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This is Happy Hill Schoolhouse, built in the fall of 1900. The first month of school that year began in a vacant farmhouse. The last day was in 1954. My grandfather went to school here in the 1920's, and my father went here in the 1950's. So when the oppurtunity came to move this I had to take it. I traded it from an old timer for a rock. Boulder actually. Which in a previous year he had let me have from his land via tractor. He later didn't realise it was such a good looking rock. The old schoolhouse was sold at auction in May of 1954. A friend and I with help from an Amish house mover, moved it home in Nov.2005, I'm restoring it slowly into a schoolhouse. The bell tower came from the Antioch school which was near collapse. Mine and Clark schools are the only ones in the county with towers and mine the only one with working bell. Just got a pot bellied stove for it. It wasn't originally blue just matches our house, hard decision.
One of the top female swimmers in the state of Utah gave me an oppurtunity to use the underwater feature on my camera.
I also shot a couple minutes of video with the my Olympus Stylus 720 that will be used in the sports piece
U.S. Army Spouses apart of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade participate in the brigade spouse flight on Fort Drum, NY May 12, 2022. Spouses had the oppurtunity to fly in UH-60M Black Hawk and CH-47F Chinook helicopters. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Wilson)
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Strobist info:
Canon 580EXII in 80x60 Gridded Softbox - Camera Left-Back;
Nikon SB-26 in 90x20 Gridded Softbox - Camera Right-Back;
Nikon SB-26 with a snoot to trigger the background Nikon SB-26 (I had no more PWs available)
Nikon SB-26 with a blue gel pointed at the wall for the blue background;
The softbox flashes are triggered Phottix Atlas trigger on the camera;
The other two SB-26 flashes are triggered by Optical slave
Pole Dancer: Megumi Yuzuki / 柚月恵
Couple of months ago I had this assignment to take some profile photos of a pole dancer, this was the first time for me to shoot someone doing this type of dance, and we did some very interesting stuff together. Her name is Megumi Yuzuki / 柚月恵, and she is one of the best pole dancers in Japan, she is very professional and also very easy to work with. We have also done some other shoots after this one, but the result from them I will upload later! In this article I will explain the strobist setup of the edgy lighting I've been using for her, and you can see some of the photos below!
Here is the whole article about the shoot on my Website! Check it out! Here I will mention just a little about it. In this shoot after a talk with my model, trying to analyze her I decided to go with some edgy lighting, thus putting some emphasize on her beautiful body lines. So I decided to use my strip lights from both sides diagonally and shoot without any light from the front side. I think this really created some images that show in a really good way her body structure. Then after some shots with only the strip lights, I thought to put some life into the background, so here came the flash gels, on this shoot I used blue and purple, as you will see on the shots I've uploaded down in the article! And after setting that, it was just about to shoot, she was now posing that much as she was just doing it the way when she is dancing, so I didn't have to tell her a lot what to do!
So, what is actually the pole dance? Well, maybe from the influence of the Hollywood movies, but the pole dance still has the reputation of strippers in the night club. Actually it is getting popular as an excercise and something to learn, also it is gving you the oppurtunity to practice and enjoy spins, acrobatics, floor movement and others tricky things! She is teaching students from 16 to 60 years of age, so you can do pole dance no matter what age you are, and no matter what job you are doing! Megumi is organizing a party called PDN. It has a different theme every time, for example doing collaboration with salsa and samba dancers, capoeira, or even jazz and and other types of live music combined with pole dancing to create an interesting show, and deliver their concept. Approximately 20 dancers perform on each show, and they dance until late in the night. Pole dance is a way for every woman to polish herself as a beautiful woman in a healthy way. You don't need to look like a celebrity or have amazing acrobat skills of an olympic player to do pole dance, it can be practiced by everyone no matter of social status and age!
