Check out these photo album images:
Modern Wall
Image by Marco Alioli aka Marcus :D
La cosa più pericolosa da fare è rimanere immobili.
(Burroghs)
Comma (Polygonia c-album)
Image by Peter aka anemoneprojectors
Comma (Polygonia c-album) seen on the byway between Hickman's Hill and Walkern, Hertfordshire, 15 August 2010.
It was quite high up so I found it tricky to get photos. This is the best it would give me. Which is still pretty good.
A few nice buy photo images I found:
Panoramic shot of the crowd, Buy More Stuff, Black Friday 2009
Image by Michael Holden
Panoramic shot of the crowd, Buy More Stuff, Black Friday 2009
The Buy More Stuff people are at it again! These shots were taken at Westlake Park in Seattle on Black Friday, Nov 27th 2009. This was the best Buy More Stuff day ever! You can learn more about the Buy More Stuff project at BuyMoreStuff.Org
You can read more about Buy More Stuff at
BuyMoreStuff.org
You can view and download high-rez versions of this photo on my website at
www.michaelholden.com/pics/v/BuyMoreStuff/BuyMoreStuff200...
(lots of other pics from Burning Man, festivals, events, parties and chihuahuas are up there too!)
Hipsters are too cool for Buy More Stuff, Black Friday 2009
Image by Michael Holden
Hipsters are too cool for Buy More Stuff, Black Friday 2009
The Buy More Stuff people are at it again! These shots were taken at Westlake Park in Seattle on Black Friday, Nov 27th 2009. This was the best Buy More Stuff day ever! You can learn more about the Buy More Stuff project at BuyMoreStuff.Org
You can read more about Buy More Stuff at
BuyMoreStuff.org
You can view and download high-rez versions of this photo on my website at
www.michaelholden.com/pics/v/BuyMoreStuff/BuyMoreStuff200...
(lots of other pics from Burning Man, festivals, events, parties and chihuahuas are up there too!)
A few nice flash photo images I found:
Metering For Flash
Image by unleashingmephotography
The Rule of Thumb
"When using flash, to change the exposure you adjust aperture. Adjusting shutter speed will change ambient light exposure."
Changing Shutter Speed
Your camera’s max flash sync speed is probably somewhere around 1/250th of a second (check your manual for yours). This means that to sync up with the flash correctly, you can’t go any faster. Now compare that with the duration of a flash burst, which depending on the power you’ve chosen, could be somewhere in the 1/4000th of a second range.
So just stop and think about this for a second. Unlike ambient light that builds up on the sensor the whole time the shutter is open, flash light is constant no matter what the shutter speed. The only way to grab less light out of that flash burst would be to choose a speed faster than the burst. But you’re constrained by the max sync speed. So you could change the shutter speed all day, speeding it up, but you’ll always grab the same amount of light from that flash.
The bottom line is that the shutter speed will have no affect on the exposure of the area of your image that’s lit by the flash. Consider the image below. The flash power wasn’t changed, and the aperture was kept constant. I only changed the shutter speed. As you can see, the images all have the same exposure. Had I gone slow enough, I would start to pick up ambient light from the room.
Changing Aperture
Just as a refresher, when you change the aperture, you’re changing the size of the hole in the lens that allows light through. A lower aperture number means the hole is bigger, letting more light in.
So now that we know you can change the shutter speed all day long with no effect, the only other setting to play with is the aperture. If you want to change the exposure of a flash lit photo, simply adjust the aperture setting. A lower number makes your image brighter and a higher number makes your image darker. Take a look at this next series of images, all shot at the same shutter speed, but the aperture was changed.
Simple huh? Just remember that when you change aperture, you’re also changing the depth of field. So if your intention was to get a shot with someone’s face in focus and their body further away out of focus, changing the aperture to a higher number will bring their body more into focus. In this case, you’re better off adjusting your ISO setting, adjusting your flash power, or moving your flash further away.
