Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:11 pm Congrats Marco, 3rd Prize Contest Winner

Congratulations on your contest win, Marco. This time I can't even complain about the shadow.

Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:56 pm Beach Boat blanket bingo

Luxwiz, this is all great. I didn't really expect to get the 'Lighting 101' (the last time I remember hearing this was in grad school). And, yes, it feels more natural to many of us who read left-to-r ...

Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:32 pm some critiquing please

I read somewhere that to master a profession, you need to put 10,000 hours into it. At 8 hours a day, 5 days a week it makes about 5 years. To improve the technical side, you need to read, read, read ...

Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:27 am Beach Boat blanket bingo

The sand dune looks better with the shadow on the right as it feels more natural for the light to come from the top-left. Perhaps you should try flipping the boat, not the dune.