She made this with a technique she called sfumato, which is sort of like cross stitching I think. Maybe she'll see this post and enlighten us with a comment but I think this is a really awesome piece of art. I told her my eyeballs spin at the thought of doing something so detailed. My attention span would be working against me the entire time!
Here is the photo that served as the example for her stitching. It's crazy how she got all of the shading and everything, really neat.
Great job Kim, now everyone go check out her site - http://kimcstl.blogspot.com/
Tonight on Twitter I saw @ashleygoldberg post a link to Sadie Magazine where they featured some of her work and did a Q & A.
Sarah ShootingI was moving some old photos around and this one just sort of struck me funny so I'm posting it up here. The cool thing about having a partner that shoots is you get to go out on shooting expeditions. This one happened in Carondelet Park in St. Louis
Belly Pics! (Did I mention we're having a baby?)Ok so I'm late to the punch on everything around here. But I am pulling through with some belly pics. I even took my dumb hat off and did my hair to get in one of these photos. Baby is due this friday! (more photos below)
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Ok I'm clearly late on posting these ultrasound scans. Look closely and you'll see the date is from the 20th of November. Better late than never!
How about a short clip of my smelly dog Maggie.
iMac iSight PhotographyWe have all of this high tech photo equipment laying around the studio but sometimes it's good to just kick back and fire up PhotoBooth / iSight and act like a kid again.
It's a dream come true for me. Pretty soon there will be another little Holst running around! We're both very excited! I don't even know what to say!
Just got a 10-22mm Canon f3.5 Wide angle and I thought I'd post a random shot. Just for kicks.
Cosmic Cherry is the name and so far that's all the info I have. These local artists are not just any local artists, they're my brother in law James and his girlfriend Diana aka lildira.
London and Owner CommunicatingLondon, a Great Dane, communicates with owner Saint Fults in a very special way. I couldn't understand what they were saying but did manage to snap this photo of the conversation.
Maggie In The SprinklerYet another dog photo of my beautifully smelly boxer Maggie. This time I got the sprinkler out, a sort of drink slash photo shoot.
Juan Pablo & Spark aka MonkeyJuan Pablo and his Boston Terrier Spark also known as Monkey. If you live in my area and haven't had your dog photographed by me and my lovely wife, you really should consider it. ;-)
Joe & Sarah
No No Nooooo!My Boxer Maggie never ceases to amaze me. This is what we came home to the other day.
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To explain a bit: no, it's not cross stitch embroidery. The Sfumato embroidery software creates tiny little meandering stitches that are close together or far apart depending on the shading needed based on what it sees in the photograph. It doesn't do this automatically. I spend hours on each photo instructing the software to interpret the image into patterns of color, light, and shade. Sometimes it all comes together and works very well. Other times it can be a horrible mess. ha!
I'm glad you like it. Now, I just need to get it to you somehow. I'll check your FreshMedia site to see if it has a mailing address.