Info found on Sublime-light.com
Some cool image images:
Silver Sun
Image by Neil Kremer
HDR image
The light was blinding. I used all of HDR powers to lighten this up but it just didn't look right. I try to process towards what I really saw and this is what I saw. The last week or so we've had this blinding Silver Sun. For some reason the yellow is gone from the sun star. I've heard about eh "Silver Sun" in song lyrics before but never noticed it. I'll have to research. Makes for terrible sunsets.
Check out these photo album images:
Nantes
Image by givikat
Rue de Nantes, installation réalisée par Métalobil (agence de design). Très chouette !
Photo réalisée avec mon LOMO LCA.
My grandfather in his 1923 Dodge
Image by DBerry2006
My dad is in the front passenger's seat and my grandmother is one of the women in the back. My dad had fond memories of this car, writing: " That big gray car took us all over the west; at a time when it was commonly held almost as gospel truth that a Dodge didn't have power enough to pull your hat off your head, we drove it to Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Glacier parks. It amazed people to see it in the Rockies; a "sassiety" type lady lectured me for lying because when she asked what kind of car we had I told her it was a Dodge. In 1929 this grand old car was itself superseded by a repossessed 1927 Dodge sedan, which in 1934 yielded to a brand new Dodge sedan which I finally wore out in 1950. They just don't make 'em like that anymore!"
My dad also wrote and recorded a detailed description of what it was like traveling in this car from Berkeley, CA to Crescent City, CA (on the coast near the Oregon border) in 1923, before US 101 was opened. It was a three-day trip one-way in those days.
Me and my shadow - Polygonia c-album
Image by degeerelle
2004 May 6 Polygonia c-album
Photo taken in my garden, Julita, Sweden.
A few nice stock photo images I found:
Dirty Martini Howl 7 by David Shankbone
Image by david_shankbone
A photographic essay of burlesque star Miss Dirty Martini is found here at Shankbone.
This photo is included in my '100 People I Photographed for the Creative Commons' set of my favorites shots out of the thousands of people I have photographed.
Dirty Martini Howl 1 by David Shankbone
Image by david_shankbone
A photographic essay of burlesque star Miss Dirty Martini is found here at Shankbone.
Image by *phototristan
Some cool picture collage images:
1Ds collage
Image by Theis Kofoed Hjorth
So this is it; I am putting my 1Ds on the marked, to buy a 5d instead. It's been great fun, if I was just a tiny bit wealthy, I would keep it as a memory. But life goes on, and this camera just doesn't fulfill my needs any longer; Upgrading is imminent.
While scraping together the last bit of money, after I've sold this baby, I've purchased a 40d+battery grip to keep me entertained. I must admit, I'm liking it much more than I expected, so I'm considering keeping it as a spare. It could come in handy when shooting birds (extra focal range) or sports (speeeeed), compared to the 5d.
Anyhow, this collage is for me to keep, after the 1Ds is gone. Also, the pictures are needed for the ad.
strobist info:
430 exII at 1/4 into Ø100cm Lastolite umbrella from above. That's it!
Richmond Collage
Image by Mitch Allen
This one was a happy accident. Somehow a picture of my dog was double exposed with another photo in the camera. I actually like the way it came out.
When I see this picture, I think of Alex Power's book Painting People in Watercolor. The book offers a unique perspective on the use of space, shapes, dominance and focal point which I think this picture illustrates.
Check out these hp photo images:
Inimigos da HP | Campinas Hall
Image by Alexandre Chang
[ Inimigos da HP | CARNAPUCC 2009 | Campinas Hall | Campinas.SP | 19.03.09 ]
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Foto por Alexandre Chang
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Inimigos da HP | Campinas Hall
Image by Alexandre Chang
[ Inimigos da HP | CARNAPUCC 2009 | Campinas Hall | Campinas.SP | 19.03.09 ]
[ Melhor visualização ]
[ FOTOS REVELADAS ]
Todas as minhas fotos estão à venda, reveladas em papel fotográfico.
