Lunch at Fine Line

Posted by Matt Lange on Jan 5, 2011 in Fun | 0 comments

Today I took a lunch time to visit my good friend and shop keeper at Fine Line here in Ruston.

Matt Lange Video – Studio Tour

Posted by Matt Lange on Dec 6, 2010 in Fun, video | 0 comments

Decided to make a little behind the scenes look at where I do all my work.  Enjoy.

Matt Lange Video – Office Tour from Matt Lange on Vimeo.

I also forgot to include these shots. Here are some stills. Gotta show all the goods.

HDR Athletes

Posted by Matt Lange on Jul 16, 2010 in Fun, Information, Sports | 1 comment

I’ve always been fascinated with HDR. However, I’ve never done it before, because I never really knew how and I was worried I would make it look terrible. HDR is one of those things that is done right, it can look amazing. If done wrong, can look like complete garbage. So I decided to give it a shot on some custom NCAA 11 covers, just to see what it would look like, and because I’d never seen an LSU or Louisiana Tech cover:

So that got me a little excited and I decided to do more.  More HDR-ish…..more surreal.  So I played for a little while and came up with these two.  I’m happy with the results of the following:

You may not be happy with the result, but hey, to each his own.  I feel like they look, as my buddy Adam said of the Stafford, like High Def photos.  In short, HDR can be fun.  But pick and choose the uses.  For a great example of picking and choosing when to use it, visit Gary Land.

Have a great weekend everyone.  More posts next week.

Memories: Childhood in the 80’s

Posted by Matt Lange on Jul 11, 2010 in Fun | 2 comments

I got this idea from Johnny Cupcakes today, and I’m sure he won’t mind me semi-copying.  Since I turned 29, I’ve been going through this weird, ‘where did the time go?’, sort of thing.  I hope I get over it soon, but it made his post about Saturday Morning Cartoons really strike a chord.  So I thought, why not do a fun post about 80’s commercials, starring the things that were ‘life changing’ to me as a child.  I was born in 1981, so the bulk of these will be from the 80’s with a taste of the 90’s in here.  Just for fun, enjoy:

I remember when the Nintendo first came out. I remember it like it was yesterday. My good friend Evan got one and I would run to his house every single day and play for hours. Metroid was the biggest draw for us.

Speaking of Nintendo, the greatest game for Nintendo…..EVER:

Nothing impressed me more when I was a child than monster trucks. Period. End of story.

This is from the 90’s, but the Super Soaker changed the water gun game forever. Pool parties were never the same. I only saw one Super Soaker 200 in my lifetime, and it was at my cousin Chris’ pool party. I had the 25…..or whatever number the yellow one was. Outstanding:

How can kids not love these anymore? It may have to do with baseball being less popular than it was in the 80’s. But I remember trading hundreds of Topps cards with my buddies at Millerville Academy. Man we destroyed some cardboard back then. The industry isn’t the same anymore, but I still like to dabble. Enjoy this commercial from 1992:

Hope this was fun. Enjoy your weekend. More backyard brawl pics to be blogged soon, along with Christi Martin’s photo set and a few from a Montana Wedding.

Music To Edit To

Posted by Matt Lange on May 30, 2010 in Fun, Music | 0 comments

I find that music and editing go hand in hand.  It’s almost as if I don’t listen to music, no work gets done.  I like to listen to music that gets my hyped up, so that I edit to my fullest capabilities.  If you aren’t listening to music when you edit (I don’t know who doesn’t), you ought to start.  Your work and spirits will both improve.  Feel free to try any of these albums that I’ve shown. Im sure they are probably not going to suit everyone, but give them a shot.  Have a happy Memorial Day weekend.  Bbq something for me.

Busy Week and Birthdays

Posted by Matt Lange on May 14, 2010 in Fun | 0 comments

Man, it’s been a busy week. But that’s a good thing. Things are really picking up at work on the video end, at Donnie Bell Design (video wise) and that’s awesome. Our agency is known for doing really great design work, both print and web, but I think we may now be on the verge of some really big video things. Working on a commercial for Fairway Carts in Minden, LA right now and have some more Louisiana Tech Athletics video in the works as well. Spread the word, tell your friends. We’re making commercials and making them great. And again, if you haven’t seen it:

2010 Louisiana Tech Football Season Ticket Promo from Donnie Bell Design on Vimeo.

Also, I have Leslie and Aaron’s wedding to wrap up. I’m going to put a teaser up today .

And Sunday is my birthday. Feel free to shower me with gifts and praise. Not really. But I will be treating myself to Robin Hood this weekend to celebrate. Yes!

Have a good weekend. And here’s to an exciting new year…