Daniel C. Miller

I’m still getting an X when I upload. I’m finding this site very glitchy. Slow uploads, freezing up, inability to close down, etc.. Anyone else having these issues? How can I get my darn pics up??

sucess… thank you Nick, we may be able to go a little wider but these settings are much better… now we can post some images and give some better feedback.

Here is my test to see if the settings sugested will work, 400 pix wide and 100dpi

I think if you size the width of your images to about 400pixels wide that should fit just right, also you (everyone) should do everyone else a favor and keep your dpi under 150…more like 100 or even 72 to avoid sluggish scrolling.

Again why do some of the images get stretched out while others look fine… I am guessing that there is some kind of ideal image size for the group walls, does anybody know what that size limit is so that we can actually see what people are posting? Vladimir’s images are all stretched out while right below his Nick’s look perfect, is any one else…[Read more]

I cannot speak to PTLexamprep, but I can say that greenexamprep is fairly accurate when they claim that if you can score over 80% on their tests then you are probably pretty well prepared for the actual exam. Hang in there.

I thought I would contribute some different digital and hand techniques I’ve experimented with over the last few semesters as an undergrad. Before I returned to school for Landscape Architecture I enrolled in a 12 month cad drafting course and read all the landscape graphics books I could get my hands on, which still seem sort of…[Read more]

We sure are a quiet bunch aren’t we??? I’ll add my intro to the group I am part of the class of ’98 and have worked for WR&A (an engineering firm), Gates Leighton and Associates, EDSA, CSD Architects and I am now The Campus Landscape Architect at the University of Maryland. I am also on the ASLA Government Affairs Advisory Committee. while I…[Read more]

Does anybody have any suggestions or examples for rendering a master plan in a desert environment? I’m trying to finish up my capstone project so I can graduate and I’ve run into a little snag. I go to school in the south so drawing a rocky barren landscape with clusters of cactus is a first.

The ACE Mentor Program
Mentorship Opportunities

The ACE Mentor Program is looking for Landscape Architects to get involved!!!

The ACE Mentor Program is a nationwide program that introduces motivated high school students to the various careers that are available in the building industry. The local Sacramento Chapter has grown since its inaugural…[Read more]

San Joaquin Section – Update Mancini Park Design

Since 2007, the ASLA has been working with the Tuolumne River Regional Park Joint Powers Authority (TRRP) on a master plan for Mancini Park . This park services a low income area of the City of Modesto , City of Ceres and Stanislaus County .

Over time, the park has been overused and abused…[Read more]

what is the best size of image so that it does not distort, I noticed that many of the images, including mine are being stretched into a tall and “squeezed” format, are these do to i9mage size or my computer settings?

Yeah, you’re probably just over thinking it a little. I used the chart in the LEED AP Walkthrough, which is probably the same as the one on IntheLeed.com. I will say that there weren’t that many questions that related directly to project roles in the particular question pool that I had when I sat for the test (maybe 5), what I can say is that…[Read more]

thought I would add a few images, I work mostly digital but started with ADs, Prismacolors, and pencil, Am loving Corel Sketchpad, Corel PainterXI, and Photoshop, base work is done in AutoCad, Sketchup, Sketchpad, or scanned original, rendered on Wacom Cintiq in combination of Painter and Photoshop…

Land F/X is a great tool if you are going to do a concept to working drawings set and are looking for real world ability to create and modify a great set of plans, it is functional within Autocad and now BricsCad ( a cheeper version of ACAD, which looks very powerful for the price), and LandF/X functions with SketchUp (which is not a TOY as stated…[Read more]

The Sierra Chapter 2nd Saturday event, “The Art of Landscape Architects“, held on May 9th at the AIA offices in Midtown Sacramento was a huge success. Chapter Trustee Jeff Townsend’s band, ‘Busted Flat ‘, set up in the parking lot, temporary event seating was created using hay bales covered with sod donated by Delta Bluegrass (our own tur…[Read more]

The Sierra Chapter had our annual fundraising Golf Tournament on May 14th at Teal Bend Golf Course in Sacramento. The weather and the golfing was great. Thanks to all of our sponsors and golfers who came out to support the Chapter in these ‘unique’ economic times. Special thanks to Keith Wilson for making the whole thing happen, with help fro…[Read more]

Great to see examples of everyone’s work!

Anyone still studying to pass under LEED 2.2:
There are 2 resources that I used to study that I think were critical to success, I think these have been mentioned before but If you’re on the fence about what resources to spend your money on here’s what I think are the two best values:

I have to throw my support behind Intheleed.com’s LEED AP…[Read more]