Para mais informações sobre os tamanhos, preços, envie um e-mail:
[ vendas@alexandrechang.com.br ]
Caso queira usar alguma foto em sites, orkut, fotologs, blogs, etc, favor dar os créditos:
Foto por Alexandre Chang
[ www.flickr.com/alexandrechang ]
Check out these photo editing online images:
RAW: Milwaukee Presents Expressions 5/23/13
Image by rawartistsmedia
ALL photography captured & edited by Ryan Laessig / Milwaukee Alt.
www.facebook.com/pages/Milwaukee-Alt/157022164367416
Location: The Rave / Eagles Club Basement
Please Credit If photos used online
RAW: Milwaukee Presents Expressions 5/23/13
Image by rawartistsmedia
ALL photography captured & edited by Ryan Laessig / Milwaukee Alt.
www.facebook.com/pages/Milwaukee-Alt/157022164367416
Location: The Rave / Eagles Club Basement
Please Credit If photos used online
RAW: Milwaukee Presents Expressions 5/23/13
Image by rawartistsmedia
ALL photography captured & edited by Ryan Laessig / Milwaukee Alt.
www.facebook.com/pages/Milwaukee-Alt/157022164367416
Location: The Rave / Eagles Club Basement
Please Credit If photos used online
A few nice image upload images I found:
Streamline Moderne
Image by drp
The McGraw-Hill is a transitional building in terms of styling. Many aspects of the building suggest Streamline Moderne, the final phase of Art Deco. This 33 stories tall skyscraper was built in 1930, and is located at 330 West 42nd Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues. It is the first major building to be clad with machine-made blue-green terra cotta and glass cladding over a steel frame. Often referred to as the "jolly green giant", the McGraw-Hill dominated the skyline in its neighborhood for most of its life.
Architect Raymond Hood designed the building with numerous setbacks on the north and south sides. From those angles, the building appears as a slab. But from the east or west, the building appears as a stepped tower. Each floor of the north and south sides consists of 7 sets of four double-hung windows, separated by green painted metal strips. These window bands on each floor are separated by continuous courses of bluish-green terra cotta brick, which vary in size and tone to create an almost sparkling effect from street level. There use was considered a totally radical one at the time, said to have been chosen by John Herbert McGraw himself.
The top two stories have horizontal ribs that almost resemble wings, which form a simple, clean, yet distinctive crown. The form of the building also follows the usage of its interior - with the lower floors housing the company's printing plant, office floors occupying the tower above, and executive floors at the top.
As always, Hood combined the practical constraints of the 1916 setback law with his unique vision and created a masterpiece. The McGraw-Hill is two great buildings in one. From two sides it is a graceful Art Deco tower, from the other two sides, an International Style Slab.
www.petergof.com
www.nyc-architecture.com
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have all shown me in this great community, whenever I upload a new
pic or series of shots this year, I'll provide a link to another flickr
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Image by Lutz-R. Frank
The 2MP of the little iPhone Camera works well even under critical
light as seen in this traffic tunnel in Basel during lunch break. I especially like the structure of the bricks - but I think with some editing software, it could be even improved (this was posted direchtly from the phone :))
Glad that Celine comes to Zurich, but her image looks - let's say - a
bit unnatural, don't you think too?
Latest Photos using the Dackr-Viewer. Please look at View 'Commercials' on Black ; too. See my most Interesting Shots here, please.
I would be honored if you visit and comment my Blog, too.
Check out these nature image images:
Good Morning Geese
Image by Striking Photography by Bo Insogna
A colorful Morning sunrise with reflections in a frozen lake. A flock of geese bedded down on the ice. This was a really quick fast changing sunrise with a snow storm moving in. Sunrise 01.11.2011 www.jamesinsogna.com/Photography/Sunrise-and-Sunsets/1470...
Fine Art Prints - Canvas Art - Greeting Cards www.BoInsogna.com
Stock Images - www.JamesInsogna.com
James "Bo" Insogna - Striking Photography - Direct Line
303-834-2524 / Toll Free 1-888-682-0122
Diptych of Inverse Composition
Image by cobalt123
Flipped image of original, made as a diptych in a framed setting. Just playing today.
