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One might think strips from the comic Garfield, with said title character removed, would be a fleeting piece of humor that would quickly get old. Then again, one might find one’s self to be incredibly wrong.
I’m sure you’ve all seen light-painting before–using LEDs/flashlights to “draw” in the air while taking a long-exposure photograph–however I’m sure you’ve never seen it done so impressively as these guys:
This work is impressive, imaginative, beautiful, and hauntingly organic. I could look at this gallery all day and continue to gush about it for as long. What makes me even happier is that they use medium format (120) E-6 film like my Seagull uses!
Really, though. Go view that gallery. now.
Well, I’ve had my camera for a few days now and I can’t get enough of it. Doody stopped by this weekend and we went out shooting Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. We both finished a roll of film and dropped them off at Bangor Photo. They should be developed by tomorrow, I’ll upload them then.
We also had a little malfunction with Doody’s camera due to an overzealous shutter release cable, so I’ll be posting instructions on how we fixed it.
I’ve also uploaded a ton of new photos to my flickr account. Please do check them out and let me know what you think! You can also view them by clicking the photography link at the top of this page.
Wow, thats a fantastic shot! Was it taken on campus? What settings, wow thats an amazing shot.
There I am done, that was just an awesome shot. I think our film is ready to go whenever you can pick it up.
Thats an awesome shot.
Finally! Thursday night at ~7:30pm I received my Seagull TLR from UPS. Its as cool as I knew it would be. After reading all about medium format and TLR cameras for weeks I’m so glad to finally have it in my hands. The only problem has been that was too dark on Thursday to take any photos and I worked all day Friday! I have managed to sneak out when it wasn’t raining on my break and take a few photos, but I really want to finish this first roll of 120 film to see how it comes out.
In lieu of taking photos with it, I’ve been examining it, drooling over it, and taking photos of it. Today I’m working all day again, but I will get out a 5pm and still have time to go shoot photos for a couple hours. Doody will probably be up here by then as well (he was in Portland) so we can go TLR shooting together! (More …)
Kind of funny that I am writing this comment on your blog from your computer.
Anyway, I look forward to the follow up to this post regarding fixing a shutter problem using remote switches. THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN!
Was looking through a catalog and found the same camera…I think. Look on Sundancecatalog.com. It’s Robert Redford’s company, mostly clothing, jewelry, and furniture. How odd that your joyous camera was there. Your pics are fantastic! love you–Mom
Woah! I’m really enjoying the template/theme of this website. It’s simple, yet effective. A lot of times it’s hard to get that “perfect balance” between user friendliness and visual appeal. I must say you have done a very good job with this. Also, the blog loads very fast for me on Opera. Exceptional Blog!
I’ve just posted a backlog of about 5 months worth of photos to my flickr account. If you prefer flickr’s interface you can view them at flickr.com/photos/euicho, or if you would rather stay within the layout of my website, see here (also accessable by the photography link in the nav bar).
The new photos are all contained in the new first 7 sets which are: Windmills, Trains!, 1st Red Sox Game, Loring AFB, Projector, Amme’s Graduation, and Baby Parker, but there are also new photos in some of the other sets, so you can just scroll through my main flickr page (called the photo stream) to see all the new photos without going to each set individually. (More …)
This is a little old, but I found it quite interesting:
An amusing exercise
It is a discussion thread over at Typophile about what chat shorthand (lol, wtf, rofl) might look like as symbols, much as ‘at’ has ‘@’, or ‘and’ has ‘&’. Though most chat shorthands are acronyms instead of single words, it is still a very neat topic with some great ideas. I prefer the one pictured to the right of this post for LOL, submitted by gmckenzi.
I also have been pondering a discussion I had with someone at work about how we do not *usually* laugh literally “out loud” when we type lol, or actually fall out of our chairs when we type rofl (how would we type it if we were?), although there have been times when it has happened. Instead, maybe we should use an alternative, and leave LOL for more hilarious outbursts. You could just take the acronym of out, producing LIL (Laughing In Loud) but that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, plus it looks like an abbreviation of little.
Perhaps LI or LIW, for Laughing InWardly, would work. Or we could spark a whole new term like TVF (Thats Very Funny) as in “That’s very funny, a fly marrying a bumble bee… I TOLD YOU I’D SHOOT! BUT YOU DIDN’T BELIEVE ME! WHYYYYYYYY DIDN’T YOU BELIEVE ME?!?!“. God I love that show.
