tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91176410212957378902024-03-13T08:50:35.749+00:00www.thewhitebalance.comthe white balance is a creative studio specialising in 3d imagery and animation.
our function is to assist the advertising, architectural, digital and design industries,
producing creative illustrations and moving computer generated imagery.
CGI can communicate complex visions and stories through a single image or animation.The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-61011900047966649352012-09-05T17:27:00.001+01:002012-09-05T17:27:57.388+01:00Vimeo ErrorVimeo Test<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The principle aim of this development is to enhance the existing facilities to allow delivery of an international standard Sailing Centre and also create an exclusive ‘boutique’ hotel that whilst operating independently, will harmoniously relate to each other on the site. Aesthetic expression of the buildings and facilities across the site are represented through angular / linear forms in the functional areas of the sailing centre facilities, with more organic forms reflect the emotive aura of the hotel. </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-86538958374084150992011-10-14T13:19:00.000+01:002011-10-14T13:19:23.600+01:00Spec Montage Head Office Interiors and CGI'sThe White Balance recently completed 12 Interior CGI's for the Russian management company SpecMontage24's headquarters in St Petersburg. As well as completing the visuals, The White Balance also co-created the interior design package for the new St Petersburg building with Paintworks neighbours <a href="http://www.idgplanet.com/">IDG</a>.<br />
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The brief was for a contemporary modern office space and reception/lobby using quality finishes and materials. The 6 companies that will occupy the office floors each have individual identities under the umbrella of SpecMontage24. We wanted to give each floor a feature wall subtly showcasing that specific companies logo using precast plaster and led lighting techniques. The logo's create abstract shapes throughout the building including cuts in the office carpets and viynls through the connecting stair cores.<br />
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Fit out has already started on the building and the team in Russia will be using the CGI’s for marketing over the next couple of months.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Big news from the team here at The White Balance studio! We recently completed a series of animations for a new CBBC and BBC HD TV show called Toy Soldiers.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="float: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;">Toy Soldiers is a documentary series following the highs and lows of a group of youngsters. Tackling a different subject each episode, the strand provides an insight into the lives of different children across the UK, each with a unique story to tell.<br />
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<b>The White Balance produced 3 short animations plus the title sequence to the show. Using original drawings created by the children featured in the show we animated a story to each drawing - which resulted in the drawings coming to life.</b><br />
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<b>Catch up on BBC iplayer <a href="http://bbc.in/eoRUnV">here </a> </b> </div><div style="float: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;">Toy Soldiers talks to four children from army families and finds out what it is like to have a parent away, for long stretches of time, serving a tour of duty in a war-torn country. How do they feel when they see stories on the news on an almost daily basis and what happens when the unthinkable happens and their worst fears come true?</div><div style="float: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;">Callum and Jade really miss their dad when he is away and keep in contact by writing letters, sometimes up to four a week. Taya cannot wait for her dad to come home in December, in time for Christmas, and details all the preparations and plans she has to celebrate his return. While Aiden reflects on how life has changed and how he copes after his father was killed in action.</div><div style="float: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;">The topic was quite sensitive and in some cases the drawings the children had created were very emotional. We had to really get into the mind set of the child and interpret what he/she was imagining when drawing - especially as we had to "Draw" additional content in the style of the original drawing.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic';"><i>"Having worked with The White Balance on my BBC series <b>Sofa Surfers </b>I was confident that they could handle the animations required for my next project. <b>Toy Soldiers</b> (BBC) was a sensitive and emotive film based around children’s real life accounts of being in an armed services family. The children created drawings of their Dad’s at work in Afghanistan. Animating these whilst maintaining the integrity of the Child’s original work was a delicate balance of technology and styles something The White Balance excel at.</i>" - <b>John Walsh Walsh Bros</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><br />
The show was directed by the Award winning and Bafta Nominated John Walsh.</div><div style="float: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;"><a href="http://www.walshbros.co.uk/">http://www.walshbros.co.uk/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.greenrock.tv/">www.greenrock.tv</a></div><div style="float: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;">Toy Soldiers will be aired;</div><div style="float: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;"><b>Monday 6th December 6.15pm – CBBC Channel <br />
Wednesday 8th December at 5.00pm– CBBC Channel<br />
Thursday 16<sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup> December at 4.30pm – BBC 1 </b> </div><div style="float: none; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGvXMxv3G803EiuT3a4QCfuCNvkJ5-2hdeofkeP4MJexFzn7VIGau8Yvs5ca-oBmDZheQr00Q55MIr2pTSPY3QglmDEz1m1-EzoknImQOgilAG-YctnZZ6LMEmQQ7sdgagTjquzVe5vTl/s1600/Toy+Soldiers+TX+Card+Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGvXMxv3G803EiuT3a4QCfuCNvkJ5-2hdeofkeP4MJexFzn7VIGau8Yvs5ca-oBmDZheQr00Q55MIr2pTSPY3QglmDEz1m1-EzoknImQOgilAG-YctnZZ6LMEmQQ7sdgagTjquzVe5vTl/s400/Toy+Soldiers+TX+Card+Final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="float: none; line-height: 1.333em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: auto;"></div>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-85250006613126018152010-10-19T12:10:00.001+01:002010-10-19T12:10:04.752+01:00The White Balance Case Studies<object data="http://vimeo.com/hubnut/?user_id=thewhitebalance&color=c9ff23&background=000000&fullscreen=1&slideshow=0&stream=album&id=1457872&server=vimeo.com" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="scale" value="showAll" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/hubnut/?user_id=thewhitebalance&color=c9ff23&background=000000&fullscreen=1&slideshow=0&stream=album&id=1457872&server=vimeo.com" /></object>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-81532078438708482922010-09-24T10:59:00.000+01:002010-09-24T10:59:55.557+01:00The Perfect......SandwichThis month The White Balance have created a fully CGI sarnie!!! are we just peckish for pixels? nope this was for our monthly feature slot in BBC Focus Mag - writer Daniel Bennett reveals the rigorously researched methods of making a sandwich fit for scientists.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When brain storming ideas for this years christmas card we saw this image of a standard light bulb. We kept coming back to the bulbs simplistic form and thought wouldn't it be nice if we could have the shape of a christmas tree glowing inside the bulb! using 3d and post production its possible ...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First we create the 3D Environment, and model the details on the bulbs.</span></span><br />
