{"id":3995,"date":"2013-12-03T00:46:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T05:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2013-12-03T00:49:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T05:49:54","slug":"ode-to-surfer-dudette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/12\/03\/ode-to-surfer-dudette\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Surfer Dudette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surfer Dudette had her last wipeout on Nov 18, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASt-U3giHzc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To ease my grief I wrote a poem (with Humpty Dumpty as my model) and produced the video\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ASt-U3giHzc\">Ode To Surfer Dudette<\/a> in memoriam. Her\u00a0tenure on my mantle and her guest starring roles in <a href=\"http:\/\/tdc.ds106.us\/\">DS106 Daily Creates<\/a> have come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Her first appearance was a stop motion daily create \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/07\/28\/surfs-up\/\">&#8220;Surf&#8217;s Up Dudette&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0back in July.\u00a0Then she reappeared\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/09\/13\/dopamine-creativity-surfer\/\">Riding the Dopamine Wave<\/a>\u00a0, which led to a recurring role as a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tdc.ds106.us\/\">DS106 Daily Create random image<\/a>. \u00a0This video is in memoriam of her time here. I graciously thank\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/104689215563628582981\">Cathleen Nardi<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101279138203776201429\">Talky Tina<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/104809868243093766367\">Alan Levine<\/a>\u00a0for their art and inspirations that added to my tribute. As well as my friend Beth who accidentally dropped her and unleashed a\u00a0<a title=\"Wikipedia article on big wave surfing\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_wave_surfing\">&#8220;big wave&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0of creativity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><span id=\"inserted7906\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Aloha `oe\u00a0my poor little nalu wahini. \u00a0A hui hou kakou.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4155\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/OdeTitle_Hawaii_green.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4155\" data-attachment-id=\"4155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/12\/03\/ode-to-surfer-dudette\/odetitle_hawaii_green\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/OdeTitle_Hawaii_green.jpg?fit=553%2C442&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"553,442\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1384881864&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OdeTitle_Hawaii_green\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/OdeTitle_Hawaii_green.jpg?fit=553%2C442&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4155  \" style=\"border: 8px ridge #6E6E6E; box-shadow: 5px 5px 2px #888888;\" alt=\"OdeTitle_Hawaii_green\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/OdeTitle_Hawaii_green.jpg?resize=240%2C191\" width=\"240\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/OdeTitle_Hawaii_green.jpg?resize=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/OdeTitle_Hawaii_green.jpg?w=553&amp;ssl=1 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surfer Dudette in Hawaii courtesy of Cathleen Nardi<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>ODE TO SURFER DUDETTE\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Surfer Dudette&#8230; a gift from her daughter<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Surfer Dudette&#8230; she surfed in the water<\/em><br \/>\n<em>DS106 projects and daily creates<\/em><br \/>\n<em>For creativity she highly rates<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Surfer Dudette&#8230; on the mantle she sat<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Surfer Dudette&#8230; from her perch she did SPLAT!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>With Rockylou&#8217;s Resources and Rockylou&#8217;s Spin<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We&#8217;ve made Surfer Dudette a star once again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Production:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video was produced with doctored images in Photoshop Elements 12. \u00a0The selection tool was used to pull Surfer Dudette from <a href=\"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/09\/13\/dopamine-creativity-surfer\/\">her perch on the DS106 Nordic Track<\/a>. \u00a0She was overexposed in the original photo, so I had to make adjustments with the brightness, contrast, hue, and the burn tool to adjust the color and darken her a bit. \u00a0Lots and lots of fiddling around!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jenny_gift_green.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/12\/03\/ode-to-surfer-dudette\/jenny_gift_green\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jenny_gift_green.jpg?fit=688%2C874&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"688,874\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jenny_gift_green\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jenny_gift_green.jpg?fit=625%2C794&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4165 alignleft\" style=\"border: 8px ridge #6E6E6E; box-shadow: 5px 5px 2px #888888;\" alt=\"Jenny_gift_green\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jenny_gift_green.jpg?resize=189%2C240\" width=\"189\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jenny_gift_green.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jenny_gift_green.jpg?resize=624%2C792&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Jenny_gift_green.jpg?w=688&amp;ssl=1 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>She was placed in various locations by adjusting her size and rotation. \u00a0For some of the composite photos, like when my daughter is holding her in front of a 1986 Christmas tree, I needed to use the selection tool again to capture pieces of Jenny&#8217;s hands to make new layers that could go over the top of Surfer Dudette. (She was actually a gift from Jenny given to me only a few years ago after a trip to Florida.)<\/p>\n<p>The circling birds were a great find in the animated effects that came with Adobe Premiere Elements 12, my video editing software.<\/p>\n<p>Getting the text font, color, style etc. to look nice and consistent was a much bigger deal than it looks. \u00a0I tried all sorts of versions before I settled on the one you see in the video.<\/p>\n<p>The final video segment was from her first appearance in my stop motion video\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/07\/28\/surfs-up\/\">&#8220;Surf&#8217;s Up Dudette&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawaiian words above were found on-line at \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hawaiian-words.com\/basics\/common\/\">http:\/\/hawaiian-words.com\/basics\/common\/<\/a>. \u00a0My apologies to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/104689215563628582981\">Cathleen Nardi<\/a>\u00a0if I&#8217;ve used them incorrectly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aloha `oe (farewell to you)<\/li>\n<li>Nalu (wave or surfer)<\/li>\n<li>Wahini (woman)<\/li>\n<li>A hui hou kakou (Until we meet again)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few more Hawaiian words I wanted to use but couldn&#8217;t figure out how to fit them in.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kai (sea, seawater, seaside)<\/li>\n<li>Ohana \u00a0(family)<\/li>\n<li>Tutu (Affectionate name for grandmother or grandfather) &#8211; I just loved this one. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rockylou22\">@Rockylou22<\/a> is the perfect twitter handle now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Attributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Link to Seagull Sounds:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/juskiddink\/sounds\/98479\/\">http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/juskiddink\/sounds\/98479\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Raisins &amp; Almonds&#8221; by Tania Alexandra, personal use license from audio socket<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Broken Pipe Dream Basement Surf&#8221; by Phil Reaves \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmrecordings.com\/releases\/wm077.htm\">http:\/\/www.wmrecordings.com\/releases\/wm077.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Special Thanks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cathleen Nardi &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Amx1a0SmjGiGA8rpO9o5CXkwSbPZ7EWc4L12JvIAxVA=w156-h206-p-no\">Hawaii Shoreline<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Talky Tina &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/iamtalkytina\/9847787383\/\">Red Carpet Stairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alan Levine &#8211; DS106 Headless &#8217;13<\/li>\n<li>Beth Winkel &#8211; Her Accidental Inspiration<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/11\/09\/got-ds106\/\">Got DS106<\/a> Daily Create by Rockylou<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surfer Dudette had her last wipeout on Nov 18, 2013. To ease my grief I wrote a poem (with Humpty Dumpty as my model) and produced the video\u00a0Ode To Surfer Dudette in memoriam. Her\u00a0tenure on my mantle and her guest starring roles in DS106 Daily Creates have come to an end. 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