K-Pop Fever

I've been listening and paying attention to Korean music for the past few months, particularly groups So Nyuh Shi Dae (소녀시대 or SNSD) and 2PM. I try to keep updated with no more than two to three groups, or else it takes up just way too much time. I think listening to music sung by musicians who are other than American and British helps keep an open mind to other countries and their cultures, no? :] Here is a playlist of handpicked Korean songs I currently enjoy. The first several songs by SNSD and Brown Eyed Girls are pretty recent (2008-2009), but I'm not sure about the rest of them haha.

It will probably take several days after posting this for the playlist to allow full versions for all the songs.

Bark in the Park

Quick post.

Did a multimedia piece for the Spartan Daily. I think one of the Daily reporters, Suzanna Yada, also did a multimedia piece on this.

This video was exported as H.264, which resulted in blurry visuals. I later found out that I should have exported it as DV/DVCPRO NTSC. I've been pooping out multimedia pieces about two to three times a week for the Spartan Daily now, and it's been a lot of work for me, but I'm learning so much through this. The multimedia editor, Mike Anderson, has been helping me understand all the technical details in producing videos. Hopefully I will slowly but surely improve and become more knowledgeable.

Exported as H.246:


Exported as NTSC:

Bark in the Park 2009 from Kirsten Aguilar on Vimeo.

momofoto - "10 Easy Steps to Lightroom Grunge Heaven"

Photographer Steve Collins shares in his website his steps to creating that "grunge" effect in Lightroom 2.0

Kuroshio Sea

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

I encourage you to watch this in full screen! :]