Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Category: Art

  • Self Portrait

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    Self Portrait Originally uploaded by Ezra S F This was posted a while ago to Flickr, but I was reminded it has been a while since I posted anything here… Sitting on a recliner playing with my new bank breaking toys. Sunpak MZ440AF-CA on a light stand with a hot shoe connected to a PocketWizard…

  • Me Social Media

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    Dan Schultz doesn’t like Facebook or Twitter because they are too focussed on individual expression rather than the community. That may be because he is using them wrong. I liked photography as a kid, but I didn’t know any photographers. Flickr happened to come into my life just after I bought my first digital camera.…

  • Copycats

    Microsoft China blatantly copied Plurk. A similar message used to appear on web design forums at least monthly. People sought advice how to handle such situations. Plurk seems to be in the same state. As a young startup, we’re stunned, shocked, and unsure what to do next and need your support and suggestions. The recent, popular advice…

  • GIMP Raw

    When photographers I know talk about processing their digital images, they generally talk about Adobe products like Photoshop or Light Room. Some talk about Apple’s Aperture. Operating system only matters when it manages to make filters finish faster on the equivalent hardware. But… I am cheap. Photoshop was in my tool set back when work…

  • Asterisks in the sky

    Happy (Con)trails Originally uploaded by Ezra S F Flickr member Zack Sheppard did me a huge favor yesterday picking this picture for a Flickr blog about Asterisks in the sky. So in one day this picture was exposed to 5,931 people. Several of those looked at the adjacent picture and others for a total of…

  • Katie is All Smile

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    Katie is All Smile, originally uploaded by Ezra S F. Yesterday was another Athens, GA Strobists meet. Like the previous meets, there was lots of talk about camera capabilities, radio trigger capabilities, working the camera within the flash synchronization speed, etc. I did stand in for some shots while we waited on actual models to…

  • Resolution No.1 2009 Complete

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    I recently completed my first resolution for the year 2009: Read 10,000 pages of science, economics, health, history, or policy books. Check the Reading page for the master list. Titles in bold are the ones I recommend. (They also are probably the ones I quote the most.) Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection…

  • Nolan House Shed

    Nolan House Shed Originally uploaded by Ezra S F Was saving this for tomorrow. However, I noticed a photo of me taking this photo posted today. So I posted mine too. I enjoyed exploring this house and environs with Team Shipaway.

  • Like a Post-Apocalytic Movie

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    Like a Post-Apocalytic Movie, originally uploaded by Ezra S F. Yesterday I met with some other Flickrites to check out the Bostwick Cotton Gin Festival. There were easily a couple thousand people there, which is impressive for a town of 354. (The photos I’ve posted so far at writing this post are just of Bostwick.…