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See the Making of the "Jigsaw". We entered this table in this years Bristol Design Festival. This short film was shown at the festival, as part of the Grafikea competition! Make sure you have the sound on for this! although beware, the tune might be in your head all day!The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-59607265224094262802009-08-21T13:45:00.012+01:002009-08-22T22:47:37.828+01:00Sunshine and Podcasts<div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">Last month The White Balance were asked to take part in the new Bristol Media Podcast, the po</span><span style="font-size: small;">dcast was to be the first in a three part series discussing Business Start-up, Growth and Exit, in association with Business Link </span></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/">Bristol Media</a> invited five business start ups and six advisers from the world of business to discuss the issues around starting up a business. The Podcast covers everything from coming up with th</span><span style="font-size: small;">e big idea, business plans, money, marketing, bootstrapping, networking, entrepreneurship and everything in between. <a href="http://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/assets/Bristol_Media_-_Podcast_2_-_Edited_by_Steve_Hagerty.mp3">Download the podcast here to have a listen as Matt debut's on the airwaves.</a></span></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have been busy with a highly anticipated architectural project for the Award </span><span style="font-size: small;">winning <a href="http://www.danbrillarchitects.com/">Dan Brill Architects</a>. Last week we were thrilled to see the project featuring as BD magazines project o</span><span style="font-size: small;">f the day! The White Balance produced 3 CGI's for the proposed chalk extension. <a href="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3146788">Click here to read about this great little project.</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU07uwtp6JYnkdM__JpbTDAelkz_UnPFYoRFCPpAfYAAvY9KHQAMBqskAz6bM7udYpmy8YogM7Rm7sB4vvyuugmu8uU29Ny9xrBL52voYnzksvTSUJgcgm2lQmJhhTNL3jC24ckji4qMkT/s1600-h/dan+brill+bd.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372401766444508306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU07uwtp6JYnkdM__JpbTDAelkz_UnPFYoRFCPpAfYAAvY9KHQAMBqskAz6bM7udYpmy8YogM7Rm7sB4vvyuugmu8uU29Ny9xrBL52voYnzksvTSUJgcgm2lQmJhhTNL3jC24ckji4qMkT/s400/dan+brill+bd.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 322px;" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The White Balance are enjoying working closely with BBC Focus Magazine on a series of 3d illustrations. In this months issue see the images we created explaining the new surf reef in Bournemouth, and stealth wind farms. Here's a sneaky peek at a few of the images.</span><br />
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</span></div>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-81202947549039540652009-06-18T13:54:00.024+01:002009-06-20T23:33:05.357+01:00Banksy, Grafikea and Milan<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">What a month here at the white balance!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Busy busy busy end to May getting everything ready for the Bristol Design Festival. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">As well</span> as being proud supporters of the festival we were not only exhibiting, but entering 2 entries into the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Grafikea</span> competition! big love for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BDF</span>!<br /><br />The exhibition was on from the 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> - 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span> June at the old fire station here in the heart of Bristol. We had a really good response so thanks to all of you who wrote in the comment book and enjoyed the constant supply of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">MAOAM</span> sweets!<br />So next up our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Grafikea</span> entries! firstly the "<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">jigsaw</span></span>" inspired by a, well jigsaw. This was a tongue and cheek spin on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ikea's</span> famous flat - pack - furniture. my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">lifes</span> a jigsaw........ tune is now haunting all those poor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">BDF</span> folk! that was the theme tune to the film we put together of the making of the table. somebody must have liked the film so much they decided to steal the laptop p</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">laying it! bad form thief.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Second entry was "<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">t</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">a</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">b</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">l</span>e<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">g</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">o</span></span>" an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ikea</span> table with a pixel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ar</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">t splattering of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">lego</span>. lots of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">lego</span>, lots of glue, and lots of patience.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Here's</span> a few <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">piccies</span> of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Grafikea</span> tables.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSt5TDT1BrkrbxqnJDlkPnkkMPrrEQ9O7Qfahyphenhypheno_Fhq27IpdHMGnCyxYBY_KSrDRtRr5Gtou-aCgPYIswjvD5NV3jWZMQjBfhlFT4aAtDYvbGmzHlPBGmdzDg6zizXSlV_czCuIqgMPBQ/s1600-h/Grafikea+%280%29.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_MnI_VLgFaf_66q1jH01tHTesMyoovSPjy5HXRauG3qW9-d49brc7VlKpbJGgNQ6nHMowEjtN4atRGr7vYU-Kpgrhd8fOnNLJr9PhrWwRjtBFN6juwJvhChmddJO5RIg1GKepJ01G7vm/s1600-h/Grafikea+%287%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9kcLfANNAA4ZQNnQx8XApqsZHFs3zdcH15yNZXryRzgsd072kiGNjdo3mEnCg-hFWqX5e8IIRIQUAynVxQayQfOOdW3KA2XPpQy-1sShPmDSnOe6jgFqyHnsytO7cCGBiLdPRGshSmK6/s320/Grafikea+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348657256650396018" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSt5TDT1BrkrbxqnJDlkPnkkMPrrEQ9O7Qfahyphenhypheno_Fhq27IpdHMGnCyxYBY_KSrDRtRr5Gtou-aCgPYIswjvD5NV3jWZMQjBfhlFT4aAtDYvbGmzHlPBGmdzDg6zizXSlV_czCuIqgMPBQ/s1600-h/Grafikea+%280%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSt5TDT1BrkrbxqnJDlkPnkkMPrrEQ9O7Qfahyphenhypheno_Fhq27IpdHMGnCyxYBY_KSrDRtRr5Gtou-aCgPYIswjvD5NV3jWZMQjBfhlFT4aAtDYvbGmzHlPBGmdzDg6zizXSlV_czCuIqgMPBQ/s320/Grafikea+%280%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348655994312871682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Last week we woke up to find our favourite local artist that pesky </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" style="font-size:100%;">Banksy</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> had taken over the Bristol Museum. His largest ever UK exhibition had been unveiled as a top secret plot on the usually </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" style="font-size:100%;">conventional</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> museum. At