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Fighters In Motion 2007-03-23 07:50:14
San Francisco Golden Gloves, middle-weight title bout.
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, Motion
Barnack, Bresson and the Golden Ratio 2007-03-22 23:59:08 In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers form a sequence that after two starting values, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 and so on. A tiling with squares whose sides are successive Fibonacci numbers in length gives us the pattern shown.
The Golden
Rectangle is defined as a rectangle that can be partioned into a square and a smaller rectangle which has the same aspect ratio of the original rectangle successively. Mathematically a ratio of about 3.2:2. The logarithmic spiral, or the “Spira Mirabilis” created by this ratio are found throughout nature, as in the contours of Nautilus shells or sunflowers.
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Tags: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Oskar Barnack, leitz, leica, fibonacci, golden rectangle, golden ratio, art and photography Read more:Ratio
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up 2007-03-21 22:02:05
Everytime I turn the camera on these guys I’m amazed at what comes out. Makes me wonder why I ever decided to grow up. Being an adult is over rated. Here’s to hoping that some of their childish ways will rub off…
Tags: art and photography, kids, children, growing up, childish ways
Luis Barragán 2007-03-21 18:00:43 Luis Barragán, Time (12 May 1980)
“Art is made by the alone for the alone.”
Luis Barragán (Guadalajara, March 9, 1902 - Mexico City, November 22, 1988) is considered the most important Mexican architect of the 20th century.
Tags: Luis Barragán, quotes, art
WordPress Plugins 2007-03-21 06:00:28
I have decided to post a list of some handy plugins for WordPress, most of which I have implemented on this site. I will attemp to update them as new versions are released, although it may be wise to vist the plugin homepage for the latest code.
- Vist the WordPress plugins page.
Tags: WordPress, plugins, blog plugins, WordPress Plugins
, Wordpress Downloads
Alive in Baghdad 2007-03-21 01:00:35 Alive in Baghdad
is a video blog that features reports from Iraq in an effort to provide alternatives to mainstream media. Today being the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq it is also the launch of a donation drive by Friends of Alive in Baghdad, to help provide them with additional video and computer equipment for Alive in Baghdad so they can continue doing their work. To generate awareness, Friends of Alive in Baghdad have compiled several short videos that they are trying to spread virally by asking people to embed them in blog posts.
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Bus Stop and Bait Shop 2007-03-20 15:00:11
Bus Stop and Bait Shop, Lake Okeechobee, Florida.
Tags: photograph, bait shop, bus stop, florida, lake okeechobee
Max Aitken 2007-03-19 18:00:55 Max Aitken, recalled on his death (9 June 1964)
“Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses.”
William Maxwell “Max” Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, (May 25, 1879 – June 9, 1964) was a Canadian – British business tycoon and politician.
Tags: max aitken, quote, old masters, old mistresses
The Wise Old Bull (PG-13) 2007-03-19 07:40:41 Two bulls are standing on a hill on a sunny afternoon. Off in the distance, they see a group of cows.
The young bull excitedly nudges the old bull and says, “Hey! Hey! I know! Let’s run down the hill and lay one of those cows!”
The old bull looks at the young bull, then turns and takes a long look at the cows grazing in the distance. He turns back to the young bull and says, “Son, let’s walk down the hill and lay ‘em all.”
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Tags: old bull, young bull, adage, wisdom, moral
Ground Level 2007-03-18 01:14:13
Home leveled In wildfire. Southern California. Remnants of a garage and lawn mower.
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Tags: photographs, wildfire, black and white, southern california
Leonard Bernstein 2007-03-23 18:00:38 LeonardBernstein
, Vogue (December 1958)
“Any great work of art … revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world—the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air.”
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. He was the first conductor born in the United States of America to receive world-wide acclaim, and is known for both his conducting of the New York Philharmonic, including the acclaimed Young People’s Concerts series, and his multiple compositions, including West Side Story, Candide and On The Town.
Tags: Leonard Bernstein, quotes, art, composers
Claudio Edinger / Flesh and Spirit 2007-03-23 15:00:09 Claudio Edinger has a new exhibition making it’s way stateside from Brazil. Should be openning in New York and San Francisco this year. Exhibition details are on the Group M35 website, as well as a short video spot about the larger project. If you don’t know this guys work, have a look, you won’t be dissapointed.
