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Re: Book I of the Hillsfar Chronicles: A Friend Returns
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Feb 2001 21:44:37 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.org, Wilson Raska writes:
> Wow, that is cool man!  You managed to tell a great story without the use of
> much violence, which I tend to base my stories around.  I really didn't
> notice too many of the blurry pics in the story and all the shots were
> well-taken.  I liked all the background you used (houses, the Spitfire
> Tavern, Anyon Steele's shop).  I really had to stop and say to myself "Man,
> he made all those houses and shops just to add background to his story!"  I
> think it's great that you went that far to enhance your story.

Thanks Wilson.  I'm such a perfectionist, I had to have it all just right.
(Ask Shiri, we had to do most shots 3 or 4 times before I got one I liked :-)
I think all the added little "thingies" add that dimension that one needs.

> Also, the darkness of the pictures conveyed the feeling of dusk very well.
> Did you take those pictures in a darker room, or did you darken them on your
> computer?  *Another* thing I thought was cool was the picture of Tabbor and
> Jakob looking over the balcony at the line of torches winding through the
> mountains.

We had the lights off, and I held a little flourescent (sp?) camp light
above the scene.  There is one that I forgot to do that on, so I had to use
the computer to darken it.  As for the pic with the mountains, my dad paints
landscapes, and we set up the shot with one, then I went back in with Adobe
PhotoDeluxe and added the torches.
-Chris



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Wow, that is cool man! You managed to tell a great story without the use of much violence, which I tend to base my stories around. I really didn't notice too many of the blurry pics in the story and all the shots were well-taken. I liked all the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)

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