November 2018

It was November and we did some stuff... like raking a whole lot of leaves:

And Rose had a part in Spamalot at Franklin Middle School. See her? She's on the left:

And I came down with some lousy bug on my birthday, but we still rocked out and went to see Hairball after going out to eat:

Rose was recognized as an exceptional 1st quarter student at Franklin and got her picture taken with her favoritest teacher in the whole wide world:

And it snowed and we went Christmas shopping and ate breakfast and did other stuff. There's my hasty update for November. If you want something more to read, here's this thing I forgot to post before about one of my coworkers who is accused of being a cold case killer: https://wtop.com/national/2018/06/woman-charged-with-1992-southeast-iowa-beating-death/

War of the Worlds

My latest card stock project:

I used a small high-intensity LED that I positioned behind the tagboard and directed it through a hole that I cut in the board. The aerosol can of photography mist in the picture below provided some dramatic "smoke" in the shot. Behind the scenes:

This whole thing took longer than intended because I accidentally set the first alien tripod guy on fire!

You can see the flame just starting in that picture. Those studio lights get scorching hot very quickly. Lesson learned. It burned up the tripod and part of the tagboard in just seconds. I guess it was a fortunate accident because the LED light I ended up using provided more of a directional beam and I got the effect I was looking for on the first try... after some serious repairs, ha.

The photographic aerosol mist was cool, but pricey and it produced a faint mist without looking very substantial. I think a fog machine would work better. Maybe I'll try that for my next one.