A few nice photo equipment images I found:
IMG_1991_edited-1.jpg
Image by Photos By Clark
LE2_4731
Image by Taiwan 玩美攝影器材
台灣大自然生態的微距奇妙世界
透過鏡頭拍攝和巧妙光線～生活週遭的視野是如此美妙～
Taiwan natural ecology small marvelous world
使用器材：
ＮＩＫＯＮ Ｄ２Ｘ
105MM
機頂閃燈 SB800
外閃蜂巢聚光罩
"閃光燈配件資訊"
"Yahoo拍賣.閃光燈配件"
Check out these online photo editing images:
RAW: Milwaukee Presents Expressions 5/23/13
Image by rawartistsmedia
ALL photography captured & edited by Ryan Laessig / Milwaukee Alt.
www.facebook.com/pages/Milwaukee-Alt/157022164367416
Location: The Rave / Eagles Club Basement
Please Credit If photos used online
RAW: Milwaukee Presents Expressions 5/23/13
Image by rawartistsmedia
ALL photography captured & edited by Ryan Laessig / Milwaukee Alt.
www.facebook.com/pages/Milwaukee-Alt/157022164367416
Location: The Rave / Eagles Club Basement
Please Credit If photos used online
Check out these image editor images:
'Helenn Blellock' - Welshot Imaging Promo Day, Manchester Central
Image by Kristofer Williams
Spent a great day with Welshot Imaging and Advanced Photographer's editor Will Cheung, promoting the 'Snapshot Day' in Stockport on Oct 9th.
Model: Helenn Blellock
More info on Welshot Imaging's upcoming 'Snapshot Day' on Oct 9th: www.welshotimaging.co.uk
Join My Facebook Photography Page: www.facebook.com/kriswilliamsphotos
Some cool photo show images:
Besides Color, There is Pattern
Image by cobalt123
A very very quick snap as the bird and owner were walking by my at the Flagg Gem and Mineral Show in Mesa last weekend, this "pretty boy" was quite calm. Very bright sun but the lens power still picked up on the detail of the feathers. I went around the other side and got quite a different look. Funny how I went to a rock show and came away with lots and lots of photos that have nothing to do with rocks, LOL.
They Might Be Giants, kids show, Regent Theatre, Arlington MA, 23 May 2010
Image by Chris Devers
This photo was used by BrooklynBased on Nobody’s Business But the Turks, a piece about a free show TMBG did on the Williamsburg Waterfront in July 2011. Sadly, their site doesn't seem to keep the photos that were used at the time, but I promise it had been there...
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Via the Regent Theatre's web site:
A Special Family Show with . . .
They Might Be Giants
Benefit Concerts for Boston By Foot
Sunday, May 23 at 12pm and 3pm
Both shows sold out - thank you!
They Might Be Giants will be performing two special shows especially for families. These are full band, full length performances. Both shows are to benefit Boston By Foot, the non-profit group giving guided walking tours of Boston for over 33 years. All concert goers can also use their ticket stub to get a free tour from Boston by Foot, including Boston by Little Feet tours for kids, during the upcoming season. All profits will go to BBF. www.bostonbyfoot.org/
They Might Be Giants Biography
HERE COMES SCIENCE!
For alternative rock legends They Might Be Giants, rave reviews from the likes of Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Pitchfork, NPR and beyond might not be that unexpected, but we're not talking about their regular gig here. Sure, TMBG have sold millions of records, are multi-Grammy winners and have even composed a musical accompaniment for an entire issue of McSweeney's, but these most recent accolades are for the work TMBG has created for children and--as the reviews attest--no other band swings as effortlessly from adult music to children’s fare and back again with the artistic and commercial success of They Might Be Giants.
John Flansburgh and John Linnell's latest CD/DVD is Here Comes Science (Idlewild/Disney Sound). It's an ultra-vivid crash course through topics that in lesser hands could easily put kids to sleep. With rock anthems and electronic goodies crafted to amuse, intrigue and deliver the 4-1-1 on evolution, solar system, photosynthesis, the scientific method and more. Following Here Comes the ABCs and Here Come the 123s, Science is geared for older kids and it introduces ideas in a way that not only inform but will stay in your head forever.
