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)
Zacko
These arent underwater-shots are they? Are they? They are so freaking awesome. Really artsy looking. And this one you framed to perfection i must say. Well done Sir, well done indeed! Have a great day! #:O)
tmathise
The creatures in this and my previous post are definitely underwater, but the water is only about 6-8 inches deep in this photo. The water depth in "Life In A Tidal Pool" is approximately 10-12 inches. The water in both tide pools was so still there were no sunlight reflections bouncing into the camera lens.
babuci
I like this picture a lot full of life...good shot Troy!
wildgoha
hey sweet Troy ;-P it is so new for me - I love mussels and trips with you ;-) so much news to see ;-) Thanx & Thanx
Mondwin
Very lovely and beauty shot!!!!Bravissimo as usual!!Bravo!:DDD.Hugsxx
Loloe
Beautiful image! Almost abstract! Bravo Troy!!! Big hugs
busi2ness
Wonderful shapes and colors combined making a fantastic display - there is even a face in the upper row to the right, LOL!
Margana
This is wonderful,Troy.Perfectly captured,and beautifully presented.I love that blue!!!
Hendesse
Outstanding shot, looks really fantastic. The colors and details are wonderful. Excellent idea, my friend!!!
marybelgium
superbly done ! Bravo !
Damia
Beautiful shot!! The clarity is amazing on this! Fantastic my friend!! I hope you are having a wonderful day! huge hugs :)
girsempa
I didn't see these anemones in your previous image... just shows the diversity of life that passes before our eyes, so often unseen. Wonderful capture, Troy, so clear and bright... it really is a joy to see these beautiful things that you're letting us discover...
Valerie-Ducom
wowwwwwwww excellent picture y your composition is perfectly!!! Good day and hugs ;)
NekhbetSun
Great colours, great pic....anemones are so cool aren't they hugs
Chaos911
simply wonderful, one super piece of work!!! excellent!!!! :)
Flannelman
Interesting critters and a great capture ;-)
teoratiu
You cannot see such a shot every day. Congratulations, Troy!
Laelia
There's so many artists here ! I'm taking time now to watch your gallery ! Love that one among your many great pics, maybe am i subjective loving sea ...? I got luck to meet last month, a marine biology doctor & searcher, she teached me that anemones aren't marine "flowers" or mollusc as i learnt at school, but they are soft coral ! Amazing photo, so clear and closer in lens... Lesson for me, thanks q:)