Nikio

Tonight I work! I will make a presentational video for my masters work at Faculty of architecture. I figured it could be really easy to animate 3d stills of my project into a fancy flashy video. So I set up a small video studio in my room. Here's what I have for the night:



- one TV monitor for previews
- one PC monitor for work (borrowed)
- one video PC (borrowed)
- one condensor mic for possible audio effects
- one iMac for graphics and cool stuff
- 750 GB of extra storage (that will not be used)
- studio headphones
- 0.5 L of fresh coffee (that will be very needed)
- 0.5 L of fresh watter
- a good chair
- a lot of patience (not visible on the picture)

Wish me luck! If this goes well... I'll be happy!

I am still alive and kicking In fact, I have so much work that I didn't have time to blog at all. The last four days I was on a trip to Côte d'Azur which was totally awesome! I will post more pics when I have time to process them, but for now this shall suffice.




EDIT: And by the way:


Thank you!

While I don't have anything better to write; here's what I've seen in the last half of year or so

Martian child - really cute!
Stardust - A nice farytale...
21 - a lot of fun watching it, but that's all
Searching for Bobby Fischer - hm...
Vantage Point - I bet Opel payed a great deal for this one... cool
Hallam Foe - Marvelous!
Wonderfalls - How could this get 9.1 on IMDB? OK, Caroline Dhavernas is cute, and that sells the series, but the rest of it...
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs - The previous movie was a lot better...
Margot at the Wedding - I promissed myself not to watch indie movies again, and here I go and do it. Not that it's a bad movie... but it's difficult to watch it and it is so for no apparent reason. You can at least enjoy good acting in this one.
Horton hears a Who - Amusing But I missed some more developement on side charachters...
Before sunrise & Before Sunset - Beautiful! Just beautiful!
Sleepwalking - It has some good acting and that will keep you watching. But the rest is a bit boring.
Ekusu makina - Japanese animations can be so full of crap, but I love the way they are done!
The other Boleyn girl - A few things make this movie interesting; the fact that it is based on real historic events, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson and the way they are both dressed. As a movie - nothing too special.
The last king of Scotland/ - A well done movie, but I think African leaders don't talk broken English among eachother.
Resurrecting the Champ - Well, it is a nice flick for Samuel L. Jackson fans... but this movie has just too many cliche's for my taste.
Chaos theory - boring... I stopped watching after 30 minutes
Smart people - Actually rather pleasnt movie for a sunday afternoon (if you have nothing better to do).
The life before her eyes - It is a good movie, it really is. The camera work is AMAZING, and so are the actors! But; this idea is slowly getting worn out. I will not tell you what it is, because it might spoil you the movie, but the ending spin was seen before and perhaps for too many times now.
The Grand - Actually quite entertaining. Did you know that the last game was played for real and that actors improvised?
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - A rather charming movie.
My sassy girl - As I later learned, this is only a remake of a Korean movie. I must say it is a bit boring, so I stopped watching at least two times, but Elisha Cuthbert had created such a lovely characther, that I resumed every time.
Happy feet - Just a little bit too long, but still very cute movie
Bigger, Stronger, Faster - Am... I don't know...
Encounters at the End of the World - Amazing documentary
An American Crime - Well done! A brave performance by Chaterine Keener and Ellen Page!
In Bruges - Awesome!!!
The Dark Knight - I wanted to see what the fuss is all about. And I wasted 3 hrs of my life... Batman is just not my coup of coffee.
Wall-E- The best thing evar!!!
Snowangels - A good movie, but totally morbid :s Not easy to watch!

Some might remember my excitement over the UPOL Orchestra I visited last year. Well, the conductor of that orchestra, maestro Simon Perčič, is a very active man; every August he organizes a summer camp for young wind and percussion musicians. The camp lasts for 7 days and on the last night they play a final concert on a beautiful square in Izola. I feel honoured to be invited to photograph that magical event. The music was absolutely fantastic.




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I was there for a special concert of which I will post photos in a while (6 GB to process), but for now just this one

This photo was made by accident but I decided to keep it. Can anybody tell what it is?


Besides that; I'm off for the next 10 days. I'm going to the Slovenian coast to participate in UMMI summer camp. Last year I was there as the official blogger, this year I am promoted to coach my own group of students. I think it will be a lot of fun!
So this is it for the daily photos. It was a great ride, but now there are new challenges for me (and less time). As for the blogging; we are back to normal (fewer but longer posts). Take care

And yes! I can has new avatar! Thanks Violeta!

A band is playing at the marina in Ićići.

The ruins of the Church of Mary’s Assumption in Kastav are a beautiful background for summer musical festivals. I should really visit it at night one day And BTW: the curch was never actually finished.

Last friday there was a huge thunderstorm in Brkini region. In the villages of Huje and Pregarje, hailstones of the size of a normal tennis ball were bombarding the village which was getting ready for the annual celebration called "Shod". The celebration had to be canceled. On the left you can see the actual hailstones, photographed by Fidele Vergan (published at Delo)
Since I was at the beach at the time of the storm, I couldn't document it. But I did visit Pregarje and Huje today, where the restauration is already in progress.



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