English subtitles in the comments

Vengo a condividere con voi alcuni dischetti che da qualche tempo stanno allietando le mie ore lavorative e di migranza casa-ufficio, così che anche voi possiate comprarli (ah ah ah) e goderne.

Ordunque:

- These Four Walls, degli scozzesi We Were Promised Jetpacks. Indie con un accento. Debutto strepitoso.

- Broken degli inglesi Soulsavers. Non è bello ciò che è bello, ma che bello che bello che bello! C'è tutto: atmosfera, ritmi medio-lenti, sguitarate, voce roca e pezzi oltre i 5 min. Da gustare di sera, facendo roba zozza *grin*.

- Return to Cookie Mountain degli ammerigani TV On The Radio. C'è anche un secondo

album ma io continuo a preferire questo. È un disco strano ma mi prende un casino. O forse sono io lo strano? Bah.

- A Woman A Man Walked By di PJ Harvey e John Parish. Vabbè che c'è da dire su Polly Jean se non "puro genio"?

- Little Dreamer della biondina riccioluta bristoliana Beth Rowley. Dimenticatevi di Amy. Se vi gusta un mix di jazz, r&b, cover di Dylan, una voce angelica e vene pulite, l'avete trovato. Grazie Marta per avermela fatta conoscere.

Buon acquisto (ah ah ah)

playlist

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For the first time in five months I got to walk to work today. My assignment at the icky, alternate office site is coming to an end soon, and I can't wait to be able to get my morning walk regularly again. Being out of practice, I was making a pretty desultory job of taking pictures, so imagine my delight when I picked up the camera after shooting this without looking. Hello accidental macro lens-flare action!

--Schn.

This is my first shot on sheet film, taken on an ADOX CHS 100 6.5x9 sheet with the Ideal 250/3. Shot from the streetcar D on our last visit to Vienna.

This one (and the one in comments) were developed by my lab, but at 6€ each sheet (!!!) I guess I must begin thinking seriously about developing b&w film at home...

Esta es mi primera foto en película plana, tomada sobre una hoja 6.5x9 de ADOX CHS 100 con la Ideal 250/3. Hecha desde el tranvía D durante nuestra última visita a Viena.

Esta foto (y la de los comentarios) fueron reveladas por mi laboratorio, pero a 6€ cada hoja (!!!) creo que voy a tener que empezar a plantearme seriamente el revelado en blanco y negro en casa...

(Ideal 250/3, ADOX CHS 100, ISO 100/21°)

loved the golden light from the rising sun to the right of me

19th Street Bart Station -

With the close-up, space expands; with slow motion, movement is extended.

in front of haybag

The lane is full of shops selling bangles. Also other items made of glass. The lane is narrow and is heavily trafficked by vehicles of all sizes. You can see the relativity in the image. :)

A summer B&W shot in the middle of a cold, snowy winter. And starting tomorrow, a new weekly series: Mar's pregnancy, on film. Stay tuned to my photostream :)

Una toma en blanco y negro de una tarde de verano en mitad en un invierno frío y con nieve. Y, a partir de mañana, una nueva serie semanal: el embarazo de Mar, en película analógica. Permaneced atentos a mi photostream :)

Voigtländer Vitomatic Ia

Voigtländer Color-Skopar 50mm 1:2.8

Agfaphoto APX 100, ISO 100/21º

Last September I said that I was beginning to miss winter already. Well, guess what?, winter is here! :)

On the first two, peaceful snowfall covering everything with its silence. On the last, the violent snowstorm we had yesterday.

[dedicated, of course, to Ana, who asked me to shoot a picture of snowy grounds and tree branches drawn by slight white lines...]

En septiembre dije que empezaba a echar de menos el invierno. Bueno, pues ya hace unas semanas que lo tenemos aquí! :)

En las dos primeras, los copos de nieve cayendo lentamente y envolviéndolo todo con su silencio. En la última, un instante de la violenta ventisca que tuvimos ayer.

[dedicada, por supuesto, a la Montalvo, que me pidió que le hiciera una foto invernal, con el suelo blanco y las ramas de los árboles recortadas por finas líneas blancas...]

this is where i was last week. drinking veuve clicquot and staring at this view every day. i want to go back. now.

I'm afraid of no artistic merit at all, just testing the 75/300 zoom lens I got for the new Canon. View from the top of the Itchen Bridge on a grey day this morning, looking out across the Old Town over the Independence of the Seas to Marchwood in the distance.

This is the view I get each weekday morning as I cycle into work. Fantastic, even on an overcast day like today.

Was itching so badly to shoot this off the MRT ramp......

One would have to highly praise the fancy Architecture implemented in the design

of Melbournes modern Railway Station.

Morning commute on the train seems like the perfect time for self-portraits. I ignore the strange looks.

A friend of mine named Wolfzorrito made pictures of me.

this one makes me giddy!

who is ped xing?

why does he have so many streets named after him in manila?

;) some chinese dude i guess.

Flood plain marker stuck into the sidewalk by the USGS

If only the real spirit of america was peace.....

[vanishing storefronts series, picture #3]

Because the pressure that real estate and tourism exert on traditional stores is so huge that they are hardly able to survive. All too often, the only recognizable thing is the old store sign which sometimes is still visible. Times are changing, and where once there were plenty of stores where you could find everything you could possibly need, today you can only get the exact same souvenirs and touristy stuff that you can also get everywhere. They all look the same, they all have really little to do with the city but, still, it is what people want, what money wants.

(the complete text, in my blog)

Porque la presión tanto inmobiliaria como turística a la que están sometidas las tiendas tradicionales es tan enorme que a duras penas pueden sobrevivir. Con demasiada frecuencia el único signo reconocible es el antiguo letrero que, a veces, todavía está ahí. Los tiempos están cambiando, y ahí donde había multitud de tiendas en las que uno podía encontrar todo lo que necesitara, hoy sólo pueden encontrarse los mismos souvenirs y artículos turísticos que también hay en cualquier otra ciudad. Todos tienen la misma pinta, y todos tienen bien poco que ver con la ciudad pero, por motivos que no llego a comprender, es lo que la gente quiere, lo que el dinero quiere.

(el texto completo, en mi blog)

(Praktica BMS, Prakticar 50mm 1:1.8, Fuji Neopan 400, ISO 400/27º)

City Foot Bridge reflecting the skyline.

cute and yummy pizzeria that was close to our studio

Manong is in charge of diverting traffic from their stopped truck along Edsa (during rush hour!!) while the other members of his team are working.

Faber-Castell PITT Artists' Brush Pen in Sanguine and blue BIC gel-ink pen on a blank index card.

This sketching-on-the-train business is quickly becoming a habit, obviously. I tend to get sleepy in the second half of the train trip and sketching seems to be an effective way to perk myself up before getting off the train and heading into the office.

Nick Davis is a back road between Huntsville and Athens. I often take it home after classes are done. It's clearly more scenic than Highway 72.

This be the first uploaded shot from my new Canon Powershot.

If I had to choose one photo as my signature work, this would probably be it.

(this photo is slightly cropped).

and you have to watch out for cows crossing the road...

Kolkata | Monochrome | 2013

this morning, couldnt see much...

This is what my daily commute to and from work looks like.

At Union again, people rush to get off the subway and make their GO train. It's a little like watching self-herding cattle.

This photo is part of a set.

Morning rush at Times Square subway

Pictures taken during my Trip to Melbourne between March 26 to April 05, 2012.