Pics from the Protec Combi Bowl Pool Party 2010!

Some pix from last Saturday's Protec Pool Party 2010. Was a good one this year with Cabby dethroning Chris Miller in the 1st place masters category and Bucky Lasek winning in the Pro division. Also a great live performance by Punk rock super group OFF! Fronted by Keith Morris, with Steven McDonald on bass, Dimitri Coats on guitar, and Mario Rubalcaba on drums! The bands these guys have been a part of, reads like a great punk rock mix tape. And I really liked the sticker that was on Dimitri's guitar.

Nicky Guerrero lofting a big frontside tail grab in the square bowl.

Keith Morris making the set list!

Keith and the rest of the guys doing what they do best!

Hosoi entered and skated really great! Came close to a Mctwist, but hadn't tried it in some time. That's alright because he'll probably be back next year doing them super big. Best style on that spin as always.

One of my favorites Jeff Grosso, wasn't in the best place for a good skate shot of him, but I like this shot of him exiting the pool.

Duane Peters making a fakie rock look super sick! Man I hope I can still do a 50/50 on a four foot trannie at 49.

First place winner Cab and third place winner Lance Mountain!

Alien Skin Software Rules!

A friend recently turned me onto this great plug in software for Photoshop called Alien Skin. The software has great simulated film stocks that make for a great starting point when working on your digital pix. That is if you like the look of film and want to get close to the look of tri-x 400 or say 160NC Portra. There are quite a few film stocks ranging from Fuji, Kodak, Ilford and Agfa, in both color and B&W. There is also filters for infrared and slide film simulations that are quite impressive. I know film purists will probably disagree with me, but if your that into film your probably not going to shoot digital anyway. But if you are this is a great way to get something as close as possible to making your digital files look like you scanned a print, neg, or slide. Trust me nothing comes close to a B&W fiber print in my opinion, but if your a working photographer and workflow and speed is important. Then this might just be a great solution for you!

Standard processing from RAW to jpeg, no color film simulation.

Kodak 160VC simulation.

Fuji Astia slide film simulation.

Kodak tri-x 400 simulation.

Infrared film simulation. Never was big on the infrared look, but its nice that you can play around and have this option with this software. For more info here is link to the Alien Skin website.