Comments on: Spring Skiing in December

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:09:17 +0000

Hey Brandon, Thanks for checking out Urban Flute, and glad you like what you found including the Duos for Flute and Chairlift! That was a lot of fun that day, so I’ll have to get myself back to Mansfield later in the season – for more than 45 minutes next time! Thanks for the ski equiptment: couldn’t have made the recording without your ‘tech support’ and expertise!!
Cheers,
J

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:12:14 +0000

Hi Bruce -I’ve been meaning to get back to you, so apologies for the delay. Glad you like this image which has been – uncharacteristically, I might add – ‘photoshopped’! Like my sound-files (98+% unedited), I take the same approach to how I post my photos…ie no cropping, tweaking, etc, etc…however recently I inadvertently downloaded what’s called Picasa (you know, like Picasso I guess, right?) and it’s actually amazing and very intuitive/easy to use.
I’m sure there are all kinds of platforms, however this is the first one I’ve ever tried and it works for me, especially since most of my photos are taken on my phone(!)
Just a word of caution, however, and that is that Picasa can appear to be quite invasive once you import it: it systematically runs through all of your drives, exporting a copy of each and every photo on your system onto the Picasa platform – this is done very efficiently, but don’t be alarmed if it takes a while. Once you have it set up, it’s a handy option to have, and edited images can be re-filed as needed.
Now if I can find a platform for editing my soundfiles that’s equally good I can proceed to select portions of my longer soundfiles, like our concert recording of Kalais performing last year at the Unitarian Congregation from last year!!
Hope this helps!
Cheers, J

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:05:29 +0000

Hello. Great website. Just thought I’d check it out after you visited Mansfield since I was working there that day. That was me in the rental shop. =)

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By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:29:21 +0000

Brilliant photo here, James. I love the blurred vignette. How did you get that effect? On another note, I stumbled across this website: http://www.iaai.ca/otf/otf.htm . I think you will find it interesting. Also, check out my latest set of photos of the Holocaust Memorial on phanfare. I would welcome your feedback.