Arts and Crafts
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Adventures in Video
Please turn off/ pause/ rest your camera while you are walking around. Bouncing images make me wish they were all still photographs.
I can’t read in the car. Each time I get car sick, or nearly so. So I don’t read in a moving vehicle. I can listen to music because I don’t have to look at anything to hear it.
Sometimes I get that swimming inside my own head feeling when I watch urban exploration videos. The bouncing images are hard to follow, often not in focus and move onto something else before I have seen as much as I want to see.
I haven’t tried making videos, more than twice. None of them were exploring videos. One was a woodpecker we watched in Orillia. Another was a video of family and that’s when I discovered my camera doesn’t auto correct direction when I take video. So I am not going to offer advice on how to take better videos based on all my years of experience.
I will say… one thing you can do is stop filming while you walk around. Turn the camera on when you are standing at the location you want to be and can take a moment to focus yourself and the camera.
Eventually I may be lured into trying exploring video making. I’m not keen on it. I really prefer a photograph I can take my time looking at. There are so many details I want to see and so many things I missed in the moment I was taking the photo but see later when I upload it.
Who does all the drawings for The Great Canadian Baking Show? | CBC Arts
Talk about a sweet gig. The CBC series launched Kenna Barnes’s career as a food illustrator.
Source: Who does all the drawings for The Great Canadian Baking Show? | CBC Arts
Steganography
Steganography is a technique related to cryptography where data is concealed within another file, usually an image. Stegnographic techniques can be employed in conjunction with strong encryption, further reducing the chances of discovery or disclosure.
Source: Curlie – Computers: Security: Products and Tools: Cryptography: Steganography
Upcycled Toilet Roll People Greeting Cards
These are created with marshmallows and candy, etc. But, I’d have more fun making them as a toilet roll version. An upcycled version with things from the recycling bin. I’m going to start saving finished toilet paper rolls and other bits and pieces and see what I can come up with. Everyone needs a project.
Tom Carter – Art from Vancouver
Tom Carter, artist, Vancouver, BC. His style reminds me of the old postcards, hand drawn looking with that sort of range of colours. I would call it muted, for lack of a better word. They look like something you could find (if you were lucky) in a thrift shop, a little time worn and dated but a treasure still.
I made screenshots of two of his set of Christmas cards, posted to Facebook, this year. I am far too late to order a set of cards. If I can afford a set, they would be great for next year.
