Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my flickr account. Which is a shame considering how much you can do with it. You can leave little notes on your own, or even other people's photos.

It says it's a casino.

Clunkyrobot @ Flickr

This first shot comes from our trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. We stayed at the Luxor, an imitation pyramid filled with giant Go'auld statues.

Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my flickr account. Which is a shame considering how much you can do with it. You can leave little notes on your own, or even other people's photos.

It says it's a casino.

Clunkyrobot @ Flickr

This first shot comes from our trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. We stayed at the Luxor, an imitation pyramid filled with giant Go'auld statues.

Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my flickr account. Which is a shame considering how much you can do with it. You can leave little notes on your own, or even other people's photos.

It says it's a casino.

Clunkyrobot @ Flickr

This first shot comes from our trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. We stayed at the Luxor, an imitation pyramid filled with giant Go'auld statues.

Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my flickr account. Which is a shame considering how much you can do with it. You can leave little notes on your own, or even other people's photos.

It says it's a casino.

Clunkyrobot @ Flickr

This first shot comes from our trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. We stayed at the Luxor, an imitation pyramid filled with giant Go'auld statues.

Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my flickr account. Which is a shame considering how much you can do with it. You can leave little notes on your own, or even other people's photos.

It says it's a casino.

Clunkyrobot @ Flickr

This first shot comes from our trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. We stayed at the Luxor, an imitation pyramid filled with giant Go'auld statues.

Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my flickr account. Which is a shame considering how much you can do with it. You can leave little notes on your own, or even other people's photos.

It says it's a casino.

Clunkyrobot @ Flickr

This first shot comes from our trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. We stayed at the Luxor, an imitation pyramid filled with giant Go'auld statues.

Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my flickr account. Which is a shame considering how much you can do with it. You can leave little notes on your own, or even other people's photos.

It says it's a casino.

Clunkyrobot @ Flickr

This first shot comes from our trip to Las Vegas earlier this year. We stayed at the Luxor, an imitation pyramid filled with giant Go'auld statues.

Secret Show

We recorded some audio for a new "secret show" at Soapbox Studio. A lot of improvising was done, and the laughs flowed freely.

Master of The Interrortron

Our favorite documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris, has begun a series of essays on Photography for the New York Times.

Errol Morris has directed documentaries like Vernon Florida, The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death, and of course A Brief History of Time. He has also invented a 2 way, closed circuit television/camera interview contraption he calls, "The Interrortron." It works by seperating the interviewer and subject and broadcasting the sound and images back and forth. He says his wife came up with the name, and they loved it because it combined the words Interview and Terror.

In this essay Errol discusses his attempts to find "The Truth" in photography. If a photograph is deprived of it's context, will it still tell the truth about it's subject? Errol believes that only after seeing a photo's caption can one begin to ask questions about it.

"The issue of the truth or falsity of a photograph is only meaningful with respect to statements about the photograph. Truth or falsity “adheres” not to the photograph itself but to the statements we make about a photograph. Depending on the statements, our answers change. All alone — shorn of context, without captions — a photograph is neither true nor false."

I would argue that really great photography will work devoid of any context. Because all the context we need should be in the photograph. Our art school was next door to the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta, and we were entitled to free admission to the museum whenever we wanted. Of my favorite works of art in the museum, I've always remembered one photograph in particular. This photo, which sadly is no longer part of the collection, taught me more about photography than either of the 2 photography classes I took in school (and did poorly in) ever did.

It was a photo taken just after a rain storm, you could tell because dark rain clouds could still be seen in the distance. In the foreground sat a muddy puddle of water surrounded by the aftermath of an evidently strong rain storm. Branches and soaked debris littered the ground. Next to the puddle stood a skinny, wet dog. The photo was taken just as the dog was taking a drink of water from that puddle. It's little dog eyes squeezed shut as it's tongue extended down into the water making a little splash.

This photo taught me 2 big things. A good photo provides all the context it needs in of itself. And secondly, a great photo means that you were simply in the right place at the right time, and you had your camera with you.

And the city said... No.

The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil passed an ordinance last year banning all outdoor advertising. Over the course of the last year city workers have been removing all advertisements around the city. (via metafilter)

Photographer and artist Tony de Marco has been documenting what's left once all the ad pollution is stripped away. It's weird. But it would look weird to us, because here in Atlanta we use Corporate Advertising as landmarks for giving directions, even going so far as to regard these ads as if they were State Monuments.

Furturist and Fluxist Motivational Legend Bill Hicks has this to say about Marketing:
(adult content warning)

Good Morn on you.

From deep inside the space station cold storage archive, here are a couple of photographs from a breakfast my lady and I enjoyed at a local diner here in Atlanta called Java Jive. (some dicey reviews on that page, yikes! from what I remember we enjoyed our breakfast, but I was busy taking photographs)

1 Infinite Loop; Cupertino, CA 95014

Mike Matas is a User Interface Designer for a little company out of Cupertino, California.

On his weblog he gives step by step instructions detailing how to make a "Life Poster" in iPhoto out of 98 of your favorite photos. And despite the name "Life Poster" it's a super cool trick. In the comments he even briefly covers how to do it on a PC.

The last couple versions of iPhoto have had the option to buy prints directly through the program, and have them shipped to your door. To order one of these 20X30 inch "Life Posters" through iPhoto only costs around $30 including shipping. For a complete custom one-off poster, that's not too shabby. I wonder if you could upload a vector line drawing, and have a poster made of that...

Why I hate bugs.

We found this little guy outside our office today in sunny east Atlanta.

I have an irrational fear of bugs. I say "bugs" because my irrational fear is not only limited to insects, but also overlaps into spiders, as well as all things creepy and crawly, sticky and spiney.

My irrational fear is so strong that I KNOW that when a bug sees me, it has only one plan in it's little bug brain. It intends to jump directly into my eyes, where it can then eat and chew it's way into my brain. Once setting up residence in the brain, the bug will drive me around like a giant SUV.

Choose!

If you choose the door on the left, go to page 23.

If you choose the door on the right, go to page 105.

don't arrest me.

Friend and co-worker Mack got me motivated. He's been using his Flickr account most effectively. And here I've gotten out of the habit of taking photographs.

Armed with my Fuji Finepix 3800 and print out of my photographers rights, I venture out into this world to once again photograph it. Please don't arrest me for it.

Check the sidebar for my up to the minute Flickr Feed.

American Police State, it's no joke.

A freelance photographer named Steve was taking pictures of a San Francisco MUNI station when he was stopped by MUNI officials, and BART Police officers.

They told him he was breaking a post 9-11 law forbidding anyone from taking photographs of the rail system.
Here's the thing, there is no such law.

They called the SFPD, who got pissed at Steve for not following an order to obey a law that doesn't exist. Even going so far as to say:

"Would it have been so difficult for you to just stop taking photographs when these guys told you to stop? If you weren't on your soapbox, I'd be out fighting real crime rather than standing around here dealing with you." He expounded further, "Even if there is no law forbidding photography in the MUNI System, the Fare Inspectors have the right to refuse you service for any reason they choose, including taking photographs."

Meaning, if you don't listen to the lying fake cops, who tell you to obey a law that doesn't exist, then they can MAKE UP any reason to have you arrested. (via boingboing)

WTF?
better yet... WHY?

The clunkyrobot takes a lot of photographs, that's why I carry this printable pdf of the photographer's rights. Here is also another printable flyer detailing your rights as an amateur or professional photographer. Also, do you take photos in the UK?

Flickr

I've been sorely underusing my