the white balance we are massive </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" style="font-size:100%;">Banksy</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> fans - especially our northern </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" style="font-size:100%;">leanne</span><span style="font-size:100%;">! </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" style="font-size:100%;">Banksy</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> was actually one the reasons "for" moving to Bristol - some say fan, some might say stalker. As u can imagine we were very excited to get down and see what all the fuss was about! we queued for an hour behind a family in </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" style="font-size:100%;">chordory</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> and "explore Bristol maps" - not the expected </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" style="font-size:100%;">Banksy</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> fan, but hey who are we to judge! there was a massive turn out of all sorts of art lovers - just shows what diversity </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" style="font-size:100%;">Banksy</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> has pulled in!<br />We were not </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" style="font-size:100%;">disappointed</span><span style="font-size:100%;">! amazing - over 100 new </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" style="font-size:100%;">Banksy</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> pieces.<br />here are a few snaps from the exhibition.....<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {blank.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuQusUor-yFvhhnwTv6ccq0I-XD25BRtAz302XBQImU_Wrxwurd84_6r4nzo43iRT3IEQzvtDXjcLtTltKghDXKI5KP7Js4Lmjaim2twV334HN7n3GsoOEFkIa_mZvTWX4C5c4PEC4kpV/s1600-h/Bristol+Museum+Vs+Banksy+%2816%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQRf8p3iNQnj0ZiHILiwCd0GmP1wqVf3iELWDfrov98f1ogQH7v_Gy28GVwKl9m7nFTibnWGiXEeIVlxw8FMiw3wtLhN3syfKD2ZYOcbIl_mUGKVVtgRL_p_V0PCVGUD9avYffJqHNnot/s320/Bristol+Museum+Vs+Banksy+%280%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348671630096952946" border="0" /></a>And Finally we are off to Milan in September for the Italian Grand <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Prix</span>. Very excited here for a couple of days in the Italian city of culture! bit of art, hint of grand <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">prix</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">bling</span> and maybe a spot of shopping!<br /><br />Its non stop! work wise we are busy working with our friends at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">preconstruct</span> on a big architectural project, a couple of illustrations for BBC FOCUS magazine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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We are going to have an overload on the smarties and fizzy pop this bank holiday weekend and see what comes out the other side, watch this space!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Whilst the festival is being held at several different venues across the city we have been given a prime spot in the main venue, The Old Firestation<span class="adr">, </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="locality">Bristol</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="locality"> there will be over 100 different <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="locality">designers at the festival's main venue plus the results of the Grafikea competition the old firestation is the hub of the festival and we will be right in amongst it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="locality"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="locality">You can meet designers, have coffee and relax whilst seeing some of the most innovative and exciting design work from <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Bristol</st1:place></st1:city> and the South West.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">The festival opens on the 5th June (running through to the 11th) so there is plenty of time to pop down and say hello.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >As ever the visual people we are we'll be posting pictures and blog updates as the event goes on.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remember you can subscribe to the blog to keep upto date with our goings on or you can follow us on twitter <a title="blocked::http://twitter.com/TheWhiteBalance" href="http://twitter.com/TheWhiteBalance"><span title="blocked::http://twitter.com/TheWhiteBalance">@thewhitebalance</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-4710445780811430342009-05-01T16:04:00.004+01:002009-05-01T16:31:35.206+01:00Wedding bells are ringing.<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >So as it's my little sisters wedding this summer we couldn't very well let her go and get some wedding invitations designed and printed somewhere else now could we!!<br /><br />With a clear idea of style for the wedding we went for it, creating a three piece card for the day invitiation and single card with ribbon tie for the evening invitation.<br /><br />We have even designed an identity and logo for the wedding, well it is what we do!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6siWT1DmgfRK0jdi6Lxz9oo10Lc-PyY5Lah5dYS5-uLXvXtzL6hh-PUo-l0ZMmm0H_jNG15yeFWysNtD3kCs7un-xppVyunFBfw9hC1kMA8hrBNN5t3USmfXx4OsinaNsPEkasEA9zEA9/s1600-h/DSC01296.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEtllRToDmpeZV3OT6tM6f8ItOWDiQRvGQkckP4HewhuOWNLUuQg-ziffzYIEX8shjQQKUerLFHnYYRtOe9IsQhz_wCQEdI6u9Ha5yIkySA8JOICJWwDf4BXcJzLLtWox0VQDpXfA_1HO/s320/DSC01291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330871925498151506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Not only do we have all the joys of the wedding we also get to enjoy the atmosphere of Goldbrick house for the service.<br /><br />We are unfortunately not planning on making it regular service at the white balance, but it was definitely good to see the potential scope of various design and print markets.<br /><br />We all know weddings are big business.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-88142886666912387052009-04-17T16:21:00.005+01:002009-04-17T19:45:59.948+01:00Crimes of Passion - Bristol<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">After a few crazy weeks here at the white balance, we thought it was long overdue that we took a trip around this city we call home and see whats about.<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Our first stop was the crimes of passion exhibit at the Royal West Of England Academy. There was some out standing work on display and some pretty crazy stuff too.<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Graffiti meets historic architecture now that's our cuppa tea!