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2013-06-16 04:12:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The Truth About Your Ideas In Hollywood - And What to Do About It

+Sheri Candler put up an interesting post the other day about why ideas are just not enough. 

It's something a lot of aspiring filmmakers and producers don't realize until far too late in their careers.  We take many meetings where people walk in with "ideas" for documentary series, reality TV shows, etc.  Those meetings are pretty much over before they start, because they've got an idea and nothing else.

To be successful not just in Hollywood, but in any business, you need to get beyond ideas and realize that real value is not in the idea itself -- it's in you as the artist, and the way you execute those ideas.  Have a listen to this podcast episode which not only discusses ideas, but also explains how you can pitch your unscripted Film and TV concepts to us.  The blog postattac... more »

2013-06-14 18:38:14 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 35 +1s)

Hollywood, CA, L.A.

Hollywood BLVD

2013-06-13 20:49:54 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

It has worked before:

How to have an image in an album, share it at the same time and keep all comments attached to the image in the album itself.

Just as we could do it in 2011/2012 -- all year long.

Thanks for any workable tip.

2013-06-13 20:11:17 (18 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

Hollywood, CA, L.A.

From Hollywood BLVD with Downtown L.A. in the background (Roughly 7-8 miles away). 

2013-06-06 01:57:58 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

The model is since a while here, but the Trestor paint and cement came this morning, a photography project :o)
Yes, I will have fun to do this project. It will be used for Camera Projection, and showcase how miniatures can be built, and used in CINEMA 4D. This will allow for a great teamwork in mixed-media projects, and to capture a great light with "free" render-time. 
Currently I plan to do a time-lapse, perhaps testing RED's 4.0.12 options, or just with a 5D. We will see, maybe I do both. Let the play begin!

2013-06-02 18:22:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Aida K.

Just for fun, I created these little clips. 

One is shot with my RED (in 4K, handheld), the other two with CINEMA 4D. 
(The object was a model from a movie short I did a while ago)

I have a huge passion in creating images, still or animated, virtual or practical. 

I created the underscoring after the editing, as I'm more a visual than an audio person, but I love this part of the work as well. I like to support the visuals with audio, just as I feel it. :o) Thanks for taking the the 80seconds time to check it out. :o)


http://youtu.be/RT8UEqKUaIE

2013-06-01 14:58:29 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

This is a little "teaser" of one of my classes. I used here polarization filtering to extract a reflection matte. I took advantage of a little bit of the high tech in Photoshop to get this. ;o)
Which is then utilized in CINEMA 4D to get the HDRI show up in the tiles and on the stylized baseballs. :o)

2013-06-01 14:46:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

          Top 1000 most followed active
        photographers sharing content on G+
                  Circle One: J to Z

This  is the second of two circles,  The first was shaerd on 16 May here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103236949470535942612/posts/FPsHj9E2QEo.  The circles have been divided alphabetically to help give more exposure to people with fewer followers and shared at different times to help keep down the stream saturation. 

Please plus, comment and share.  This circle has no requirements for future participation but your support and encouragement is appreciated. 

It has been two weeks since I announced my intent to update my circle of the 500 most followed photographers on G+.  I decided to do things a bit differently this time and so I'll share the top 1000.   To buildthe circles and the list I enlisted the aid of  +Bill Wood 
+Gemma Costa... more »

2013-05-31 16:34:50 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Dear Google Plus,

I would like that G+ uses the concept of the "circles" to have this as well applied to organize images. (Image Circle = Album) This is not connected to the people Circle of course. Perhaps call them square to make it more clear. ;o)

In this way an image can be in one or in many circles/squares and the organization of the images would be much simpler. 

The image from Italy could be then in the Europe circle/square, but perhaps as well as in the sunset circle/square, and in the "Images 2013" circle/square, etc.

On the end, the best design is: what was learned one time to operate it, can be used again and again. The least amount of learning work is the best design. So circle...or square! I really would love that.

Thanks for considering and your great support over the years!

2013-05-31 03:57:28 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

This is my "other" album, in which I put everything that has a value for me, but which is not directly a panorama. I think I never have shared it completely. So, I hope you have some fun exploring it. :o)

2013-05-29 02:26:58 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Banana "photo-graphed" for a 3D model. ;o) 

2013-05-25 22:17:09 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

♥ The Share-a-thon Grand Finale ♥
¸.•˚´¨`˚•. ♥ The BIG Share! ♥¸.•˚´¨`˚• .¸
[If you've received notification, you're in it!]
This is a circle of photographers that I personally vetted during, and after, the share-a-thon. It consists of the 100+ photographers that I shared directly to my stream during the week long event and then 50+ more that I went through the profiles of this morning. I tried to keep it to under 150, but clearly I've failed (too many good photographers out there!) I hope it is still small enough for people to add.

