Posted by Lucas on December 9, 2010 · 1 Comment
[facebook] [retweet] When I woke up today I felt like a super hero. Like Peter Parker waking up from getting the spider bite from the first Spiderman movie. I laughed! I could see and I didn’t have to do anything for it. I didn’t have to stumble around for my glasses, or walk across the [...]
Posted by Lucas on December 6, 2010 · 1 Comment
[facebook] [retweet] Let me start this blog post by saying you can pick up a beauty dish from Amazon for $89 by clicking here. But if you’re a savy DIY-er you may want to try your hand and making one on your own. My original idea was to make a video tutorial on how I [...]
Posted by Lucas on November 30, 2010 · 1 Comment
[facebook] [retweet] You may remember the Miracle One Wine videos I produced? Well, this same group has come out with another great wine in a ridiculously cool packaging, Bluebird Wine. They asked me to make an introductory video which you can watch below. They crafted this wine because they didn’t see any premium wines on [...]
Category: Blog, Video · Tags: After Effects, Astra pouch, Behind the Scenes, Bluebird Wine, bts, green screen, Outtakes, picnic wine, vfx breakdown, wine in a bag, wine pouch, wine spout
Posted by Lucas on November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Soundscapes by Ace Norton It gets going about a minute into this, worth a watch/listen – takes ham boning to a new level Okay, now here’s some ham boning . . . Most overused line in Cinema: “You look like shit” Good advice: I love hang gliding – if you press play it skips to [...]
Posted by Lucas on November 15, 2010 · 3 Comments
I’m always curious what kind of traffic websites get beyond the ubiquitous digital counter at the bottom of web pages. After I began using Google Analytics (it’s free!) I realized how much statistics are available for websites. Most of them are useless to me beyond the initial level of curiosity. Nonetheless, I do find it interesting [...]
Posted by Lucas on November 11, 2010 · 13 Comments
What is a blog if you don’t share part of your personal life on it? Primarily, this site has been about showing the work I do, not necessarily talking about personal stuff. Now, nearing the one year anniversary of having lucasridley.com I thought I’d venture into the delicate world of sharing some more personal stuff [...]
Posted by Lucas on November 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
If only we could do barrel roles in our hang gliders . . . This video is pretty awesome, I was curious to see how he landed this thing . . . Just a great compilation of some cool stuff being done. This is for real you guys. Watch this and you will not be [...]
Posted by Lucas on October 25, 2010 · 1 Comment
[facebook] This last Saturday I visited the infamous Keeneland race track and it lived up to it’s reputation. It was like being implanted into a movie scene. Thanks to a friend, I was in the clubhouse and so every guy wearing a sport jacket added to the stately manner of the day’s events. I highly [...]
Posted by Lucas on October 22, 2010 · 2 Comments
Today I visited two old buildings downtown. One has a beautiful 3rd floor that used to be a ballroom with massive windows that overlook the fountain square of downtown. It has been vacant for probably over 25 years. The second is the oldest building in downtown, constructed around 1836. It is currently being renovated, which [...]
Category: Blog, Photography · Tags: antique door, antique water heater, ballroom, Bowling Green, Downtown, Elaine Walker, Old Buildings, oldest building, prohibition door, renovation, window, Window pane
Posted by Lucas on October 18, 2010 · 1 Comment
[facebook] [retweet] [box]This month is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and for the last month I have been busy taking photographs of the bras that local individuals and businesses decorated that will be auctioned off tomorrow at Olde Stone. In addition to the auctioned bras, these photographs will be for sale at the event to [...]