Claudio Edinger’s Galleries / Project Video Page / Exhibition Details
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Daily del.icio.us 2007-03-25 10:28:07
Wallhogs
The Online Photographer: Not Now, Dear, I’ve Just Been Killed By a High-Powered Rifle
Hysterical, worth a read…
Photoshop CS3 launches March 27 2007 3:30p.m. Eastern Time » Photoshop Ninja - Expert Photoshop tips and tricks
PENGKUEI BEN HUANG - Photographer
Group M35 | Documentary Photography | M35 Multimedia
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Another Kodak Fiasco… 2007-03-17 18:00:30 Just thought that some of you out there still working with film might find this interesting. Maybe disappointing is a better word…
From Wireheadarts.com: “I noticed lately that a few films I was playing with were hard to find — most specifically EPT (Ektachrome 160T) and EPJ (Ektachrome 320T) — and dealers were mentioning that they thought it was discontinued. However, there wasn’t an announcement on Kodak
’s site. Finally, I called Kodak and asked them.”
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Grace Glueck 2007-03-26 19:00:04 Grace Glueck, The New York Times (29 June 1984)
“The studio, a room to which the artist consigns himself for life, is naturally important, not only as workplace, but as a source of inspiration. And it usually manages, one way or another, to turn up in his product.”
Grace Glueck is an art critic for The New York Times.
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Is It Just Me? 2007-03-26 06:19:24 Is it just me or is there an exorbitant amount of photographers out there actually claiming to be “fine art nude photographers” that really just suck, and have no taste? You used to get a straight answer from these guys. “Yes, this is porn,” or “yes these are just cheap dirty pictures,” or “no this is fine art photography, here are my photographs to back it up.”
I understand the amount of garbage on the internet is staggering, but has it really come down to this? Are people that oblivious that they can’t even tell the difference themselves anymore? Do these guys actually wake up in the morning and believe that they are fine artists? Is the lack of taste in this world really that out of control? Maybe it’s just a marketing thing and I’m too much of a purist to see it or care. If you want to know how to shoot the figure, check out Patrick De Marchelier. He’s one of the only people doing it right these days.
Sorry f
Untitled 2007-03-26 01:47:58
Doorway and tennis shoes, Chinatown, San Francisco.
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Daily del.icio.us 2007-03-28 10:32:56
seriocomic.com | Detail | Wintered
nice shot man…
Competition « Question of the Day … not a meme
AppleInsider | Adobe unleashes Creative Suite 3 product line
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Fisherman, Lake Okeechobee 2007-03-28 05:53:41
Fisherman, Lake Okeechobee, Florida.
Tags: Fisherman, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, photogrpahs
Daily del.icio.us 2007-03-27 10:26:23
Patrick Demarchelier ||| photographs
Discovery Channel :: Planet Earth :: Portrait of the Planet
Shrued
seriocomic.com | Riverlea
Too Cool for Internet Explorer
IE Sucks, help us stick it to Bill Gates…
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Daily del.icio.us 2007-03-25 10:28:07
Wallhogs
The Online Photographer: Not Now, Dear, I’ve Just Been Killed By a High-Powered Rifle
Hysterical, worth a read…
Photoshop CS3 launches March 27 2007 3:30p.m. Eastern Time » Photoshop Ninja - Expert Photoshop tips and tricks
PENGKUEI BEN HUANG - Photographer
Group M35 | Documentary Photography | M35 Multimedia
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Why Digital Cameras Should Be Outlawed 2007-03-29 19:00:12
“Professional photographers take a large number of photos. They know that by doing so they will most likely find that perfect one they were aiming for. Digital
cameras make such a technique available to all of us.”
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Tags: digital cameras, kill your digital camera
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Daily del.icio.us 2007-03-29 10:34:17
South Park Create-A-Character
Aperture Users Professional Network
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Totally Random… 2007-03-28 22:57:50
This is totally random and unrelated but I found a site where you can build your own South Park character. Check it out, good way to kill twenty minutes…
http://images.southparkstudios.com/games/create/
Tags: south park
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