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ff8T7Z-tQsLTNlHETnjMfO4mk_Jves2xIe5mJ8Wvxv-qQtNQo1i1tjjsjFA4QctXFnZc7Y7h1Xx2V4xWW2P7JBG1ONcS9alSx7fTxCNt38GGiaPeiquubVNA0wbi1ezDtpAL1fQEHzCy/s1600-h/TWB_Blog_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ff8T7Z-tQsLTNlHETnjMfO4mk_Jves2xIe5mJ8Wvxv-qQtNQo1i1tjjsjFA4QctXFnZc7Y7h1Xx2V4xWW2P7JBG1ONcS9alSx7fTxCNt38GGiaPeiquubVNA0wbi1ezDtpAL1fQEHzCy/s320/TWB_Blog_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325697116562931442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MhpApkCioPdP4U71Q9I7-wbAk9XnLg9CLF0oytlYVFMLgdPKRfE_ee9e1IG-8NDlwOhUki9upwZA_CTjp8XzI83wDF5t_Z_skSv8P2LAAlEVyvRJZ12m6kiMmmIOc6rAaQcunFax2PGi/s1600-h/TWB_Blog_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MhpApkCioPdP4U71Q9I7-wbAk9XnLg9CLF0oytlYVFMLgdPKRfE_ee9e1IG-8NDlwOhUki9upwZA_CTjp8XzI83wDF5t_Z_skSv8P2LAAlEVyvRJZ12m6kiMmmIOc6rAaQcunFax2PGi/s320/TWB_Blog_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325697122540115010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q11ciYP_8QBerB5xb68N2u5DS_6_dj6A4rAHOxfg2ADXlae-B3n8XK0XM9cPKu-s55YpRGdirH5NegJFxFbT7YAsUHHlgroRhfeDPb2ZF6Ajj0dMs3X3PWfV_AXYf_1ZVV2gnUrj0V5_/s1600-h/TWB_Blog_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q11ciYP_8QBerB5xb68N2u5DS_6_dj6A4rAHOxfg2ADXlae-B3n8XK0XM9cPKu-s55YpRGdirH5NegJFxFbT7YAsUHHlgroRhfeDPb2ZF6Ajj0dMs3X3PWfV_AXYf_1ZVV2gnUrj0V5_/s320/TWB_Blog_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325697119694737026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkG0NacnjS9ptif137BUm7WZtOWPY1EtPbGUvsyD4awNLir9dhCvkKj4YhN6PC2x5uDO0ktlOudljKlrOZ5gI0UtlTe6mW53j69_F0xcQshQFt4ms9yr0qRT3WWEnjiI-KCmntzJMT9R-/s1600-h/TWB_Blog_03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkG0NacnjS9ptif137BUm7WZtOWPY1EtPbGUvsyD4awNLir9dhCvkKj4YhN6PC2x5uDO0ktlOudljKlrOZ5gI0UtlTe6mW53j69_F0xcQshQFt4ms9yr0qRT3WWEnjiI-KCmntzJMT9R-/s320/TWB_Blog_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325697113811041218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now don't get us wrong it's not that we don't love our work, but over the coming months we are planning on getting out of the office a little more. At the weekend we are off to that place they call London, maybe snap a gherkin or too!<br />Pics of Guildford and London coming next week. In the mean time matt will be finishing the new logo for Walsh Bro's. Website coming soon!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well let you be the judge of our work!</span></span>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-43178032572051855622009-03-13T16:54:00.004+00:002009-03-13T17:05:18.754+00:00Sofa Surfers Goes Live.<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />As you all know there have been some late nights over the last couple of months here at the white balance and i bet you are starting to wonder what all the fuss is about. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Well the wait is finally over we are pleased do our bit and spread the good word of Sofa Surfers.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.walshbros.co.uk/SofaSurfers.htm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuW3Kb7gKlH-dkFoIXsaFX-6R1gTGMwA1lbmMlcvSpELLGrxw7IQ5jvbXg5wOciB3FQWzIMZpsfZiX-vHdPG8CYUV7LiV9TT17MoLPTtEEPOqRn69A3F9ubiXYTPhKvVhNW67pr0507Pl/s320/Sofa+Surfers_Flyer.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312718959746232930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Be sure to check it out.</span></span>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-59127207089274572452009-02-25T17:04:00.017+00:002009-02-27T12:15:29.270+00:00All work and no play.......<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sorry it's been so long.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">So here at The White Balance we have had a crazy couple of months. Consisting of late nights, more take away Thai curries than you can shake a stick at and plenty of coffee.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">We are currently working on our website and it's 75% complete. Once it goes live you'll be the first to hear about it. We'll be showcasing all of our projects and featuring our animations and BBC work.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Honestly we do work a lot of the time, we are not just sat around taking silly photos!</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1WD3C-4iL3_SgUPNnEwCoE-OmK_cY6RxLlPHbgHQYj6qwBoUbPhdCV8yIB9H4fVwxk0G5p5RzX0bRhAXw1VFAvgMOgI-L3wCiBQjHbG5L8yzxvedgXag7M86qiHHDacy7DjVD3L33K5B/s1600-h/image002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1WD3C-4iL3_SgUPNnEwCoE-OmK_cY6RxLlPHbgHQYj6qwBoUbPhdCV8yIB9H4fVwxk0G5p5RzX0bRhAXw1VFAvgMOgI-L3wCiBQjHbG5L8yzxvedgXag7M86qiHHDacy7DjVD3L33K5B/s320/image002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307438726301633938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">design.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Still on the case with The Grange Hotel we are soon to be launching their new website. Along with identity and literature designs and a web package for Pomegranate, our local late night cafe. There is lots in the stir.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKCF00fiY7-bsEfndVAyCtNDDnG2QPIpkdcrirZdJEJdov5vEvy2Xb3tHZJvFyuS3yOA-d4662JBsu__6SO0OlTYtJirfACM7zhP0L5nvqwpXjY8AU78_dsy4h4JFUO9RaPe1prh-O4wO/s1600-h/image004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 7px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKCF00fiY7-bsEfndVAyCtNDDnG2QPIpkdcrirZdJEJdov5vEvy2Xb3tHZJvFyuS3yOA-d4662JBsu__6SO0OlTYtJirfACM7zhP0L5nvqwpXjY8AU78_dsy4h4JFUO9RaPe1prh-O4wO/s320/image004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307438018637515186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />motion.</span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Hot off the press, The work with <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greenrockmedia.com/">Green Rock Media</a> and <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.walshbros.co.uk/">Walsh Bro's Ltd</a> has finally reached completion. It has been a busy 3 months and the roto-scoped animations are finally complete. Sofa Surfers (the show) airs on BBC HD and CBBC on March 16th at 6:30pm and will follow shortly after with it's BBC 1 slot. We'll keep you posted.........</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YEA7-w1VmnwP-Fy4WkrxDA3FRDgg7MziYp9hESuSa9v9B0uEcPJrZ_CmIgbWeixyGQEjTlGvkYaW8lWEe3c79k5J6IZ1UPU0l9Vy9U1d_8IOMmiVwsJlSLpX5u1C1feqLXfeRz8ilWHU/s1600-h/Newsletter_311008_V04_07.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 7px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YEA7-w1VmnwP-Fy4WkrxDA3FRDgg7MziYp9hESuSa9v9B0uEcPJrZ_CmIgbWeixyGQEjTlGvkYaW8lWEe3c79k5J6IZ1UPU0l9Vy9U1d_8IOMmiVwsJlSLpX5u1C1feqLXfeRz8ilWHU/s320/Newsletter_311008_V04_07.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307438188415832082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />visual.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">With the 3d being the backbone of our work we only thought it fair to sneak in a small image for <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thebushconsultancy.com/">The Bush Consultancy</a>. In amongst everything this month there has been time to chat to <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.danbrillarchitects.com/">Dan Brill Architects</a> based in Winchester. Which has positively lead to a project for next month. The architecture is very clean and ultra modern so right up our street here. Look out for some very exciting images coming up.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43lj2ORX-JdaFbNBy_xOTQ_7Fd5n1RL-713kLrA5de0IgjeQR0xDfCIEsD1P1Fxwt_7_LWnKTodg1lXT77XHqf-MXbP4FkjoAzXzHSudW1XcWv98Hgswzg9aEWNxES_VJlH3vkyegRvvL/s1600-h/Newsletter_311008_V04_09.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43lj2ORX-JdaFbNBy_xOTQ_7Fd5n1RL-713kLrA5de0IgjeQR0xDfCIEsD1P1Fxwt_7_LWnKTodg1lXT77XHqf-MXbP4FkjoAzXzHSudW1XcWv98Hgswzg9aEWNxES_VJlH3vkyegRvvL/s320/Newsletter_311008_V04_09.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307438365898664114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">We're taking a holiday.</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Not that we aren't appreciative of the spell of snow we had here in England. We are off to Austria for the first week of March to dust of the snowboard and hopefully find some fresh powder and a bit of après ski. Matt's going to be taking his DSLR so being the visual people we are there will be plenty to show on our return.</span></span>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-89392548720385603252009-01-14T15:44:00.013+00:002009-01-15T11:49:21.755+00:002009 - Resolutions and more.<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >Firstly we would like to wish everyone a happy new year.