I tried so hard to get to everyone that added their link in the thread, but my hand has given out. I apologize sincerely to the folks that I wasn't able to include this time around! Leaving aside all my jokes during the time about bandages and casts on my scrolling finger (or its having fallen off! ...;oD)––my hand is actually ... more »

2013-05-24 16:08:25 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

After shooting images and recording tutorials for the last 50 days straight, I slowly come back to normal. :o)
Here is a little moon shot. I know, not my first one of the moon, but it was a pretty clear sky last night. (Shot with a lens that I bought around 1979! ...with extender 1000mm.)

(Is something broken with the images uploads now?) 

2013-05-18 19:43:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

If you have worked on your images before you have uploaded those,
make certain that the
Settings> Auto Enhance/Auto Awesome
is not active (which is by default.)
I was told that this will, on the long run, affect as well previous images.
You might easily imagine my position to such features :o(

2013-05-13 15:33:08 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Apple Panorama 360º/180º

One series of tutorials I'm working on is a fifty part video series about textures for 3D. It is part of a package of around two hundred tutorials covering the complex field of "Photography for 3D Artists" exclusively on Cineversity.com

Here you can see an apple peeled with the camera, based on the guidance of "CINEMA 4D" during the process. :o)

2013-04-11 05:30:48 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 24 +1s)

This is my favorite album, with over 400 panoramas certainly a nice collection. I shot them mostly in the USA. 
I hope you enjoy the ride. Have fun! :o)

2013-04-11 03:30:39 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

►Top Photographers Circle 3.0 / L-Z◄ - of ►Top Photos on Google+◄
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER
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In this 2 Circles are included all ►Top Photographers,
who contributed and participated in the daily photo theme:
#10000photographers since the G+Page and Group 
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER
is established, respectively all, whose photos were shared as
►TOP Photos on Google+◄ until today.
This circle is renewed and expanded regularly! Those who have once or even several times not shared this circle are not included in this circle. Who wants to be included in the next circle again, please share this circle. This is only a fair rule.Who wants to be promoted must also concede this to the others.
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░... more »

2013-04-07 16:54:58 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Being quiet...

I'm in the process of producing over 200 tutorials about photography. Funny enough, all I do "day in, day out" is to capture worse case images, e.g., highest ISO and two stops under, so I can get to work on serious noise.

The series aims toward 3D Artists and captures HDRI, Panorama, Miniature, Camera Mapping, Texture Creation and of course lighting. Every step -- video based. 

I look forward to leave all these "shooting for mistakes" behind me, and shoot for beauty again. Sorry to be so silent here lately. :o) It's quite some work. (The last 212 tutorials were just released in March
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10389851.htm)

Here a source example use in a tutorial, about Smart Objects, Image stacks and how to get noise out based on the Stack Mode "Mean" or Median.

I pushed then... more »

2013-03-31 03:34:26 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Los Angeles, Foothills, CA

I couldn't help myself to use this color grading here, nostalgic or do I ahve watched to many old movies in my life, hehe.

Happy Holidays.

2013-03-29 23:09:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The new Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ ENGAGERS Cɪʀᴄʟᴇ is out!    [ Mar 28, 2013 ]
Record participation again last week!  The bar has been set higher!

Quick start instructions:
➀  post a URL link to a G+ photo in the comments below,
➁  check out some photos from others and +1 and comment on them,
➂  publicly share this circle-post, from a new friend's stream (instead of ours)
➃  add this circle, and replace it every week.

You will get a comment from us and be added (or stay in) the circle share next week!  Questions?  Ask in comments below - you'll get help!

Full story: This circle is for meeting engaging G+ users about photography.  The interaction happens in the comments and re-shares.  Post a link to a photo from your stream during the last week inthe comments below.  It can be your photo... more »

2013-03-20 16:58:26 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Somewhere in the L.A. Hills. 

Lots of power and a wide view. ;o)

2013-03-18 17:04:29 (20 comments, 0 reshares, 29 +1s)

Glendale park, L.A., CA

A stitched wide shot, so the light rays nicely around ;o)

#monochromemonday  and thanks to the curators to keep going :o)

2013-03-14 19:43:23 (15 comments, 2 reshares, 42 +1s)

Glendale Park, L.A., CA

Spring impressions. :o)

2013-03-09 02:44:43 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 39 +1s)

Glendale Park, L.A., CA

It was pretty cold here today (for L.A. standards), so I needed a little bit extra warmth in the image ;o)
Have a great weekend!

2013-04-22 18:35:55 (34 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

Nomination for my last music video! Woohoo! Which means at least Bronze at that festival. In one month I will know the final result. :o)

(In 1994 we had our first feature film at that festival and got Silver. I'm always happy to go back there.)

