Archive for category Geekery
Vote for my car…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Random Bits on March 6th, 2010
I created a custom NASCAR Cup car using the Toyota Racing Sponsafier. Vote for my design: http://www.sponsafier.com/share/174037 #sponsafier
If I win, my car will be created and DRIVEN in a Cup race! AND the driver will have a driving suit to match my Pink Devil car… Cool!
Here is a quick view of my ‘masterpiece’.
evening shoot…
Posted by admin in HDR, photography on March 4th, 2010
and a new HDR photograph. This was taken at 7:40pm along the Middle Arm of the Fraser River in Richmond BC, on the Middle Arm Greenway. The structure in the photograph is the UBC Lecky Boathouse – a community and semi-private rowing facility along the Middle Arm.
This unique structure is a facility that provides training opportunities for the University of British Columbia [UBC] Rowing Team outside of Vancouver and community water/rowing programs for Richmond residents of all ages. Enjoy the eyecandy…
UBC Lecky Boathouse
SPECTACULAR Vancouver BC…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Vancouver 2010 on February 1st, 2010
I love my City….
Sunday eyecandy…
Posted by admin in Geekery, arty inspiration!, mixed media on January 24th, 2010
I’m working on new directions for my artwork… alot of the style will be in the same vein, but a more vintage, Audrey Hepburn treatment is coming down the pipe. Also, I’m working alot more with my botanical altered photography and combining them in collage-style artworks…
BUT while recently experimenting with my new iMac iMovie feature, I put together a quick video of some of my favorite artworks from late 2008 into the end of 2009. I thought I would share and hopefully you can enjoy some afternoon eyecandy! To see more artwork from the previous years, please visit my art website at: www.paperwerxings.com
2009 Favorites from Christina Lazar-Schuler on Vimeo.
Artwork from late 2008 to end of 2009 that are amoung my favorite creations.
Stephen Colbert will officially be allowed to cover the Olympics!!!
Posted by admin in Geekery, Vancouver 2010 on January 20th, 2010
Ok… so many of you have probably heard about the throw down between Richmond and the Colbert Report. The City of Richmond had invited Stephen Colbert to be an official Ombudsman at the Speed Skating venue and offered him this role to ensure that US Speed Skaters were treated ‘fairly’ after Colbert ‘accused’ Richmond of not allowing US athletes practice time on our ice.
After much anticipation, Colbert announced that he would be coming to Richmond; however, due to press rules at the Olympics [accredited press vs. non-accredited], he wouldn’t be allowed to cover the events ‘officially’ and would only be able to report on events outside the venue and away from any Olympic sites. Since the network that runs his show is non-accredited, permission to video or do reporting wouldn’t be allowed.
Today, on the Colbert Report, it was announced that NBC was making Stephen Colbert part of their Winter 2010 Team [NBC is the official accredited US broadcaster for the Games] which means… that Stephen Colbert can and WILL be covering the Olympics from the Richmond Olympic Oval [aka: ROO]!!!! Whaaa? YES! That means that one of my favorite tv personalities, Stephen Colbert, will not only be in Richmond as an ‘ombudsman’, but that he’ll be likely to visit the Press Tribune area of ROO, which means I will hopefully get to meet him. Or at least SEE him in person. I cannot wait! This is so cool…
I love Colbert. He’s funny, sarcastic, completely original and goes places that no other political ‘pundit’ has gone before. His last schtick has been his attempts to get on the official US Olympic Team in some sport capacity. He’s tried Bob Sleigh, Speed Skating and more… My favorite though is his Curling try-out. Need a laugh? Watch this…
Richmond Olympic Oval…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Vancouver 2010 on January 20th, 2010
A video look at ROO… It’s a place that we, as Richmond citizens and me, personally a City of Richmond employee, are proud of… This is where I will be hanging my volunteer hat for 2.5 weeks, starting February 7. WOW! It’s coming so fast…
ohmigod! I need more than 24hrs…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Where in the world am I?, photography on November 8th, 2009
I know, I know… I keep saying this BUT ohmigod! I cannot believe how busy I am these days! I need at least 6 more hours a day for the next 3 months…
Work is crazy busy with all kinds of stuff on my plate for the 2010 Winter Olympics. For example, 250+ signs to design for our celebration site and another 100 for the urban wayfinding system throughout the city from CanadaLine to the OZone and Olympic Oval, PLUS a new, special project for the City’s CAO and managers.