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<br />So 2009 has firmly set foot and the festivities of Christmas are but a distant memories. Whilst we all enjoyed the relaxed times of not really knowing what day it was, just that it was some point between Christmas and the new year, now its well and truly back to the real world.</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >Our new years resolutions - Simply build on the relationships we have and make a couple of new ones along the way.</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >We have had an exciting start to the new year and thanks to our friends over at <a href="http://www.greenrockmedia.com/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Green Rock Media</span></a> we are under way in securing design work for RBS and The BBC.</span>
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<br />There have been more talks with the ever impressive guys at <a href="http://www.dotarchitecture.co.uk/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">DOT Architecture</span></a> for some architectural imagery. So watch this space......</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >We also recently had an enquiry for some identity and web design for our local Italian coffee shop, so never passing the chance to spend more time than we already do in coffee houses we jumped at the chance to work with them in building their brand and web presence.</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >Matt has also been out and about with his camera making the most of the early evenings and Christmas break, with his eye for photography he's been working on his long exposures. Now The White Balance has made their <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30801851@N04/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Flickr</span></a> debut be sure to bookmark this page to see what we are up too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></span></span>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-12538588320641793702008-12-16T11:23:00.003+00:002008-12-16T12:00:40.613+00:00dreaming of a white christmas.<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">So this is Christmas.........</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >You know how we love making images here at the white balance, so this year we got all festive and designed our very first christmas card, we think it looks pretty jolly and the feedback so far has been excellent.<br /><br />From the team here at the white balance,<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">"may all your christmases be white</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuxvHY-vc5yP88slxcOYy1FpcloWGTxiZeDM7v2It-lawvXJNcyvGUrwRPsKaxS5GziFfUCtYFblQ0gVQXMr5eag-2RkC0NI2NgOrZmg_S79zvVLgqrhs4u98PBUGe_xeKWW70SJYePG-/s1600-h/TheWhiteBalance_Image_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuxvHY-vc5yP88slxcOYy1FpcloWGTxiZeDM7v2It-lawvXJNcyvGUrwRPsKaxS5GziFfUCtYFblQ0gVQXMr5eag-2RkC0NI2NgOrZmg_S79zvVLgqrhs4u98PBUGe_xeKWW70SJYePG-/s320/TheWhiteBalance_Image_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280347569997892130" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >If you haven't received your card yet be sure to drop matt (matt@thewhitebalance.com) an email and I'm sure he'll be happy to get one out to you, you'll even get the special tear off card to keep for the whole year.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-21999338765811838092008-12-11T11:54:00.013+00:002008-12-11T21:25:16.671+00:00This and That.........<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Odds and Sods<br /><br />With our super slick work-flow now in place, and our passion for creating inspiring digital media flurishing, we are happy people here at the white balance!<br /><br />As Christmas draws closer we thought we better tell you a little bit about what we've been up too recently...</span><p face="verdana" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--></p><a style="font-family: verdana; 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color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thewhitebalance.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRd3bgfRG-nuTm3JTIs_3p3IqyMbyc6i76KP1VYudYTVcPlpD2PtrROtZyGptfWSeXsu2PHdL4Bz0onTxyf8Manc8Cqb61njO2i7SbuyGjksVInN7ZRzo41pFwiBzksUn_lmwS7uPHSiTx/s320/Newsletter_311008_V04_05.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278501910370319042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:";font-size:20;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">motion.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style=""><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">very exciting times lie ahead, collaborating with </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.greenrockmedia.com/">green rock media</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> we are currently in talks for producing a series of short characterized stings for a new BBC documentary. watch this space.....</span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thewhitebalance.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 7px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiXvo2btSbxZU1OjmA7g5DLV0Pu0M-Ci_QKDVY3kfO_Zi-Of4NdH1wuPceR3QjOmVwuTUu7r-MkgcJ5utBj-yqCJBlOOazCxlK_keTc7X7eWL8aowMcL84032jGlLwOyAfxAuFoK7866q/s320/Newsletter_311008_V04_07.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278503208651482930" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;">visual.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >3d has been booming. Completing projects for <a href="http://www.thebushconsultancy.com/">The Bush Consultancy</a>, <a href="http://www.ara-architects.co.uk/">Anders Roberts Associates</a>, <a href="http://designontoast.co.uk/index.html">DOT Architecture</a> as well as a few private clients what can we say.............. the images speak for themselves. check out the website for more.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thewhitebalance.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsZB2TEhculNm877UZQbAfnc_53Re2JamMmIu9jSlGxyDFCjOscSpTY_RIUi5tuW-QGMNeLRKIV7G0Bl0PPJWZt25U1kpt8mj8ZrQWexaXIWTwAH52vaEUBHQfmjK1DXe3TCL4ftJ101Y/s320/Newsletter_311008_V04_09.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278504202412338146" border="0" /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:";font-size:180%;color:gray;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">money matters.</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:";font-size:11;color:gray;" ><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >to end on a positive note. with the</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >current looming recession everyone is feeling the pinch. here at the white balance we have </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="SpellE" >optimised</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > our workflow to guarantee value for money with out compromising quality. why not give us a call to see how our inspired visual solutions can showcase the quality of your next project without breaking the bank.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:11;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><a style="font-family: verdana; 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width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NdR8w4gg1zeYQ13gZIXjO9Nu-c6rDasNQJNtrQUSoCRkIfhdRa3UFBnxVWoMfBBomRqUeEKduoO3m7u3R4_u63THvnGTBehDWjWj8hPJYmulrRidtq9F9lJbhT1TNzeuvTAMdPg3ghfG/s400/Office_View+SM.