In lieu of LOL, I tend to use “heh” when I find something funny, and “heheheheh” when it is funnier still. Note that I mean this as “heh heh heh”, as in a chuckle, as opposed to “he he he”, a feminine giggle…
So what do you all think? Do you like LIL, LIW, TVF? Create your own and post them here. I would love to hear your input on this!
PS: *bonus points for a symbolic for “OMG WTF BBQ” that is not just letters run together.
i’ve just gotten used to typing ‘haha’ and if i am really laughing just typing it longer or with exclamation or something “hahahaha that fuckin rocks!”
its a really good point that people always type and say they are laughing and are really just laughing on the inside … (0_0)
which is awesome when typing to someone and watching each other on a webcam, totally funny the amount of internalization, so you might be having a crazy conversation and … (0_0) [ ] / [ ](0_0)
thats just funny haha (not LOL funny)
I kind of do the same thing. I usually use “haha” when laughing on the inside. When I am litterally laughing though I will make it more extreme by lengthening it to like “hahahahaha” or if I am really laughing hard HAHAHAHAHA!
I use “Heh” as well.
Your aunt Patti really enjoys when she hears your laugh in person, she thinks it sounds so delightfully evil.
Welcome to Part 2 of Mythbusters Goodies. In Part 1 we went over some neat areas of Jamie Hyneman’s M5 Industries website. In this installment, we’ll take a look at the eclectic and weird things on Adam Savage’s website, adamsavage.com. Follow along, children!
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Damn I’m such a procrastinator. Thank you to those who trudge on with me despite the infrequency with which I post. I blame my tight schedule, and more recently, WoW (yes, I’ve become and addict. No I don’t know what took me so long. I though I was strong enough to resist, alas I am not). Mostly, however, the blame rests squarely on my own shoulders. Anyway, thank you again to my faithful readers. Moving on…
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I wished they would go more into the engineering behind their inventions and rigs they build for the show. I know the average person wouldn’t understand 5% percent of it though so I can see why they don’t bother to elabortate.
Yeah but still, I agree it would be really cool if they showed more of tyhe engineering background. One the Q&A episode they did show the little black reference book they use for most of the equations and constants they use in their calculations.
Knowing my penchant for procrastination and my inability to post regularly, I’ve decided to work on it and have fun at the same time with a little project. Anyone who knows me knows I love photography; I’m always looking for ways to be a better photographer. So I was pretty excited when I happened upon photojojo’s Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way.
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wow, no comments for a month. This site is getting stagnant…
COMMENT!
I look forward to going through the journey with you too. That probably would be a good thing for me to do also. I can understand how it would make you a better photographer and it would be fun. I may copy you one day, I just may. I look forward to your journey too.
Hey, it’s an idea mean’t to be spread, you should do it! And you’re not copying heh.
Yeah, what have I been doing with my time. I went a month without making fun of one of your posts, for shame.
Sorry about the no comments.
I will say that the photo attached to this entry is the first one you’ve done that comes near to capturing how pretty Amme really is.
Hey no apologies for not commenting! Heh. And yes, Jesse I think that was a record.
Amme has such a beautiful smile but she’s just too pretty for any photograph to show. I do agree though that this one comes the closest. It was a random candid shot I took while she was spacing out heh.
Hi Son:
Just finished browsing through your web site and getting caught up with all the new pictures, blogs, and various links as well as your Flicr photo journal. Nice work.
Portland pictures were awesome! Lets do it again soon…..
Take care. Love you
Dad
I’ve added about 40% more photos to my Flickr page. A few are transfers from my old album page, but most are brand new. If you have a mo’ then please stop by and check them out, and comment on any you think are cool. I’d greatly appreciate it!
Some new and updated sets are: Portland Headlight Trip, Portfolio, Fall 2006, 35 mm, and Pets (including new Bruski photos!)
Tip: hit the “View as slideshow” link on a set’s page to see a pretty flash slideshow of the set.
Bizarre, no… Freaky. Freaky is the word I’d use to describe this project.
I’ve always been a truly firm believer that everyone has an evil (or nice) twin, or maybe just a doppleganger. Whatever their disposition, this photography project by francois brunelle definately confirms my suspicions. The cool thing is that these are only some US/UK look-alikes. Imagine how many there are in the whole world!
