Picture 423...

(Sorry this is so late... there were.... issues.)
HELLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
How you doin’?

I’m actually feeling better.
I’ve been having a bad week.
You’ll see it in the video.
I try to keep these videos just about the trip I take in the Summer class.
Nothing else.
That’s why they have been a bit shorter than normal.
And even if they are long, it’s completely about the trip anyways.
However, life caught up with me.
A lot of things have been happening.
We’re making great progress with the Grandparents house.
I’m actually there right now.
We are just starting on the final living room.
There’s a guest room and then there’s a living room.
So…. It’s like two living rooms.
Whatever.
ANYWAYS!
We finished one and we are starting on the next one.
After that, we’ll have the g-parents’ bedroom left.
And that room isn’t that big.
So, it shouldn’t take long….. I hope.
Hold up……
I’ll be back… We are wrapping up the work day.
We have to clean our mess so my g-mother doesn’t freak out………
(Later at home)
OK! I don’t have much time.
The brother is coming to kidnap me.
We have to film one of his videos!
I’ve been a very busy guy!
This week’s video isn’t done uploading anyways!
IT’S BEEN 8 HOURS!!!
It should be done when I get back.
Like I said, the video got long.
There’s the grandparent stuff and so much more!
There’s a HUGE rant video at the beginning.
My dad took me to an art … showing…. Thing.
There were various forms of artwork, but it was mostly photography.
What I saw there….. traumatized me.
People selling their photos on huge canvases and metal prints.
For $300 to $1000.
And the worst part was…………………………..
………………………………….
The pictures were shhhhhh not good.
I know I might be over-reacting, I don’t think I am.
It raged me so much that I made a 16-minute rant video.
I was able to cut it down to 7 minutes, but still.
WOOOO I was mad.
Like, I don’t mean to brag… but……. My pictures are better.
Not all of them of course…. 
But…. A few.
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I could be selling my stuff for $300!!!!!
AND THEY WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS JUNK!!!
I know I’m sounding mean but…. Dhfjshsldjfjdfihiurf
THE PICTURES WERE THAT BAD.
There was a guy there that actually had some good work.
All his pictures were spectacular.
He knew what he was doing.
The others………………………. Not so much.
ANYWAYS! That took up a good chunk of the video.
Another thing that took up a good chunk was my new computer program.
I started using a new computer program for screen capturing videos.
So, there’s a lot of videos of me trying things out.
It’s very interesting.
I’m working it out, but I like what I see.
I actually cut out a bunch of stuff that I’m saving for next week.
Then there’s… me.
Last week was not so pleasant for me.
Everything around me was good… but I wasn’t good.
I had two bad nights of no sleep.
Sleeping is the worst for me.
I hate it.
Because it never happens anymore!
If I don’t take the sleep pills, I don’t sleep.
One night I did a test to see if I really was relying on the pills to sleep.
And it was true.
I didn’t take them…. I didn’t sleep.
The next night, few nights I took them, and I slept.
And then…. We ran out!
So……. I didn’t take the pills….. and I didn’t sleep.
:-\
Now I’m a druggie and I don’t like it.
I don’t take a lot of medicine.
I just kind deal with it.
Unless it’s a cold because that could turn into pneumonia.
And I’ve had that way too many times.
My lungs aren’t happy.
Plus, one’s half collapsed…. So…….. yeah.
My lungs have been acting up here lately as well…….
It’s just not fun.
The not sleeping at night isn’t fun as well.
The night and I aren’t friends.
It’s when everything calms down and there’s nothing to do.
So…… my brain goes crazy.
I’m always an active person……. Most of the time.
I can’t sit still.
And when my body is ready to stop, my brain isn’t.
It’s…. complicated.
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT MY ISSUES!!!!
I FEEL BETTER AND I MADE THIS PICTURE!!!
For this class trip, we went to the Brookfield Zoo!
I was excited!
Too bad…. The animals weren’t.
IT WAS BLAZING HOT!!
So, everyone was…. Resting.
Our first pass through wasn’t very thrilling.
But since we were staying there for like….. 5 HOURS…. 
…..We had chances to see the animals actually……..
………move.
So, I was able to get some good photos!
Here’s one of the good ones…

Remember, that’s an unedited photo.
I do need to go through the other trips and pick my ten photos.
I can’t wait till the last minute!
And there were other good ones.
Like I said, I have to go through them.
This week’s picture was an issue though.
I forgot to take a GoPro selfie while at the zoo.
So, I actually didn’t have a picture!
So, I thought….. what if I just put myself into one of them.
AND THAT’S WHAT I DID!
I liked this giraffe picture...

It would be cool to have me standing next to one.
And not only that but have me be to scale.
So, I studied to photo and remembered the camera settings that I used.
The place where I was going to stand in the giraffe picture was in the shade.
So, I made sure that I was in the shade as well so I had the right lighting.
Then, I made sure I had the right ISO, f/stop, and zoom level.
I wanted to match everything.
All that was left was to shoot the picture….

Now… the hard part.
I had to get myself into the giraffe picture.
I actually looked up a scale comparing a giraffe and a 6ft person.
I’m like 5’ 11”… so close enough.
It showed that I would come up just below the belly.
I could barely walk under it without having to duck.
With that knowledge, I used various techniques I learned in school and after an hour….
BOOM!!
I was in there…

Lastly….I had to do a bit of coloring.
All I did was toss in a bit of saturation and increase the overall temperature.
Oh, and I brightened the shadows and darkened the highlights.
That’s it….
COMPARE!!!

Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original picture to see the after editing one.
If you're on a touchscreen device, just tap on the picture. You may have to tap more than once.

That was just the "Photoshopping me in there" part.
Here's the coloring changes...

And lastly, compare all the changes!

GREAT!!! I'm happy with it.
It's cool!
I would do the Image Slider Comparison... but it doesn't like vertical photos.
That's why the Image Zoomer is also missing.
MOVING ON!!
Now it’s time for that video!
It’s just over an hour long…
I know, way too long.
And really…
About 20 minutes of that was at the zoo.

…………. :-\
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below.


OK!! All done!

Tomorrow, we go down to Turkey Run State Park!

And you’ll read about that… NEXT WEEK!

So……………………..

COME BACK NEXT WEEK!!!!

I might do something for the 4th of July as well....

WHO KNOWS!!!