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268204206098984162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-size:85%;color:gray;" ><span style=";font-size:11;color:gray;" ><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 118.5pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p face="arial" style="margin-right: 118.5pt;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:gray;" ><span style=";font-size:11;color:gray;" ><br /></span></span></p>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-71483615161227558082008-05-08T15:44:00.001+01:002008-05-19T12:07:43.649+01:00the end.<span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAvzYPsWTvKhqXwGQGxb0SokOAO4PYs3YeiHnIhMOsFqYPxw8pb7LxrvzihJAyv1YjOayKNtrLWwH8n7VU1zaSpU3nZkbrHaqVE2roqXXOFZviuJTgAhHdyhqyhR17rm4NtpBVGl9W49Z/s1600-h/CIMG3487.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAvzYPsWTvKhqXwGQGxb0SokOAO4PYs3YeiHnIhMOsFqYPxw8pb7LxrvzihJAyv1YjOayKNtrLWwH8n7VU1zaSpU3nZkbrHaqVE2roqXXOFZviuJTgAhHdyhqyhR17rm4NtpBVGl9W49Z/s400/CIMG3487.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198018265074209362" border="0" /></a><br />after 3 months of laughs, tears (lea) and sweat (matt) we say goodbye to our amazing time away. back to the real world! love you guyssss x<br /></span>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-43260973367610029852008-04-24T06:29:00.000+01:002008-05-19T12:07:43.649+01:00part two.......<div><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="gmail_quote">So frasers Island amazed us more than we could image and was as a proper tropical island. After getting back to the campsite and more importantly the van we decided to partake in a spot of tennis, <br />to our surprise we had not completely forgotten how to play and if you started early enough it wasn't too hot so we had sucessfully found a new sport that could take over as the main pas-time as the surf has well and truely dried up and the beachs are tropical from now on up, not crashing 10ft waves that we like ;-).<br /><br />Up very early the next morning for a long long drive, Aiming at getting to Airlie beach and more importantly the whitsundays island. This is also pretty much in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef. What a long drive it was, about 800km in one hit, we eventually got there in the evening. Learnt one major thing about driving at night in Australia unless you can drive with your head lights off dont bother. The front of the van was like a bug grave yard. Every type of bug had smashed against the front of the van at 100kph and let us tell you it make a mess. Subsequently with the carnage on the front of the van we just then attracted more bugs, the nice little buggers they are they like to eat there dead relatives!! So we had a problem. Nothing a couple of night of heavy rain didnt sort out though.<br />So with a huge pile of leaflets and a budget in mind we planned our trip out to the reef and around the whitsundays. We were up bright and early for the transfer coach to pick us up to be met by a man saying the trip had been cancelled that day, AWESOME. Apparently they couldn't get hold of us as we had no signal on our phone! So we re-arranged for the next day. We were up bright and early for the transfer coach to pick us up to be met by rain. Gutted, we decided to go for it though and see what it brings................ We snorkelled on the reef for about an hour, as you will have seen from the pics, due to a little thing called a marine jellyfish we had to wear these amazing suits, very telly tubbies!! Brightly couloured all in one. Sweet as if the fear of sharks wasn't bad enough! As the woman descirbed in the trip booking shop "Oh they are not so bad, first of all you dont know you have been stung for about half and hour, untill the infection starts to semi paralyse your arms, then you feel you chest caveing in and start to have convoltions, all whilst trying to swim" she laughed, we look pale (even with our tans) So we have to also look out for these as well (although you cant see them as they are see through). But in we went to the Great Barrier Reef. The coral was cool as ever but when we were clearly out of earshot of any patriotic aussies we both agreed egypt was better. Maybe because Egypt was the first coral we had seen or maybe because we were rained out of the water, kinda take the shine off it!! So on to the islands, que rain and swell................. Lots of rain falls and we hide from it, then as if the man in charge of the weather saw how unhappy we all were and cleared up the sky for perfect blue couple of hours on the beach. Bliss! The whitsundays just got a lot more appealing. Back on the boat, more swells from the random weather and a rough old boat trip back in to the harbour!! Great Barrier Reef - Tick<br /><br />Moving further up the coast again we head towards Misson Beach, Yet another epic drive, It was becoming apparent to us that the nice little short drives of New South Wales days were <br />long gone Queensland offers lots of amazing attractions but they are so far apart and the is literally a kangeroo and a tumble weed between them, Oh and very ocassionally a petrol station.<br />Mission beach was a very very quite little place, the campsite, town convience store, restaurant, petrol station, mechanic and single resident was all in the same building, Scary!! Still the <br />campsite was nice and although you couldn't get in the sea the beach was huge and deserted! We relaxed for a couple of days and enjoyed the sunshine!<br /><br />Next stop Cairns<br /><br />We arrive at what looks like a trophey cabinet. It is actually the reception for the "best campsite in Australia" (Six years in a row) It was amazing, bouncing pillows, two tennis courts (suited us),<br />crazy golf, two pools, parks, basketball, garden chess, outdoor cinema, table tennis and our spot even came with a pub stly bench. We are home at what is officially a 5 star campsite! What to do in cairns, having seen so much country side on the way up we skipped the rainforest walks and sky cable car rides for what any young traveller would do - A BUNGY JUMP!<br />Arriving early we thought we would suss it out and watch a few. We decided to go up on at a time so we could A - watch from the bottom. B - video it (mainly to avoid having to by the extortionately <br />priced videos and photos) I went first, I thought i was pretty calm, I could actually see the guy in front of me's t-shirt pounding with his heart, the video afterward actually showed me lokoing pretty nervous and taking what seemed like the worlds biggest breath.........5-4-3-2-1 and jump, was all you got then a plumet to the lake at the bottom, "small" shreak, i went in pretty deep and got soaked! Glad that wasn't the ground though. Big adreanaline kick and lea is straight up after me<br />Lets just say the girl before her must have felt like a right wimp, as lea's perfect swan dive crashed down the 60m with only a small scream (sounded like a ghost train sound effect) but both completely buzzing from it.<br /> Well worth the money and we were both so glad we did it!<br /><br />So.................................................<br /><br />6006kms (boob we now call it) distance actual number!!!!<br /><br />3072 baked beans (matt)<br /><br />2189 m&m's (lea)<br /><br />756 bites<br /><br />379 backward grafton ozzies<br /><br />18 tanks of petrol<br /><br />17 campsites<br /><br />5 flipflops<br /><br />4 4gb full memory cards (geeeeks)<br /><br />3 states<br /><br />2 vans (rip shazam)<br /><br />1 surfboard<br /><span class="sg"><br />0 moneys!