Painting Lake Champlain!

I am in the middle of painting a scene of Lake Champlain to enter in the traveling exhibit "Champlain's Lake Rediscovered" for 2009. The deadline for entry is September 15th. There will be fifty artists chosen for the exhibit.

This photo was taken about a week ago when I had just started.

Calving Time!

My Scottish Highland Cows had two heifer calves. They were born three weeks apart.

Highlanders are gentle creatures and very docile.

Slide show Menu!

This is a Menu that I created for a slide show I made with some of the footage that was taken of the reenactment. The music is from "The Patriot" ,"The Colonial Cause".

Some of the quality was lost when because I had to change the size and format to post it here.

French & Indian War 250th Anniversary Reenactment!

Well I haven't done very much with film and special effects lately (Just a few church services and one that required green screening) but I have been busy with my painting. Since the last time I posted something I have joined the Ticonderoga militia. Last weekend we were in the 250th anniversary of the French & Indian reenactment at Fort Ticonderoga. We reenacted the battle of Carillon. It was a blast! Saturday it rained and we got soaked but were able to get dried out enough to fight the next day. It was a neat experience to get a feel of what warfare was like at that time. Drilling! Myself and my friend Mark. Preparing for battle! In the heat of battle!

It was really neat to get a glimpse and some of the feeling of what it would have been like in warfare back then. The first time I marched out onto the field and the cannons opened up on us, I must say made my heart beet a little faster. Being in the midst of the shouts of officers and the excitement of battle gets your adrenaline up a bit.




Leaving the field in the rain.

I was soaked all the way through except for the front of my waistcoat which is made of wool. (I see now why they wore it.)Back on the battlefield the next day!Reforming! Shot down for the third time!Myself limping back to the rest of the company.

Marching off the field in one piece!

VCFA photos!

These photos were taken at VCFA's last meeting. 

Recent project!

This is my very first test with Green screening.
As you can see it is not the best.

The video behind me is a miniature stone wall that I made out of styrofoam. The wall measures about 4 inches tall.

Muzzle flashes!

This is a video of my very first test that I did in Vision lab, for gunshots.
It is far from perfect, but it was fun to see what I could do.