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Posted on August 9, 2009 - by Patrick

Design nerds and mac cultists everywhere, prepare to be geeked.

Reposted with permission from author and photographer, Peter Belanger.

“After working on the latest cover for Macworld Magazine I wanted to show what is involved in making a cover. I focused on the three main areas: the photography, photoshop and design. I chose a time lapse format to convey lots of information in a small amount of time. The only drawback of time lapse is that since half a day goes by in 30 seconds, the whole process seam so easy! Lots of details were left out of the design process (like the cover meetings and rounds of layout options). I began to photograph the design process after the layouts had already been narrowed down to just three cover designs.

On the technical side, for the time lapse video, I used the Canon 5D Mark II with a 24mm-70mm zoom. I chose the 5D because of its great image quality with high ISO’s. Canon’s sRAW1 gave me the flexibility of a RAW file with the file size of a jpeg. The actual Macworld cover was taken with a Phase One P65+ digital back attached to a 4×5 Sinar X camera with a 65mm lens.

Many thanks to Rob Schultz for allowing me to invade his office and literally shoot over his shoulder.

The music was used with permission by The Brokenmusicbox.”

Cover creation from Peter Belanger on Vimeo.

Posted on August 9, 2009 - by Patrick

Bruised foreheads and lluminated feet…

Here I am, in this moment of uncertainty; brushing the sweat and dirt from my eyes I press on. Taking on step forward down the deep caverns of life, hoping that I am stepping in the right direction. Using the gospel as the lamp unto my feet is harder than the Sunday pastor makes it sound. The brusises from the walls throb on my forhead as I walk into another wall and then another – almost numb to the impact of making the wrong choice, taking the wrong turn, trusting the wrong person(s).

My greatest fear isn’t spiders or drowning, it isn’t rejection or being alone. My personal hell, is a place where I am in a position of not contributing, not making an impact, not investing. My calling pulls on my back like an overstuffed backpack full of lead weights. Always there, always reminding my of is presence by the blisters and the sore muscles.

How can my greatest gift from the Giver can be my greatest struggle?

I feel like i’ve been tested, abused, beaten down by the church – but for some reason like a co-depended abused wife, I just keep coming back for more. Hoping that one day, i’ll step into a situation where I could be the catalyst for growth and expansion of the Kingdom of God.

I believe in the Church, I believe in the Church as Paul believed in the Church. I’m willing to look past her adulterous and abusive tendencies and willing in step in and love Her, as many men and women have done in the past.

So I am here, embracing the throbbing cuts and the sore bruises. I will endure, press on and keep walking into walls of rock while the faint glow of the the One I follow illuminates my feet like a cellphone in the dark. I don’t know what the future looks like – I have given up on trying to map out the course – I just hope that I can see daylight soon, I feel like I’ve been chasing it for years and I don’t know if my eyes can take much more darkness.

Posted on August 7, 2009 - by Patrick

Storyline | Journey Church | Norman, OK

Journey Church asked me to design a series graphic for their new series coming up.

The series was really a cool idea. What makes a good story and how do we live a life that is interesting and exhibits positive change in the world around us.

I really wanted to enlarge the idea of dreaming. We all have these dreams to make our life, our story great – when we’re kids we imagine all the time, whether we’re a knight saving the damsel in distress or we’re on a balloon exploring the continents. Imagination and creativity aren’t hard for kids, however over time, our creativity is smashed by life.

How do we awaken our creative spirit and return to a place of child-like play and innocence? Where we aren’t limited by rules and social norms, but we allow our imaginations to create, move and roam free again.