Yup! What can I say? It seemed appropo to post a pic of myself here too.
BIO
Troy Mathisen
...began his professional career as a recording engineer in 1977.
Shortly thereafter, he expanded into providing concert sound-reinforcement and technical support services for many "internationally-renowned" performing artists.
After a couple years of doing concert sound around the Pacific Northwest, he moved to Hollywood California, to enhance his education and experience in audio and music recording and production, for the film, television and record industries.
After 5 years with Paramount Recording Studios as a technician and audio engineer, he began his education in computer music production and graphic design.
Two years later Troy was avidly educating himself in 3D modeling, rendering and animation development and production, while working as a recording engineer for Buena Vista Sound at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank California.
By 1990, he was working as a soundtrack composer and music producer, while obtaining an education in simulation and virtual reality technologies.
Two years later he was working extensively in video engineering and production, giving occasional dissertations to college students on virtual reality environment engineering and computer music development and production for film and video.
In 1995, Troy devoted his full time to learning Internet and web-based technologies.
By 1997, he was functioning as Director of Internet and Multimedia Development for a high-tech telecommunications firm in the bay-area of central California.
To this day Troy continues to design and build intelligent web application software and information distribution systems, as well as focusing as much time as possible on his two greatest loves - the arts and sciences.
Troy currently uses the following for creating visual media...
Software;
Apophysis 2.02
Blender 2.41
Chaoscope 0.2.1
ChaosPro 3.2
DeepPaint 2.0
Lightwave 8.5
PhotoImpact 8
Poser 6
Terragen v0.9
TrueSpace 6.6
VUE 5 Infinite
and others.
Cameras;
Canon Z135 Sure Shot
Nikon D50 Outfit
Olympus Camedia C-700UZ
Hardware;
Dell Inspiron 8500 Computer
HP Business InkJet 1200n Printer
HP PhotoSmart 8250 Printer
HP ScanJet 4370 Scanner
Comments (22)
Nath06
Wonderful capture and colors!!! Bravo :)
newhere
I know you must feel sad about that...I would to knowing that all those memories there will be lost (visually).
Zacko
Thats a school? Oooh...theyre tearing it down to build a new one there. Okay...duh! Looks like a very isolated and beautiful place. Like the crop. Have a great day. #:O)
Loloe
I love the crop too! And the splendid colours ! Superb image! bravo!!!
Luka_30
This photo wil be nice memory! Great captured, and composed!
kimariehere
ITs kinda sad they couldnt find a differant place and kepp the historical one ... they are doing that to my Grandmothers house in Michigan to build a golf corse in April =breaks my heart .. fantastic and beautiful shot!
lafayette
Excellent picture, but i think that you must show the trees tops! Excellent and nice evening Troy!
nathalie06
Really a pity to destroy this marvelous little house ! and a great idea to save this image, and this incredible and touching place. Then a page of history will be closed forever.... sad I think ! it's a beautiful shot again Troy. So peaceful, and a superb composition. Have a wonderful evening my friend. Hugs. V
PhrankPower
I can feel a lot of old warm memories there. You should do a few more before itr's too late. Wonderful shot.
jcv2
Great you shot this one before being torn down, a historical capture recording so well what will be lost! Impressive work, Troy!
soulofharmony
absolutely fantastic troy.. and full of nostaligic memories...:)..:)
dodgeart
Another interesting,mysterious, ghost building--great shot, Troy!
mommavelvet9999
What a most beautiful place to put schools!!! Is the building old/historical and are they tearing it down or leaving it? A most gorgeous shot og this area! Beautiful green grass and wonderful 'longing' view!
Richardphotos
sad at the magnificent trees will be so much mulch. beautiful capture Troy
TomDart
Crop and image are wonderful and pull at the heart. May I suggest a tad less sharpening? Then again, it is on the web and who knows. Thanks.
PeeWee05
Excellent capture, hopefully they can hang this pic in the entrance hall as a reminder...
Cosme..D..Churruca
Pity... but if it for better. Superb capture Troy
NekhbetSun
Glad you got the shot before "progress" ruins it...beautiful !
Lledeline
Great to have the capture before the destruction.
ShadowsNTime
And because you captured it, it will be forever..You are the recorder of history, charting the future from the past, in a way that is beautiful and when people view your works that house will remain alive...and you have such an expert eye for the things that need to be seen and need to be remembered...a simpler time that gives pause in the chaos..thank you Troy, for seeing what many do not and for bringing it to thier attention..thank you for sharing your heart with us all! Bravo and ssssh!! Perhaps gift the image to the new schools so they will have the history right then and there...A good way to get seen:-)(V):-)
redchilicat
What a shame.. Really a beautiful shot, love the warm feeling of it, with the grass shining in the sun. I was going to shoot some of the old buildings on my property when I was home but I didn't have time...maybe next trip.
morin3000
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