex. I really needed
to replicate the glow of the campfire as much as possible without being
overly lit. We ended up going with 8 lights, all of them gelled with
various orange and yellow mylar. The lights on the two boys were up
high and at 45 degree angle while our scout leader was lit from a strobe
hidden in the campfire. the highlights were created by two low strobes
on either side, which were flagged. The whole scene was then bathed in
fill light with a magnum reflector.
lighting diagram for campfire setup
The studio shoot itself went off without a hitch. The background was
kept dark so I had an easy time punching it out from the foreground.
That way I could just pop in the correct background at a later date.
image before knocking out the background
From here it was just a matter of photographing the background on
location and popping it in. I chose a spot in a local park that kinda
fit the mood of what I was after. From here I just waited for the right
time of day, set up two strobes, and fired away.
background shot, park near my studio
Once I combined the two images together, it was just a simple
matter of my regular post production set up along with adding all of the
eyes digitally (I took a bunch of photos of my cats eyes!) and voila,
the final image!
finished campfire stories image
Monday, November 18, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Prince of Wales Arrives
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall arrived in the island a short while ago to attend the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo.
At a reception to be held to mark His Royal Highness' birthday he will meet a
range of people from Sri Lankan society. The garden at Westminster
House, the venue for the party, will host a small organic market, at
which The Prince and Duchess will view local produce and learn about
farming in Sri Lanka.
The Prince will then spend Saturday in
the hill country. In Kandy he will be visiting the iconic Temple of the
Tooth, the British Garrison Cemetery and the historic Peradeniya
Botanical Gardens . Moving on to Nuwara Eliya, he will visit the
Labookellie tea estate and a school for children with disabilities.
On Saturday The Duchess will visit charities in Colombo such as the
Home-Start Lanka Satellite Centre in Colombo Municipal Council’s
‘Building Hope’ Resource Centre.
'සියවසේ ධූමකේතුව' දකින්න ශ්රී ලාංකික බාලදක්ෂයන්ට අවස්ථාවක්
මේ මස 17 වැනිදා සිට 23 වැනිදා දක්වා රාති‍්‍ර කාලයේ සහ අළුයම නැගෙනහිර අහසේ දී දැක බලා ගතහැකි අයිසොන් ධුමකේතුව නිරීක්ෂණය කළ හැකි බව ආතර් සී. ක්ලාක් මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ තාරකා විද්‍යාඥ මහාචාර්ය චන්දන ජයරත්න මහතා පවසයි. මෙම ශතවර්ෂයේ දිස්වන ප‍්‍රබලම ධූමකේතුවක් වන මෙම ධුමකේතුව, අයිසොන් ධුමකේතුව ලෙස නම් කර ඇති අතර මෙම ධූම කේතුව දැකබලාගැනීම සඳහා කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල පරිශ‍්‍රයේදී සූදානම් කෙරෙන නිරීක්ෂණ කඳවුර සදහා බාලක්ෂයින්ට ද සහභාගී විය හැකියි. සීමිත ඉඩපහසුකම් ඇති බැවින් බාලදක්ෂයින් වෙනුවෙන් හැකි ඉක්මනින් ඔබේ ඉඩපහසුකම් වෙන්කරගන්න. ඒ සදහා ප‍්‍රමාණවත් දායකත්වයක් සැපයීමට කැමති නම් අපට ලියන්න.
කොහොම වුනත් මේ ධුමකේතුව කිලෝමීටර මිලියන 1.2 පමණ සූර්යයා ආසන්නයෙන් යෑම පමණයි සිදුවෙන්නේ. මේ නිසා සාමාන්‍ය ප්‍රමාණයට වඩා වැඩි විශාගත්වයකින් යුතු වලිගයක් එහි දකින්න පුළුවන් වෙයි කියලත් විශ්වාස කරනවා. මේ ධූමකේතුව 2013 නොවැම්බර් මාසයේදී, හිරුගේ රශ්මියෙන් විනාශ නොවුනොත් අපට රාත්‍රී අහසේ දකින්නට ලැබිය හැකි බවත් දහවල් කාලයේදී අධික දීප්තිමත් තාරකාවක් මෙන් දිස්විය හැකි බවටත් අනාවැකි පලකරලා තියෙනවා.
"For the best view, you need a very clear sky with no clouds or light pollution and should go to a hill top with no obstruction towards the eastern horizon. On November 17, the comet will be about 25 degrees above the eastern horizon at 5.00 a.m. While increasing the brightness, it will gradually come down daily with 21 degrees on November 19 and 11 degrees on November 23 at 5.00 a.m. above the eastern horizon," the release added.
"You will see the comet with the tail stretching away from the direction of the Sun. A pair of binoculars would give a much better view." Details are available at the Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies(ACCIMT)
Dr. K. P. S. Chandana Jayaratne - B.Sc., Ph.D., Pg.Dip. Counselling, FIP (SL), MIPC Senior Lecturer in Physics. University of Colombo., Consultant on Astronomy and Space Science Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies - Mob/SMS: 0714 800 800 / 0777 309 385 E-mail: chandana@phys.cmb.ac.lk
Friday, October 25, 2013
Teams in the Global Torch Race
You can click on the pins on the world map to see the current location of the Global Torch Race teams
Something new is happening this year…
This year, Scouts can participate in a Global Torch Race during JOTA-JOTI. The Global Torch Race is about creating the fastest-growing gathering of Scouts globally.In the Global Torch Race, there are about 100 teams that compete to win the Race. Each team has a team leader, who has given his/her team a name. The task for the team leader is to kickstart the Global Torch Race. Hence, it will be the task of the team leader to be the first person in the team to invite and recruit other Scouts to join this team.