<br /><br />we are finally leaving Australia heading to sydney again for the next stop!! the adventure continues!!!<br /><br />hope everyone is ok back in rainy england (it rains all the time here too!!!) missing you lots<br /><br />love matt and lea</span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmail_quote"><span class="sg"><br /></span></span></div>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9117641021295737890.post-41907848774807507142008-04-19T03:14:00.010+01:002008-05-19T12:07:43.649+01:00Dazy, Hazy and Lazy<span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153);font-size:85%;" >So Grafton, Grafton, Grafton, ahh the place brings back such fond memories! As you are all aware we were stuck in Grafton, A place that if it was to put in the dictionary would be described as backwards. So we had checked out of the hotel to be met by the man at the garage with a self assuring smile that our van would be definately ready for lunch time that day. Lunch time = no van a promise that it will be 5 o'clock that day....................Sit and wait some more. 5 o'clock = no van and check back into the awesome motel. We decided best not to venture into the pub again so i could save face from the one armed man that was sure to be there!! So angry phone calls to the van people and the garage people and nothing was sorted...Sweet! We finally got so scared of the local people we literally sat in the garage waiting room just sitting and being a visual annoyance to the man that kept feeding us bull s#$t excusses. Eventually after three days of waiting (and hiding from the locals) Shazzam was given some serious CPR and she lived another day. Seems our annoying questions and waiting had paid off and the fat (didn't mention that before) balding man let us on our way/ Fixed it to get us out of his "hair". Joy the adventure continues...............<br /><br />Heavy wheel spins and 120kph we were out of there without even looking back!<br /><br />The plan was to try and get back to the original plan and save a day here and there. So we trying to power through and drive straight to the gold coast. Night fell and we stopped and Byron Bay (pretty famous) It was pretty much dark when we got there so we just pulled into the park and crashed. Relax we were back on track. Up early to see what Byron had to offer and it was a really cool place (if not a pricey) but the surf was good to watch (we had not time) and there was a really cool lighthouse up on the hill which seemed to attract alot of people! So after a morning roaming around we decided to continue to the gold coast.<br /><br />Surfers paradise was the destination and we were properly looking forward to it. Our campsite we were heading too even had a crazy golf course! Lots of fun to come. However surfers paradise was not really that much like paradise. It was the biggest city we had come across in a long time. Several skyscrapers and eveything. It was pretty much a wash out. It was also huge, although there was lots of surf spots there were so far apart it was like driving for a couple of hours just to get to a decent beach. The caravan park was not on the sea as it was lead to be believed by the pictures and description in the book it was on a river and quite far north of everything. So get ready for it.......................................We snubbed the Gold Coast and mainly Surfers Paradise. Wiped off the itinerary, moving stright past.<br /><br />So we arrive at Noosa, now in the sunshine coast and this was looking more like our cup of tea. Nice campsite lots of little beachs and a trendy little town, (with some pretty big name shops, i.e Hugo Boss) suddenly the reality of being on a backpakers budget was depressing. So we headed to the beach to revive our excitment for the surf!! The beach was really cool. Still pretty busy (school holidays again) but we found some little breaks and had our surf spot. The weather was becoming more and more mixed with tropical storms for hours then clear blue skies in the afternoons then rain again. Got us down abit because it get dark so early here you kinda have to make the most of the daylight. You will all be shocked to hear that our body clock now consists of getting up at 6:30 - 7 ish and going to bed at 9ish (well the going to bed isnt so much of a shock for those of you that knows lea's sleeping patterns) so we were really missing our mornings. We make a big decision towards our surfing careers and decide its time to sell our soft top surf board on and try and pick up a couple of cheap fiber glass ones. Big decisions coming ahead!! Lots of shopping around and we eventually go on lea's instint and get an amazing deal for it. Now comes the hard part trying to get the new ones......We rent some to give them a try and hope for good weather so we can use them!! Dreams come try and we were blessed with a short spell of good weather. So after shopping around abit and trying some differnt boards the following day the worst happens.................... (well not the worst there were no sharks involved) Lea picked her wave, rode her fate and lost, surfing right up onto the rocks, OUCH! Well not for her really more the board. To say the damage was light would be lying. Lots of nerves about what they would say at the hire shop when we return there board with a 20 inch gouge through the bottom of it. Worried scared (well lea was, my board was fine ;-)) we head back to the van to pack up and try and sort it out....................."STRUTH MATE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FISH" from afar a random man had picked us out of the crowd due to the injury (to the board) 'MAN MY SON IS GONNA SPEW" turns out he was the dad of the guys who hired us the board. I mean what are the chances, more importantly to us, why was this middle aged family man at the beach surfing in the middle of the week day, and not at work like most grown ups!! Any way after pretty mush telling us how trashed the board was and how much he thought it was gonna cost we were on our way........ Arriving at the hire place i take the good board in first, even before i got a hello, or gooday mate. "My dad already phoned me and told me about the fish" What the hell we got ratted out by his dad, Started to explain a little more why he wasn't at work!! So after a long wait and people telling me how messed up it was (all in surf language by the way, so i didnt understand most of it anyway) we got stung with a massive repair bill. Oh yeah a little detail i forgot to mention about this whole ordeal, Lea was abit to scared to face the people in the shop so i had to sort it all out, shocking display of burrying your head in the sand miss pike, but it worked out for the best in the end, They assumed Lea was hurt (who was i to correct them) and i got to blame Lea, as she wasn't there. Moving on...........<br /><br />Next up was Frasers Island, a biggie, and we were both really looking forward to it. We had stayed longer in Noosa so we could try and let the bad weather pass for Frasers. We hit a long drive up to a place called Hervey Bay, Basically a town purpose built as a pass through to Frasers Island. Nothing special there much like a mediterrain holiday location. Lea enjoyed her first subway though, and loved it. Our campsite was really nice though. So we booked a one day trip in the end and decided not to camp on the island over night. Up early and ready for the long day adventuring.