http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:32:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The New Xbox Experience (NXE) is quite the reimagining of the overall user interface system we have been accustomed to for the past three years. I was lucky enough to have been selected to be one of the preview program participants and have spent some quality time with the new ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/11/14/the-new-xbox-experience-review/ Well not really a city of gold per say, yet a period treatment applied to the image resulting in something classic, something more distinctive. Light, shadow, scratches, and film grain all added to bring about this perspective. The setting here is that of beautiful downtown Indianapolis, Indiana looking south from ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/10/12/golden-city/ This is 11th Street, do you recognize it? Well more precisely it is a sign for 11th Street residing in downtown Indianapolis, IN. This work is based off an image I took this past July while in Indy for the NASCAR race. I liked the perspective of the shot as ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/09/09/11th-street/ A good friend of mine has recently launched a new website, Bella Casa Portraits dot com, and I wanted to help spread the word. The site is run by Tracy VonGruben, a very talented artist and all around wonderful person. Given that I have had the pleasure of viewing ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/08/08/bella-casa-residential-portraiture/ The new Terminator movie is definitely looking good and this teaser trailer offers some pretty decent hints as to what we can expect when the war between man and machine begins May 22, 2009. The trailer is now airing in front of The Dark Knight, although I can say that ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/07/22/terminator-salvation-teaser/ Well I am now officially a Playstation 3 owner, as of the release of the MGS4 Bundle Pack. This was a long time coming and with the downfall of HD DVD, I knew the days were limited until I broke down and bought a PS3. With the inclusion of the ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/06/14/a-playstation-3-owner/ I know it has been a while since I have posted a movie review, but given the release of the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, I figure I was due for another. It is hard to describe the feeling of anticipation I had for this film, although I ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/05/26/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-review/ This can be a very interesting question as there are many possible answers to it. For some it may be away to share in discovery or education, for others it may be a social outlet or online diary that is shared with the world. The point is that we all ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/05/07/what-is-blogging-to-you/ Hello fellow Flickr friends! I just wanted to take a brief moment to share with you a Flickr group that I was recently made aware of and of which I believe is worth your time. "1 Million" is a group that is all about taking the simplest efforts on the ... http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/04/13/1-million-a-flickr-group/ This stylistic representation of an old time shoe shop was created using a single perspective photograph that I had taken a while back. The result makes use of various filters as well as some quality time with the burn, smudge, and liquify tools in photoshop. http://chrisallensite.com/wordpress/blog/2008/04/05/old-time-shoe-shop/