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 (18)
regaltwo
There are a lot of those sitting out in the countryside here in NC. I myself have always found it rather depressing to think about the dreams someone had when they built a house like this decades ago, and the state it's in now. Makes you want to listen to "Dust in the Wind". :)
prime77
I like your title. Very dramatic, fitting to the picture, and even a possible explanation.
Valerie-Ducom
wowwww, one symetric house!!! I like your capture with these beautiful colors ;) Good day and kiss
hammond73
You don't find many houses like this where I live in the west. Somebody must own it and the land it sits on. Why would they let it go into this state of dis-repair? Great photo.
teoratiu
so sad when a dream is dying...
GBCalls
Dern the tax-man...he is the reason for many of these...Excellent display
soulofharmony
isnt it sad to see these neglected.. love to restore this to its former glory !!!!!! beautiful troy :)
Blush
I love old house like this and wonder about the history they had...this is going to my favs and nice to meet you as well hope you come visit me too Vote Susan~
pm_hackworth
Still beautiful to me. VOTE
Richardphotos
where has all the children gone, laughing and playing in the sun. people's life history is locked up in the walls of this house
PeeWee05
Beaut gone to ruin! Lovely shot, the bush adds to the feeling of hopelessness.
Cosme..D..Churruca
Impressive how many houses in ruin condiction, a pity ! Splendid shot !
vlaaitje
I love old houses like this too....well captured
diomedes66
Wonderful image illustrative of how dreams stand the test of time... well done indeed!
VJD-Communication
Looking at the image of this house I am reminded of some of the lyrics of the song by Jimi Hendrix "The wind cries mary": Will the wind ever remember the names it has blow in the past? And with this crutch, its old age, and its wisdom it whispers no, this will be the last And the wind cries Mary. An empty house seems to have a certain sadness to it as once upon a time someone called it home. It is amazing that most of the glass in the windows is intact.
jcv2
Great find of this beautiful house deteriorating though. It seems worth to put efforts in it to make it function again!
dodgeart
As the saying goes: "Nature Bats Last" Thanks for the memories Troy.
NekhbetSun
What a beautiful house this must have been...good capture hugs