Add in there TWO Commercial Photography programs in the evening and Saturday mornings for another 4-6 weeks, plus shooting assignments for said courses. All of which I enjoy tremendously. I wish I had MORE shooting time, but that won’t happen until after the 2010 wrap-up.
THEN I’ve got two Portobello West shows in the next 6 weeks, trying to get some artwork done, printed gift card sets, a digital calendar series that is downloadable from my website to your desktop and the lists go on and on…
I am trying desperately to keep up on my sleep, watch my diet and take care of myself to prevent any flu-bugs from draggin’ me down. It’s a battle between what I WANT to do, and what I NEED to do. I’ll let you know who wins LOL ;^)
In the meantime, it’s time for some sharing…
Had TWO 3 hour photoshoots outdoors yesterday, including one focussed on natural light portraiture. LOVED this one… Had two great models to work with and I thoroughly enjoyed working with them. The natural light photo assignment goes towards my overall semester mark for my Digital Intermediate Photography and Workflow course and hopefully I’ll do as well with this assignment as I did last week [I got 87% - that's a A people!!!] In the meantime, I thought I would share some of my favorites from the 2+ hour shoot yesterday.
Click here for the online webgallery of images. Oh yeah, thanks for looking!
I <3 GLEE!
I love, love, love this new show!
The characters are developing nicely and we’re starting to really get into interesting storylines… Crazy wives who pretend they are pregnant, a cheerleader who IS preggers, girls who crush on boys, boys who crush on girls, a hilarious gay character, insane teachers with serious mood swing issues, a germophobe counsellor in love with another teacher and an ‘Apu’-ish Indian principle who does airplane hosiery commercials. Jane Lynch is amazing and insane as Sue, the coach of the Cheerios cheerleading squad (she gets all the best lines LOL)!
For me though… the performance pieces really make the show.
Last week we were treated to a ‘Puck’ cover of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline. It was awesome! ♦and the guy who plays Puck, well he is just about the finest thing on tv right now! So, tonight I give you the GLEE Mash-up of Sweet Caroline, enjoy…
What I did last night…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Random Bits, Where in the world am I? on October 15th, 2009
Got ‘dragged’ to a concert by co-worker/friend Kathy and saw 3 great acts: Carolina Liar [good but too LOUD!], One Republic [amazingness!] and Rob Thomas [2 hour set! what more could you ask for?]
Here is video from One Republic covering Tears for Fears SHOUT! with Carolina Liar as back-up:
One Republic [SHOUT!] at Vancouver from Christina Lazar-Schuler on Vimeo.
And Rob Thomas singing his hit Diamonds:
Rob Thomas [DIAMONDS] LIVE in Vancouver from Christina Lazar-Schuler on Vimeo.
For more videos from the concert, go to my VIMEO videos!
Evening shoot…
Posted by admin in Geekery, Random Bits, photography on October 8th, 2009
With Autumn upon us and the opportunity for ‘non-rainy’ evening photo shoots quickly coming to an end, I decided to head out at 7pm for a quick [well, not so quick - I was out for over an hour] photo shoot at the Richmond Olympic Oval [aka ROO].
ROO is one of the premier 2010 Winter Olympic Venues and it’s where I’ll be volunteering for VANOC for 2-3 weeks. It’s a beautiful building by day, but it’s really magical at night! Here are some photos from the evening and a link to an online gallery of my favorite shots. Enjoy!
The image above features a spectacular public art piece by Janet Echelman called Water Sky Garden.
This amazing art work was a significant part of the overall landscape design for the ROO building and has also been the inspiration for numerous editorial articles in very well known/respected landscape and architecture design publications.
All the photos were shot at ISO 100 using a 17-85mm lens, on tripod, with shutter-release cable at various exposure times from 1/4 sec to 25 secs.