[edit] The Results are out: My work has gotten the highest award: Platinum in the category Music Videos/ Cinematography! Woohoo

2013-03-07 03:24:08 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

Glendale Park, L.A, CA

These trees share one spot like a big family, before the roots starts they are already one "tree", but up in the "sky" they develop their own idea of tree. 
This is a 200º handheld shot. :o)

2013-03-07 03:14:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Circle 1.0 of the brand NEW Community: TOP Photos on G+
of +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS around the World  by +Robert SKREINER 
Link to Commununity:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102730381095199131702
In this circle are included the first 500 Members of the NEW Community!
The next Circle 2.0 will be published with the next 500 Followers a.s.a.p.
We welcome all who share this circle! Thank you in advance!
All who join the Community "Top Photos on G+"
are included in one of the the next circles. 
Please add also the moderators to your circles.

Hashtag for this post and circle:   #TOPphotoscircle1  

There is a chrome extension to automute Google Plus Posts by hashtag:
http://code.google.com/p/nonplus/

#10000photographersaroundtheworld   #bird... more »

2013-03-04 19:00:54 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Flower in Ice

A large flower -- frozen in ice. I placed some flowers a while ago in ice, to "time-lapse" them for details in a music video, while melting.
As usual, I changed the script while preparing the project, and the freezer needed the space back ;o) 

I placed as only light source a little LED* light under the ice, (*it is in my kit to have the "eye-light" with no problems). 

2013-05-25 15:01:56 (27 comments, 2 reshares, 70 +1s)

Glendale Park, L.A., CA

Three little high tech fairies, in the park. :o) (DSLR, iPhones and other shooting equipment)

Have a great weekend

2013-02-27 19:46:43 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

VFX CRISIS.

2013-02-25 17:30:31 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

Glendale Park, L.A., CA

I found some trees which follow my ideas. They support the middle part in a nice way, just enough to reach my target here.

It is not strictly monochrome, more old bleached sepia. However, this is my little contribution to MCM, as I believe that the reduction of chromaticity is there to support the image and not the reduction of colors... ;o)

Thanks to the curators of #monochromemonday  

2013-02-22 16:50:58 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 52 +1s)

Glendale Park, L.A., CA

Just a sunny afternoon. :o) I was messing around with some settings, and I thought what would it look like to create a B&W tone-mapped copy, that I would paste then in the L channel of a Lab image. Well -- here it is. Luminance tone-mapped, colors not.
Enjoy your weekend.

2013-02-20 18:29:02 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 47 +1s)

Glendale Park, L.A., CA

Presidents Day, a great time to make a longer walk and get some shots. Light is obviously my passion.
This one is done with a Canon G10 and is 12K wide originally. 

#widewednesdaypanorama  curated by +Ken McMahon and +David Heath Williams  Thanks to every curator of WWP! 

2013-02-18 18:04:18 (20 comments, 1 reshares, 37 +1s)

Glendale-Park, L.A., CA

Sunday walk in the park. Nice afternoon light and warm sun beams. 

Thanks to all the curators of MCM #monochromemonday  

2013-02-17 19:44:25 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 34 +1s)

–––––
I Appreciate You
I Appreciate Because of You
–––
An interesting word is "appreciate."
In English, we use it in two different ways. It means, in one form, "to recognize the quality, significance, or magnitude of; to admire, be thankful or show gratitude for" and in another form, "to increase in value".
And, it is in these two forms of use, that it can also be seen as a tool for improving one's own existence. For those qualities which we most admire and are the most thankful for can serve as indicators and a template to guide our course forward to the things we want most to accomplish in life. Those qualities you appreciate are a manifestation of who you are and who you wish to become; they give you a direction to move towards to increase your own value to yourself and others.

Letting Go ofJudgementmore »

2013-02-16 17:15:08 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Glendale, L.A., CA Valentines Day

A beautiful walk along the nice areas of Glendale. Each time I go into these little streets I have the feeling I'm on vacation. I love to be here in SoCal.

2013-02-12 19:05:18 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

May I steal 80 seconds of your time, and brag a little bit? Thanks!

Here is my "private" trailer of the new training:
http://youtu.be/aj3qvbGqPT4
This week the Cinematography series is released,  last week the Integration (practical/CG) was released, more to come. Just to show off a little bit what I do -- besides filming and taking images (panoramas)
The Cinematography series got already three awards. 

2013-02-10 17:49:08 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 40 +1s)

The winter is slowly crawling out of the Hills. 
Not fast enough of course, but the sun is constantly pushing the cold moisture away. Can't way for the heat...