While it may seem like an odd move for a duo recognized as the progenitors of the American alternative rock movement, it really all makes perfect sense. From their earliest days with Dial-A-Song through their online music distribution, TMBG have always challenged rock's status quo and gone out of their way to take their music to brand new audiences, and by the looks of things, they’re having a lot of fun doing it their way. The Giants use every bit of fan interactive technology by connecting with kids via regular podcasts and including a DVD of delightful animated interpretations of their songs with each Here Comes... album.
The band is constantly working on new music, new projects and touring--sometimes with 2 shows a day. Founders John Flansburgh and John Linnell, along with their long standing live combo of Dan Miller, Danny Weinkauf and Marty Beller, show no signs of swapping one successful gig (adult music) for another (children’s music). Rejoice people of Earth--there’s just that much more for us all to enjoy.
Question: You once said in an interview that TMBGs knew what you didn’t want to do with your music geared for kids: You didn’t want to tell them how to behave or write songs that are educational. But these songs are quite educational, and in fact, you have a science consultant on this record. Did you make a conscious decision to really teach something on Here Comes Science?
John Linnell: I think it’s still a record you can listen to for enjoyment, and that’s real important to us. I am perfectly comfortable with the idea of something that is pure entertainment, but I don’t think there is any need for something just purely educational from us. My sense of this record is that it is mostly fun, musical and interesting and it happens to have lyrics that talk about science.
Question: Did any Children’s books or albums make an impression on you when you were a child? Because now you’re making that impression on children.
John Flansburgh: We get that question a lot, and it’s a valid question, but speaking for myself, I feel like we have something to contribute to kid's music because what we're doing is actually lacking in the general culture. Generally, our stuff is not really coming out of any amazing experience with the kid's stuff from the past. Our childhood was during the really golden era of classic pop and singles. Those songs weren't really designed for kids, but the power of it spoke to us and a lot of other kids quite directly.
Curiously--although I see the obvious connections--we didn’t really grow up with all of the progressive kids stuff of the 70's. We were that micro generation of glitter-rock young teens listening to Alice Cooper and David Bowie and we totally missed the boat on Sesame Street and School House Rock and Free To Be You and Me. But even being a bit too old for it, you could tell there was something cool about that stuff. Basically the cartoons of our generation were either super-violent, like Spiderman, or the really simple-minded Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
Question: Which one of you was the science student? Either or you? Neither of you?
J. Linnell: Specifically into science? I would say we were both middling students in school, but philosophically we are both, as adults, very pro-science. We like living in the post-enlightenment era in history. Are we still living in the enlightenment or is it over now, I can’t tell? Are we in the “en-darkenment” now?
J. Flansburgh: I think we’re actually in to the “gee whiz” part of science--all the scientific phenomenon that sparks your imagination. We certainly aren't academics, but there is something remarkable about the world of science and there are ideas in science that just send your mind reeling.
J. Linnell: One the things that is exciting about it is that it makes you realize that things that are true, that can be proven, aren’t always intuitive. There is a difference between what seems to be the case and what turns out to be proven to be the case, and that’s really exciting. The world isn’t always what it seems to be and it makes everything more wonderful in a way. You have an experience of the world, walking around, and then science provides knowledge about the world that is not always anything like the experience.
The history of scientific discovery is partly revealing things that you don’t always experience directly, it’s bizarre in a way that so much of what we know is stuff we can’t always experience directly, like molecules and galaxies.
Question: Does that make it easier or harder to write about Science?
J. Linnell: Well, both. There is a point that you do reflect that you’re trying to explain something preposterous. And luckily, I think kids know the whole world is strange and preposterous, but as they get older, they get used to the idea that there are facts they just have to take someone’s word for.
Question: Considering you guys once used an answering machine to showcase your material, how amazed are you that you have all of this media at your disposal – podcasts, internet, video, etc…how has it changed the way you work?
J. Flansburgh: We enjoyed having an easy-breezy, loose reputation in terms of getting our music out to people. It was very great to be the one of the few acts in the United States who wasn’t preoccupied with getting on the radio or a cash return on our music. Of course now there is almost no end to the free stuff, and it is cool to see how much you can get in to the world, but with the most popular videos on YouTube being cats jumping into a box or people getting pushed down escalators, part of me worries that all this electronic media is just in the service of turning our culture into an endless episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos.