Go to his website (http://www.francoisbrunelle.com) to see these freaky black and white photos. You can also read up on some of the details behind these coincidences… if you can call them that *cough*boysfrombrazil*cough*.
tom, i’m your white doppleganger. enjoy the beard you are probably going to grow for the winter. oh yeah and jalb and i are moving into a house together… drop me a line i got a new phone but the same number, 5518674 anyways, peace.
Haha thats very true, when we both have beards we look a little too alike! I’m gonna start workin on mine soon. Shaving gives me acne anyway. Yeah he told me about your house with the girls. That place is gonna be like a frat house lol. I’ll give you a call later, take it easy.
I don’t recall how I came across Moo — It must have been either Nyrath or del.icio.us/popular — but in any case, come across it I did.
Do you like business cards? Meh, boring right? Do you love Flickr and your photos? Sure, we all do. Why doesn’t someone combine the two? Moo did. They’re a wonderful little printing company that currently offers a product called MiniCards.
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Design251 has a great little article that dispells the “megapixel myth” that you can make a true photo quality 16″ x 20″ print with an 8 or even 10 megapixel “professional” digital camera. You in fact need about a 27 Mpx (megapixel) camera for a true analog quality print of that size, so don’t get caught up in the megapixel hype unless Nikon starts offering a consumer 30 Mpx model.
PS: keep in mind that more Mpx will get you closer to an analog quality, but it is nowhere near close at present.
I have to give Madrid major “Props” (as Doody would say), because they’ve stepped up and said “No, we won’t allow these unreallistically, morbidly underweight girls to be flaunted and idolized by impressionable girls and women.”
Yes, Hollywood is another great offender, but this active step by Madrid’s regional government is a huge step in the right direction for the fashion world, and sets a great example that I hope others will follow.
I leave you with a hilarious quote by Leonor Perez-Pita:
“Clothes look much better on a lovely girl than on a clothes hanger”
I definitely give that my most prestigious Props award, its good to hear that someone is now actually fighting this. I still think its sad that it is still considered beautiful in a lot of the world.
Speaking of props though, I have some props to give, but no where to give them, if you catch my drift.
Hahaha, yes doody, i definately know what you mean. What day did you say you are free?
I’ll start updating the outline today and ill msg the guys to see what days they are free. we’re gonna be back and better than ever !
You can’t spell veluptuos without delicous.
hmmm actually you can. lol
If any of you are semi-long-term readers, you will likely remember my post from almost exactly a year ago about the V for Vendetta movie project. Whether you caught it or not, go ahead and refresh your memory as it’s a short post and has links to introduce new readers to V for Vendetta
The advertising has been pretty extensive, but if you are one to cut yourself off from normal modes of media assailment (I myself don’t listen to the radio and watch little non-downloaded TV, instead getting all of my info from the internet), you may have missed the fact that the theatrical adaptation of the graphic novel V for Vendetta is now playing! I’m going to see it this weekend so I haven’t a review for you right now, but the novel is truely stellar (how could it not be… it’s Alan Moore) , the film was adapted by the Wachowski brothers, and it was directed by James McTeigue who’s assistant directed on Dark City, The Matrix, and Attack of the Clones. As if that wasn’t enough, Natalie Portman is in it. I can see Doody drooling now.
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You know me all too well…
Yes, Patti and I both saw it, and give it two thumbs up. Unusually intellectual for a Hollywood movie, with plenty of action. They did make a slight change of the ending, but nothing I can’t live with.
Now where can I get a Guy Fawkes mask…
You hippies and your damn pyramid schemes….
Oh for h4x1ng in the rain!
My sweet and gentle Jesus!
Great googily moogily!
It’s… It’s… It’s HERE.
Yea fair readership, Wype thee fog frome thy eyes and beholdith the glory of: The Mammoth Photo Update.
I’ve finally finished sorting and uploading over at photos.euicho.com, and have added 6 new albums containing roughly 600 photos total. Its a biggie, and it took many an hour, so please stop on by and enjoy my hobby with me.
And remember, if you would like a print of any of my work (I’m currently working on an online store at the moment) please feel free to email me at euicho [at] euicho [dot] com. I’m modest, so my prices are very reasonable!
You better beleive I will be checking it out. We can celebrate together, because I have also started updating my photoblog!