<br />Frasers was abosolutly amazing, the island is pretty mind blowing (the story of the island was very well told by the crazy man in the photo's, Captin Kangeroo) From the beach's to the Rainforest to the sand roads (that had to re-swept every day because the sand moves that much) The one day trip consisted of a small loop around the main attractions of the island. The road systems on the beach were pretty wierd and made us glad we hadn't opt'd fpr the self drive, the beach was the road and also the run way for the planes that was also the beach and people had right of way over the plane, busses and 4x4's!! Accident waiting to happen. Lake Mckenzie was by far the most amazing beach/lake i have ever been too. The water was spring water so you could pretty much drink it..................... part two coming later (we thought we'd lost this draft but we found it again! woo ........matts sarcastic comment here is "obviously!" oh yeh quickly have to say we have just done a bungy jump ahhhhhh crazy!!!)</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153);font-size:85%;" ></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153);font-size:85%;" ></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153);font-size:85%;" ></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153);font-size:85%;" > <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW3YMm4gMLWBBbAS6SAPktD1pT5yCezb15sRPmwJiWnMxE_HuFxdjQ_1XDNXhVn2UQywbvJBrmQZkt32yLeQtduXlT7UWGXXJOblHod_FginTOeb9uL7bOv6YJLCzmFR-9kPa5KABvWBT/s1600-h/CIMG3180.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190779875969783890" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW3YMm4gMLWBBbAS6SAPktD1pT5yCezb15sRPmwJiWnMxE_HuFxdjQ_1XDNXhVn2UQywbvJBrmQZkt32yLeQtduXlT7UWGXXJOblHod_FginTOeb9uL7bOv6YJLCzmFR-9kPa5KABvWBT/s400/CIMG3180.JPG" border="0" /></a></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153);font-size:85%;" ><br />lea chilling (hervey bay)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW3YMm4gMLWBBbAS6SAPktD1pT5yCezb15sRPmwJiWnMxE_HuFxdjQ_1XDNXhVn2UQywbvJBrmQZkt32yLeQtduXlT7UWGXXJOblHod_FginTOeb9uL7bOv6YJLCzmFR-9kPa5KABvWBT/s1600-h/CIMG3180.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65LwgmUCRJvgiMe8Y22Jnc3-hMuEoc3su0IqoSq5UfhzK1-nfOuy7rZjGwSN-v26gg2JI9Q6-AySzNHbp92ACcjUxoILjfkS4PsrdA_OLd5PmVxUi4YrGrZQx3yk-gHfgoBi7p8nM4i6m/s1600-h/CIMG3179.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190779923214424162" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65LwgmUCRJvgiMe8Y22Jnc3-hMuEoc3su0IqoSq5UfhzK1-nfOuy7rZjGwSN-v26gg2JI9Q6-AySzNHbp92ACcjUxoILjfkS4PsrdA_OLd5PmVxUi4YrGrZQx3yk-gHfgoBi7p8nM4i6m/s400/CIMG3179.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />lea chilling (DHL)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwGhDi5CGpGakpTSyxyfA0bz23sKa49sT7sNxx7wzf9SLH26RQ7_tDkRqQeqOUBea_dlx8quZSGX4cKbmqZn_USuEsnynB99xLqq2d8R9frTjO7GYxeY0E-pUuy3rvmDZiJ8ZBizC-quE/s1600-h/CIMG3178.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190779936099326066" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwGhDi5CGpGakpTSyxyfA0bz23sKa49sT7sNxx7wzf9SLH26RQ7_tDkRqQeqOUBea_dlx8quZSGX4cKbmqZn_USuEsnynB99xLqq2d8R9frTjO7GYxeY0E-pUuy3rvmDZiJ8ZBizC-quE/s400/CIMG3178.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />rainbow beach (we took a short detour - lea (the nav) says its only a few mins away ended up being 2 hours......all cause she liked the name of the beach......matts isnt bitter!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDSQl82HB2rhnZdnJpHR8jwv2Ci15sg4qku5JjYokmKe3FVi42kLit9AO1EXy2KAoBZLD1DJj61jbKnlMtYZCuxDOtxhLbGqfJfQfl4apm5LO7ssgBFOWun2-qGQD1Nb63CGPORGF41HM/s1600-h/CIMG3177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190779961869129858" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDSQl82HB2rhnZdnJpHR8jwv2Ci15sg4qku5JjYokmKe3FVi42kLit9AO1EXy2KAoBZLD1DJj61jbKnlMtYZCuxDOtxhLbGqfJfQfl4apm5LO7ssgBFOWun2-qGQD1Nb63CGPORGF41HM/s400/CIMG3177.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />wheres matt......<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gKbfa7hDHi0NI5VmDAC0zs_o1mbjt3xF_RUXqBCINrwPahTlny9L2MeiJlog70HLE3DTmxa3zDqUXmPUoQbDCzco9oIAGJXhmZ-OCxL8lXTDtVQuIeCyInTeS7bjjM61deY0a48xtNrm/s1600-h/CIMG3176.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190779974754031762" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gKbfa7hDHi0NI5VmDAC0zs_o1mbjt3xF_RUXqBCINrwPahTlny9L2MeiJlog70HLE3DTmxa3zDqUXmPUoQbDCzco9oIAGJXhmZ-OCxL8lXTDtVQuIeCyInTeS7bjjM61deY0a48xtNrm/s400/CIMG3176.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />noosa beach full of spoilt rich ozzie kids!! 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJCqim3NcvaH8x49EXaLiSlDorAg0TxRLTaZRZwmzILWUGFSrBKrdNUnYEWKYFwlCg4qIs4ATyDFaJ3G05aMKD6rqSQrovqX3c3z8DUtcjORhPqOwD1t7UdLqFHVFUfHMRzxPZrLDkS4a/s1600-h/CIMG3206.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190777157255485202" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJCqim3NcvaH8x49EXaLiSlDorAg0TxRLTaZRZwmzILWUGFSrBKrdNUnYEWKYFwlCg4qIs4ATyDFaJ3G05aMKD6rqSQrovqX3c3z8DUtcjORhPqOwD1t7UdLqFHVFUfHMRzxPZrLDkS4a/s400/CIMG3206.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />bit of a kodak moment for the website ;-) but stace inpaticular check out lea's dance moves!!!haha<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBD_oVdUCsVynmgxshXyvlZ-Jt_KBcIiCGZ6AivRXbjt-opzBXC9GOo0L8kb1R49pb91oYfVVycWLYbF6fFxBHo30QkHO2E3HeqpTo_jw0sgOPPaEZfWM7ReRYK5xpkhDjA4GJApaljb-E/s1600-h/CIMG3204.JPG"><img 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/><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ze3A7jtaeUbxWk1KJT8n-V3dU_bnsjkztwuPTl30JyPGVA4rHtnASKD4SbZjNh96Ept9bEpkANz22pH2pEc89c4uzT7qErIEl0L4Z5cCiYbOqSR954Psyy_-0zwTKsQihoWQNIl87gUo/s1600-h/CIMG3210.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190776663334246114" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ze3A7jtaeUbxWk1KJT8n-V3dU_bnsjkztwuPTl30JyPGVA4rHtnASKD4SbZjNh96Ept9bEpkANz22pH2pEc89c4uzT7qErIEl0L4Z5cCiYbOqSR954Psyy_-0zwTKsQihoWQNIl87gUo/s400/CIMG3210.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />bit of an arty one - its been a while! (whitehaven beach!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEZDngVWkDEpHFNqhKKZ2TIDTWzTj-jh6PQ5Z2m6K80QEQ8PQkw9E-Oji_M6SHYMOqA-pcml8ZtrWzTZ3a_yeMqd1hvxmVcMSpgm1QcvhTClxYIWK5vH_dtdZhUrNa2eb6vgy7exaNo02/s1600-h/CIMG3208.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190776667629213426" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEZDngVWkDEpHFNqhKKZ2TIDTWzTj-jh6PQ5Z2m6K80QEQ8PQkw9E-Oji_M6SHYMOqA-pcml8ZtrWzTZ3a_yeMqd1hvxmVcMSpgm1QcvhTClxYIWK5vH_dtdZhUrNa2eb6vgy7exaNo02/s400/CIMG3208.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />it all got to much for lea<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmK6NJZD3cVtOgvvW9Rl_gdwnya4QXZ669rWZCReB_0mX8v6zeDUI6Lnv2NQncrGcp-QbQ_IWT7lpwzfB9I2uCglV0MVNK61LkYE6fPJRec_aT6Yqr_15up6wsXuANH0-ynS-khNauqzP/s1600-h/CIMG3207.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190776676219148034" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmK6NJZD3cVtOgvvW9Rl_gdwnya4QXZ669rWZCReB_0mX8v6zeDUI6Lnv2NQncrGcp-QbQ_IWT7lpwzfB9I2uCglV0MVNK61LkYE6fPJRec_aT6Yqr_15up6wsXuANH0-ynS-khNauqzP/s400/CIMG3207.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />"we have no jobs.....our pets heads are falling off........" so this is what we have been doing for the past 3 months!<br /><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153);font-size:85%;" ></span>The White Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075441684214193096noreply@blogger.com3