mikeC
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Digital Retoucher |
| Location | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Introduction | I started my career in traditional photographic retouching in the early 80's, made the difficult transition to Digital in the 90's. I've won a few awards along the way,a few articles published on technique and method, worked as the head of digital at phototechnica for six years and been solo as owner of bitdepth since 2005 |
| Interests | family, books, film, art, music, travel |
| Favorite Movies | up the yangtze, edge of darkness (the original), blade runner, mel gibson's apocalypto, the abyss, aleggro non tropo. the italian answer to Disney's Fantasia, Life on mars (uk), Carl Sagans Cosmos Series, who do you think you are (uk) series, The fifth element, a very british coup, Mike Bassett: England manager, Red Dwarf Series, Bliss, Brassed Off, Gran Torino, Contact |
| Favorite Music | Al Di Meola, Ali Farka Toure, Astrud Gilberto, Anthony Phillips, Atomic Rooster, The Beatles, Beethoven, Bela Fleck, Bill Frisell, Blackfield, Brad Mehldau, Brand-X, Charlie Haden, Chick Corea, Crosby Stills nash & Young, Eberhard Weber, ELP, Eric Bibb, Erik Satie, Focus, Genesis, Gong, Handel, Harold Budd, Michael Hedges, Herbie Hancock, JS Bach. Jan Akkerman, Jan Garbarek, Jean Luc Ponty, Jean Sibelius, Jethro Tull, Joe Satriani, John Lee Hooker, John Mclaughlin, Kieth Jarret, Ketil Bjonstad, King Crimson, Led Zepplin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Pat Metheny, Mike Oldfield, Miles Davis, MJQ, Nick Drake, Nils Petter Molvaer, Oystien Sevag, Paco De Lucia, Pink Floyd, Porcupine tree, Ray Berretto, RTF, Rodrigo, Roy Ayers, Sanatana, Shakti, Steely Dan, Steve Hackett, Suzanne Vega, Terje Rypdal, Tom Waits, Tomasz Stanko Quartet, Tourmani Diabate, Trilock Gurtu, Vivaldi, Zakir Hussain, Yes, Zero 7 |
| Favorite Books | The Great Shark Hunt, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Hunter S Thompson, The Gormanghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peak, David Brins Uplift Series, Roger Zelazny's Lord Of Light, Tolkien's Lord of The Rings, Ralph Steadman's America, Oliver Twist by C Dickens, the Smiley series by John Lecarre |