Since we have a bug here on G+, please allow me to point to my two main Albums: Dr. Sassi's Panoramas and Random Images. Enjoy the ride if you invest some minutes :o)
#monochromemonday   #landscapephotography  Thanks to +Jerry Johnson and +Margaret Tompkins for actively curating these two themes. I certainly thing the two # tags fit well to the images. Let me know if there is a concern.

2013-02-08 21:20:03 (18 comments, 0 reshares, 40 +1s)

California Poppies, L.A.

Since we can't post single additional images --without posting the album instead, here only a single shot that will go later on into the album. I hope Google will fix that bug soon. 
Have a great weekend

2013-02-08 21:03:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

200 great things about Google+ - the Feb 2013 edition

200 great things about Google+, more specifically 200 great folks whose streams I spend a lot of time in when I'm catching up on G+.

It's also my default stream for the mobile Google+ app when I'm mobile.

There is a little bit of everything here from some top pro photographers, to some community buiders, to some folks I've gotten to know since I started here.

This circle gets pretty much continually updated as folks leave G+ and as I get to know new folks better. However, I've learned that if it gets much bigger than 200, there is still too much in their streams for me to catch up on.

Have a great weekend!

+Gene Bowker 

2013-02-07 23:22:49 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/2013/02/digital-production-buzz-feb-7-2013/#.URQ2wFoj6uq

Paul Babb, CEO and Pres. of MAXON Computer US as well as founder of CINEVERSITY will talk about new things on Cineversity (e.g., my work :o)

2013-02-05 17:02:18 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 37 +1s)

Spring is around the corner :o)

I shot these just for fun with my little Canon G10. I took four images and stitched them. :o) "Pocket cam fun".

2013-02-04 16:09:40 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

I'm happy to share this link, after a lot of work, over 200 tutorials will be online soon:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10389851.htm
Here in my video section (G+ YouTube)you will find the trailer to JET :o)

So, back to work, the next pile of 200+ tutorials are in production.

2013-02-03 17:28:07 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Spring-Texture, L.A., CA

Just a little teaser for the Spring Season. The sun was fantastic and bold inside the leaves. A moment like all the others -- were I can get lost so easily. :o)

2013-01-30 21:52:08 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Have you tried this: 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=110784099379805584044
You need only to swap out the number (id=) to get your own page! Just a link - no sign up and free. (I'm just a user of this option, not the coder or the one who had that nice idea!)

Certainly for people who avoid G+, but to give them a short idea of your work (no plus nor comment options though)

P.S. +Richard Kralicek shared this one (see below):
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photobox/?googleid=110784099379805584044

2013-01-30 19:16:19 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

As the Circle shares are always taking a lot of space, lets try it this way:
+Margaret Tompkins 
https://plus.google.com/107958599012052618167/posts/PiefB8wk2xE   .
 +Gene Bowker 
https://plus.google.com/111112809838472063992/posts/TX3VXzpLCeW  +Gailen Mapes 
https://plus.google.com/103752943025677384806/posts/SCjWFmFKbyp  +Andrey Mashnich 
https://plus.google.com/109251549623048802187/posts/KvRSGYburTX  +Thomas Broadfoot 
https://plus.google.com/116411437512689977320/posts/gXketck4Gex

Thanks to everyone! Makes me happy to be included. I think each of these circles are certainly worth to add. 
I have had asked Google to have a smaller way to share circles (I know, it clutters the stream for some), but so far no result... Let's hope for the best.

2013-01-28 20:02:04 (20 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

Moon - last night over L.A. :o)

Perhaps not strictly B&W but I hope this near monochrome image works for #monochromemonday  just to say at least hello to +Jerry Johnson :o) and all other contributors to MCM ;o) 

Happy Moonday.

Shot with an old vintage 500mm and an 2x Y/C extender (also very "vintage", hence the blur :o)

2013-01-26 18:21:37 (26 comments, 3 reshares, 43 +1s)

Winter Impressions, L.A., CA

One of the moments where I come back from a walk and see that the light-changes, just to grab my gear and do another walk. Photography is so healthy :o)
Four images stitched.

2013-01-24 16:42:53 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 34 +1s)

"Flare-y-Tale": Winter-Impression, L.A., CA

This lens likes to catch (lens-) flare. It is easy to get very nice ones. The idea here was to take a lot of shots, with more or less (none...) flare, just mixed. While stitching the "pano", I used the lens-flare more deliberately (or not at all in some areas).  (85mm, T1.5)

2013-01-21 17:56:19 (27 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

Winter-Impressions, L.A., CA

We had F75º/C24º yesterday and the sun seemed to be in Spring mode. I had the  impression that the little twig reaches to the sun, in hope to grow up heavily :o)