If you have not joined a team yet, you can do this here by picking one from the list. You can only become a member of one team. Every team has its own team page, where you can see and connect with your team members.
Once you have joined a team, you cannot unjoin it
The task of the team
Each Global Torch Race team needs to recruit Scouts from as many countries as possible during the 48 hours of JOTA-JOTI. Everyone in a team can invite other Scouts to join. So call your Scout friends, find them on your social media networks and invite them to join your team.The winning team is the one who spreads their Torch to most countries.
The winners will be announced after the JOTA-JOTI event and will receive a special prize for their global effort.Join a team now and help us make history.
The results from the Global Torch Race are here. And the winner is.....Scouts & Guides JOTA-JOTI!!! A huge congratulations. You guys have reached 100 countries....
Saturday, October 12, 2013
October 19 at 8:00am at 11:00am | Archbishop college, Nayakakanda, Wattala. |
October 17 at 8:00am until October 20 at 11:00am
| Archbishop college, Nayakakanda, Wattala. |
wattala, Ja-ela Annual District Scout Rally on 2013 October 17-20
couple with International 56th JOTA~17th JOTI~5thJOTS~2013 https://www.facebook.com/events/514015578690287/
බාලදක්ෂ මාධය සහකරු වශයෙන් SCOUTING MAGAZINE සහ විජය බාලදක්ෂ කදවුර,
විජායි දමිල මාධ්‍ය බාලදක්ෂ කදවුර හා එක් ව මෙවර කටයුතු කරනු ලැබේ. මෙම
වැඩසටහන සාර්ථක කරගැනීම සදහා ඔබ සැමට ආරාධනා කරමු.
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වෙනි ගුවන් හා 17 වෙනි අන්තර්ජාල ජම්බෝරියට සහභාගීවීමේ අවස්ථාව ඔබටත් උදා
වී ඇත. 2013 වර්ෂයේ ඔක්තෝම්බර් මස 19 දවස පුරා ශ්රී ලංකා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමයේ
ප‍්‍රධාන මෙහෙයුම් මධ්‍යස්ථානය වත්තල නායකකන්ද අගරදගුරු විද්‍යාලයේදී
පැවැත්වෙන වත්තල ජා ඇල 2013 වත්ජාරී දිසා කදවුරට සමගාමී ව සජීවී ලෙස
කි‍්‍රයාත්මක කෙරේ. මේ සඳහා බාලදක්ෂ නිල ඇඳුමින් සහභාගී විය යුතුය.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
World Day of Prayer & Action for Childrens & Elders
8:00am until 4:00pm
Chance of a Thunderstorm 88°F / 79°F
Organized by Deshabandu Nimal Bulathsinhala (MJF, Jp, PS, MMC)
The Sri Lanka Queen's & President's Scout Guild, Lions Club of Udahamulla in Lions District 306C-2 in association with the Dehiwala-Mat.Lavinia Municipal Council and the Dehiwala Zoo celebrated the International Children’s Day at S.de S. Jayasinghe Grounds, Dehiwala.
Over 5,000 children participated at the event which took a carnival atmosphere. The day’s program included a variety of games and competitions.
A special feature of the event was that the little ones were taken to the Dehiwala Zoo. The children were treated to refreshments and prizes were offered to the winners of the many competitions.
past District Governor, 306C-2, Lion Nimal Bulathsinghala took an actinal part which made the event a colourful and memorable one for the children.
The Sri Lanka Queen's & President's Scout Guild, Lions Club of Udahamulla in Lions District 306C-2 in association with the Dehiwala-Mat.Lavinia Municipal Council and the Dehiwala Zoo celebrated the International Children’s Day at S.de S. Jayasinghe Grounds, Dehiwala.
Over 5,000 children participated at the event which took a carnival atmosphere. The day’s program included a variety of games and competitions.
A special feature of the event was that the little ones were taken to the Dehiwala Zoo. The children were treated to refreshments and prizes were offered to the winners of the many competitions.
past District Governor, 306C-2, Lion Nimal Bulathsinghala took an actinal part which made the event a colourful and memorable one for the children.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Are you looking to buy a
'SCOUTING MAGAZINE'
Colombo International Book Fair 2013 on September 14-22 at BMICH Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s largest book Exhibition , Colombo International Book Fair will be held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) from the 14th to the 22th of September 2013.Here is a great chance forCub Scouts, Girls in Scouts, Junior & Senior Scouts, Rover Scouts, Sea Scouts, Air Scouts, Equestrian Scouts, Little Friends, Guides, Senior Girl Guides, Akelas and Adult leaders to buy scouting Magazines at The Colombo international Book fair 2013, will be held from 14th September to 22th September 2013 at 9.00 am to 9.00 pm.
now available on
Hall - F 'EXPOGRAPHIC BOOKS LTD.'
Hall - A 72, 77, 78 Pitrban Book Shop
Hall - F 'EXPOGRAPHIC BOOKS LTD.'
Hall - A 72, 77, 78 Pitrban Book Shop
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