YAY finally doody updates! lol
awesome
Hey son:
Awesome job on the photo blog. I especially enjoyed the pictures you took while we were in Boston at the New England Aquarium. The jelly fish came out very nice. They are so cool!
take care
love you
Dad
Hey, son, my coworkers and I are enjoying your most excellent pics tonight at work. It has made an otherwise slow-moving night most entertaining. My favorites are always of Connor; he just cracks me up!
Thank you both. I’m glad to see my work is appreciated. :)
Yes, yes, I’ve been remiss in posting. Whadaya expect? Its my vacation! Just kidding. Anyway, I’m making it up to you by finally doing that monster photo update I’ve been meaning to do for who knows how long. I’ve started out by posting photos of our annual newyears party –BTW all photos can be found at photos.euicho.com, or by clicking the photos link on the top of this page. I’ve hosted a newyears party at my house in Caribou for years now, and although this year we had to switch locations to Amme’s house, we had as much, if not more, fun. There was a cornucopia spread of food, Texas Hold ‘em, a professional piercer, Movies, an epic chess duel between Zach and I, and wonderfully creepy glasses for our bet against Trevor’s Ex that we could take a more cheesey newyears photo. This was our submission, we’re all acting drunk even though we have non-alcoholic sparkling grape juice. Unfortunately we’ve yet to see Leann’s submission to determine a winner. We also found out that if we pop the eyes out of the glasses and wear them like monacles, they become more creepy by a factor of 10.
Expect a portfolio update with photos of Caribou’s recent amazing frost soon.
YES! So good to see this. I have something to be nostalgic about!!!
Whilst looking through some old un-labeled cds, I came across a little gem I filmed with my friends winter of 2003 and edited into a trailer winter of 2004. Now here, winter of 2005, it seems apropriate I share it with the world.
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soo awesome
hahahaha
NICE>
Very Cool son……….awesome display of your creativity and technology talent.
Soooo good. I forgot how awesome this was. Now we just need to do the other trailers. And a film of sorts…
We definately need to. Wish we had more time this break.
Time? What is time, but what really is “free” time? Let’s ponder this question shall we.
Dictionary.com gives us the following definition for time. Time is: “A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.”
Let’s see, “A nonspatial continuum”, hmm that sounds like there is no true way to measure time, and also it will never end. A good thing for those of us that just need more time.
“Irreversible succession”, does that mean I can’t go back and stop myself from calling my boss a miserable furry ball chin prick at the last company picnic? Guess it also means that I won’t be able to stop myself from doing it again (only with a different body part in question) this year.
My point here tonight Ladies and Gentlemen is that time is never really free (direct yourself to the company picnic for example) and we all will always have more time, sleep well and good night.
I just realized that at the end, where it says Loiter and “This film not yet rated.†It should say Loiter “This film does not exist.â€
Today is Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday.
I am no student of art history, by any means, but he is one of my favorite Post-Impressionist painters, and I have always held a certain place in my heart for him, seemingly for no reason, but actually due to Don Mclean’s soothing voice.
Take a second to read the wikipedia article, or anything about him, to honor this tragic, remarkable man.
it’s too bad van gogh didn’t have a computer cuz he could read happy birthday and not have to read it on lips.
hahaha thats aweful!
yeah it is pretty awful, he was great, but you know who is really great? me. hahah just kidding, justin timberlake rules!
When I was in art school, one of the students put together a presentation using slides of van Gogh’s artwork and Don McLean’s song. It was impossible to watch without tears filling your eyes.
Yeah, I tear up just listening to that song
This one is for all you Flickr users:
If you only have a basic account, do NOT upload full-sized pics. You have a 10MB of bandwidth limit per month and will use it up FAST! I did my first month.
Instead, resize your pictures to 510 by 383 (510×383), which is the size they will be displayed at anyway, since users cannot zoom your pics if you have a basic account. This will allow you dozens upon dozens of more pics per month.
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Jesse are discussing. 
Dad, 
evan are discussing. 
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Dad and 2 others are discussing. 
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travors 12:32 pm on 7/26/2008 Permalink
Thanks for the thumbs up Thomas!
Keep an eye put for an interesting G-G development soon… ;-)
Dan
datblonddood 12:20 am on 7/28/2008 Permalink
I know, when you first introduced me to it I thought it was more sad than funny really. I actually found myself to be more depressed after reading several than I did happy. A few still make me LI and LOL sometimes though.