J. Linnell: A lot of what the technology suggests to people is the democratizing of culture and the notion of interactivity kind of caught fire online early on. What’s weird for John and I is that we were never interested in either one of those things. We actually like the idea of controlling what we are doing and we like the old fashioned idea of there being quality control on culture, that you would get the “good stuff” and there would be a way, through a critical apparatus or institutions, that would deliver the good stuff and filter out the bad stuff. It feels like the big problem nowadays is that everything should be available to everyone at all times and the result is a lot of garbage to wade through…not to sound like an 80 year old man! (laughs)
Question: With your accompanying DVD, how did the directors and animators come together? Are they the same people from Here Come the 123s? How much creative control do you give the animators with your songs?
J. Flansburgh: We are the producers on all the animated material and we select the artists we collaborate with pretty carefully. We've been involved in a lot of television and video projects over the years and that was very good training for these projects. There is an expression in rock video production: “Good. Fast. Cheap. Choose two” It’s a very unreasonable thing to expect everything to come together on a tight budget. Our strategy is to give the animators a relatively long lead time so they can do something that will be a good portfolio piece for them and something cool for us. And although we’re on a tight budget, we can offer a large amount of artistic freedom, and that gives us the opportunity to work with the most creative people out there.
Question: For this tour, you’re doing both “kid” and “adult” shows, sometimes 2 in one day. How is it different when you perform in front of kids versus when you perform in front of adults?
J. Flansburgh: Whatever pretensions you might have about your performance get totally re-calibrated when you’re playing for kids–playing a kid show is probably a bit closer to being a school teacher than being a rock star. There are also a lot of parents in the audience and we address them as well which kind of breaks forth the wall of "kiddie-ness."
Just to address the questions we always get: “how is it different writing a song for kids or writing for adults?” or “performing for kids and performing for adults?” Well, there is a real overlap, but there are meaningful differences too. A good song works in a way that is kind of irreducible whether or not it’s for kids or adults. If a song has a strong melody or an interesting concept, it will animate any audience, but in performance, kids have a really short attention span, so keeping things moving is important. Routinely the confetti machine gets the biggest response of the day. That will keep your ego in check.
Although in the past, “Clap your Hands” and "Alphabet of Nations" worked for adults, by and large the kid stuff stayed in the kid show just because it's, well, for kids! (laughs). But with "Here Comes Science" a lot of the songs work good in the adult show. and that’s unusual. “Meet the Elements,” “My Brother the Ape,” “A Shooting Star is not a Star,” and “Why Does the Sun Shine” slid into the adult show without any second thoughts, and “I Am a Paleontologist” is totally rocking live.
Question: What’s next for They Might Be Giants?
J. Flansburgh: We’re working on a rock album right now, but we have so much touring interrupting our effort it's hard to know when it will get done, so the real answer is we're going to be spending a lot of time on a tour bus trying to figure out how to get the WiFi working!
Our children’s book collaboration with Pascal Campion, Kids Go, just came out at the end of last year on Simon & Schuster. It's actually a very beautiful project and a fulfillment of a dream of mine. When we were approached, I wanted to do an actual picture book, which very few people get to do, and it was exciting to realize that dream. A good picture book is something that really stays with you.
Free Flight Bird Show - White-tailed Black Cockatoo
Image by betta design
This is a fantastic show, where a number of birds fly in and out, freely, just magic!
Este show é fantástico. Uma série de pássaros, voam até os apresentadores, e voam de volta, como se fosse mágica!
More info / Mais informação:
www.parrots.org/index.php/encyclopedia/profile/carnabys_b...
www.avianweb.com/carnabyscockatoo.html
www.aviancompanions.com/White Tailed Black Cockatoo.htm
To browse through my Mosman photos using flickriver/ Para ver minhas fotos de Mosman com o flickriver
Or here to see photos with descriptions / ou aqui para ler as descrições das fotos
