Ain't nobody dope as me I'm dressed so fresh so clean. - So Fresh, So Clean : OutKast
I needed to make a photo for today plus I was fiending for a strawberry milkshake. Meet @Sara_Mooney, she's a librarian who needed a portrait and so happened to have a strawberry milkshake in her purse.
Awesome, I noes! A librarian, what are the odds?
Allergies are really doing a number on me today. Body aches, shivers, nose bleeds like Charlie's dad, just not feeling right today.
In other news, on twitter looks like a photographers I did Project50 with want to do another project for the month of May. Originally it started as shoot with a 35mm prime, to which I figured 35 days with a 35. But not everyone has a 35 (ja, I know right?!?!) so it became shoot with a prime for the entire month.
So here I'm scratching my head, WTH? I only have primes so it's not just a month long challenge but a year long project. So by default I've already started this project.
Today's photo is my 2nd prime a 50mm ƒ/1.2L. Nothing to fancy for today, just the lens on the coffee table with me running around lighting it with a handheld speedlite. Yeah, I paint with light.
One of the reasons why I don't do flowers… allergies.
Cause when I rock, no one rocks harder than me. And I don't stop cause I got that energy. - The Song : Queensberry
Soon they forget who they plucked, they whole style from and try to reverse the outcome. I'm like… - What More Can I Say? : Jay-Z
I know way too many people here right now that I didn't know last year, who the fcuk are y'all? - Over : Drake
Why I remember when I was her age we didn't talk about flash v. HTML5 or the benefits of encoding at H.264. All I had was a View-Master and a kaleidoscope.
I did tell her during dessert that back in the days when I wanted ice cream my dad would make me fetch a big block of ice from the corner store and pour milk over it while I licked it. And while it didn't taste like much, I didn't complain as I was happy to have any kind of dessert.
The power of parenting. So much stronger than the force, so much stronger.
Day One Hundred Ten:
“But I’m so real to them it’s scary. And with my unique skills nag you can’t compare me.” - Mass Appeal : Gang Starr
R.I.P. Guru
Sometimes I phase out when I look at the screen. And I think about my chance for me to intervene. - Johnny Is Dead : Q-Tip
Day One Hundred Nine:
“Sometimes I phase out when I look at the screen. And I think about my chance for me to intervene.” - Johnny Is Dead : Q-Tip
I know, I know. Such a lame attempt. Not even in the ballpark. I know this man.
I’ve been searching for a compact camera to take with me on times where I don’t actually need to bring my main camera. My requirements are pretty basic as the camera must have:
Of the cameras I’ve been looking at, most had all of these features. But one thing that bugged me was the lack of a true optical viewfinder and this is just inherent in the design of these cameras.
As such I’ve narrowed down my choices to Sammy’s up and coming TL500/EX1 and the current leader in compact cameras the Panny LX3. But now things have changed after my visit to Target.
I was strolling down the camera isle there where I noticed the Nikon D3000. What caught my eye was the small size of the camera. I held it and thought, “Wow this is tiny. If only Canon made a small camera like this I could use my…” that’s when I saw the Canon 550D on display next to it.
I held it with both hands and immediately noticed that it was indeed a compact camera. After goofing around with it, I noticed the price and it wasn’t that much more than the compact cameras I was considering (and this is Target pricing so of course I could do much better elsewhere)
So in my hands I had a compact camera that has full manual controls, a working hot shoe, a sync speed of around 1/250, RAW format compatible with Aperture 3 and an optical viewfinder. But what about the glass right?
Mounting any of my current lenses would defeat the purpose of this camera so I figured I would mount an old M42 prime lens in the 28 - 35mm range to the front of this and call it a day.
The 550D is like a little toy camera: so small and cute.
I'll never love again, oh boy, you've left me speechless - Speechless : Lady Gaga
We're plastic but we still have fun. - Paparazzi : Lady Gaga
I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh? - Telephone : Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé
Get your chain tooken. I may do it myself, I'm so Brooklyn. - D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) : Jay-Z
I have no idea what happened but as I was going down the stairs the last two steps sorta blended together and I tripped and fell. Laying on the floor the only thing that was running in my mind was "I've fallen and I can't get up."
After a bit, I was able to sit myself down. To which I was able to determine that I did not break anything (took a 2 page multiple choice questionnaire)
With my ankle wrapped up, headed to Grandpa's house with Mouse Girl. Soon as we got there the ice cream truck passes the house to which she just had to have a cone.
As I was limping about, I figured I might as well take my 365. Got my gear out of the trunk, licked my index finger, held it to the wind and dialed in the camera and light settings. Had my brother hold the light stand and I took a photo and put away the gear.
Now I sit on my couch with my ankle iced and elevated. It's hurting a lot now but I have a shoot in the morning (in another state no less) so I got to figure something out.
Till tomorrow, be safe everyone!
MTV’s True Life | I have NF Help us find a cure.
My lashes are dry. Purple teardrops I cry. - Paparazzi : Lady Gaga
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disorder in which the nerve tissues grows tumors which may cause serious damage to the nerves and tissue. This affects all neural crest cells. Where you have a nerve a tumor may grow.
In addition to the painful tumors that may grow which will require surgery to be removed (if possible), 50% of people with NF have learning disabilities and/or develop seizures.
There is no cure only therapy to help ease the pain.
Why bring this up? Because Mouse Girl has NF. For the first year of her life we were in and out of the hospital, dealing with her infantile seizures. She sees a neurologist regularly and probably had more MRI/CAT scans done than most people 5 times her age.
Want to learn more about NF, MTV's True Life is airing I Have NF tonight. Watch it, torrent it, share it. Do what it takes so that people become aware of what NF is and that it needs to be stomped out.
Looking to get involved check out the Children's Tumor Foundation or hit me up via Flickr mail and I'll point you in the right direction.
So today was a very rare day for me. I woke up bright and early and said good by to the family and soon enough realized I was home alone.
So with no one around I decided grab a cuppa and levitate for a bit. 'Cause you know how us superheroes roll.
I’m a single man. I hope you are single too.
Come & Talk To Me (Uptown MTV Unplugged) - Jodeci
Photography is about seeing light and shadows. Only those that have no idea how to do this spew nonsense of turning off the flash. It doesn’t take major skill, this is ground zero of photography. If you do not understand this just put the camera down and walk away.
So a company licenses and image of a man from a stock photo company and thinks everything is on the up and up. Till they get sued by the man in the image. Lesson #3 Always get a properly executed release and lesson #13 Only license images from vetted photo agencies.
llamas.
I get inspired by the blunts too, I'll front you If you hang with a punk crew - 93 Till Infinity : Souls of Mischief
Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it, snap it, work it, quick erase it -Technologic : Daft Punk
I remember a time when in order to change the channel on the TV I would jingle my Dad's keys. The knob would make this clunking sound as it advanced forward. Now my girls are growing up in a world of multi touch. Everything is a pinch or a swipe away. If they want a different program on the TV they simply swipe the phone to select another show. It's really a different world now.
I'm trying, finance willing, to expose them to all of this and make it apart of their daily lives. Times are changing and I want to give them every opportunity I can.
Now put your hands up! - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) : Beyoncé
Mouse Girl thanks you for all your well wishes. So while she rest up she asked that I make another picture of OB.
He's getting a lot faster so trying to get an in focus shot of him is proving harder now, even with the AI tracking cranked all the way. Plus using the slow as molasses 85 wide open isn't exactly helping things neither.
Hopefully, Mouse Girl will like this picture of OB when she wakes up tomorrow morning.
Btw, I still can't stop dreaming about the W212 wagon
