Ready for a wedding? Yes ma'am, yes I am.

Stormy Schiphol - first attempt at a stitched panorama

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The sky was rather dramatic today, so on the way home I went up to the roof terrace of Schiphol Airport to shoot some shots for a stitched panorama.
Because the sky seemed so stormy I made sure to increase the vertical coverage on the sides, and when I ran all the shots through Photoshop its magical algorithms produced the effect I'd hoped for: the world seems to undulate, like waves on a stormy sea.
The blocky building in the middle is fully straight, though unfortunately there were some stitching errors in the windows on the left side that I just couldn't find a way to fix. Still, I'm quite pleased with it for a first effort!

Wacom Inkling: this looks like an artist's dream come true.

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Ikea names for Colson.

Full-length video of my Voice Acting Workshop at #EF17

At EF 2011 in Magdeburg, the third of three panels I held was on the topic of Voice Acting.

We started off with a quick presentation on vocal technique, mic technique, posture and performance, then invited some volunteers to try their hand at performing a short script written for the occasion.

I had the pleasure of being accompanied by Shay, whom I'd invited as Special Guest. He was still reeling from the rather successful premiere of Bitter Lake the previous night, which I'm sure contributed to the fact that the panel was standing room only.

At the end of the panel, Shay and I took some rather excellent questions from the audience and to finish it off, did our own run-through of the script.

Thanks to all who came!

...and carry on.

While we wait for the pawpet show to start, the audience is kept entertained with bloons.

There is no A in "bloon."