では、ちょっと日本語で説明も入れますね！
ポールダンスはポールを使い、スピン、アクロバット、フロアムーブなどで楽しむダンスです。ストリッパーや映画のクラブシーンなどのイメージが強いですが、今はエクササイズや習い事として、広がっています。私は現在16歳から60歳の生徒を指導しています。そして、PDNというポールダンスを中心したパーティーをオーガナイズしています。PDNには毎回テーマがあり、サンバやカポエラジャズダンス、サルサ、生演奏など、ポールダンスだけではなく、いろんなジャンルとコラボレーションしたり、ミュージカルのような演出をしたり、世界観とメッセージ性をとても大切にしています。毎回約20名のダンサーたちが出演し、終電まで盛り上がっています。ポールダンスを健全なアートとして、女性らしさを磨くエクササイズとして、どんな職業や年齢の人にでも楽しんでもらいたい、ダンスは恵まれた容姿や、ずば抜けた身体能力のある人のものだけではなく、一生懸命がんばってステージデビューを目指したり、自分の個性や、伝えたいメッセージを探しながら、仲間とともに奮闘し、少しずつ変わっていく生徒たちとともに日々成長するのは私の喜びです！
Megumi Yuzuki / 柚月恵プロフィール
幼少よりクラシックバレエを習い、ダンス歴30年 国立大学ダンス部の非常勤講師を15年、フラメンコなどを習い、ストリートダンスのインストラクターを経て、現在はポールダンスのインストラクターと、ダンスアーティストグループ、烏來KYOTO代表、柚來激龍波代表、マネージングをこなすマルチタレンテッドなダンスアーティスト。
2008年ブラジルに渡る。
二十歳以降から海外でのダンスショウケースを数々こなし テレビ出演、雑誌掲載、様々なクラブイベントへの出演や 舞台、企業のパーティーなどで活躍。1999年に烏來KYOTOを立ちあげる。烏來KYOTOは毎年、海外ツアーへ参加し、国内外のVIPアーティストらと共演をし続け 毎月様々なパーティーに出演。東京ではWOMBやageHaに出演、地方でのショウもこなす。フリーランスのダンスグループとしては稀な安定感で、毎月出演依頼が絶えない。
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Today between the chaos and madness, the desision was made to get the loaned bendy bus MAL49 (BD52 LNF) out for a wash,so the chance to take a photo of this 16 and a quarter ton beast out in the sun was an oppurtunity not be missed. It also gave some of the drivers, that were sat around enjoying the sun a chance to get up and do something. The bus is seen here after it has just been backed out of it's corner, that it has been sat in for near enough 4 mouths now.
Photo was taken on the 11th July 2013
After realising that the Alexandra Palace tattoo exhibition wasn't going to offer the photo oppurtunities we'd hoped for barbasboth and I headed off to Soho. I spotted Vaidas moving through the throng and knew he'd make a great stranger portrait with those stylish tortise shell specs.
This picture is #20 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Toluca - Interjet management had the oppurtunity to take an interior tour of the SSJ100 while it was at the Toluca hub, in order to carry out some high-altitude tests.
Read the entire news about it: bit.ly/qQCsQD
i tried to do something a little different with my style today. i took the oppurtunity to shoot this handmade pitcher designed out of clay.
my husband and i are friends with a local artist. i'm happy to display this in my home and actually use the piece as a toothbrush holder in my bathroom (don't worry, it's happy there!)
it was my first time ever using my 430ex II (on purpose) for a particular lighting - anyone that knows anything about speedlights - please comment on how you think i did. my idea was to contrast light to dark with an obvious highlight on the handle.
hope everyone has a happy thursday!
our daily challenge: brown
The Murray Spartans take on the Cottonwood Colts in the 4A Championship
Volleyball is one of those sports you don't really have to shoot the whole match to get highlights, so it gave me an oppurtunity to shoot some photos until i had to pick up the video camera
From Ellie-mae's original Dogbook Profile (2007)
Ellie-Mae
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 2007-03-16
Breed: Terrierist
Home Status: In a Loving Home
Ellie-Mae's Life Story:
March 2007, born at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm.
May 2007, after secreting away wire cutters and bacon, made good my escape. Used that prissy little Tea-cup Poodle peice of fluff as a diversion, peed on it. She set to howling up a storm and I used the oppurtunity to slip out the back.
Made a living dealing Liva-snaps on the mean streets but had to flee again as It seems I was stepping on the toes of The Mastiff Gang.
Caught the eye of an older Giant Schnauzer and finagled my way into his heart. Rode his coat-tails to Toronto and spent many a good year as his consort, co-ruling the Sorauren dog patch.
Ellie-Mae's Favorites:
My Favorite Activities: Ort prospecting, speed eating, kickin' arse.
My Favorite Foods: Yours.
My Favorite Quotes: "I was called a terrierist yesterday, but when I came out of the pound, many people embraced me, including my enemies. And that is what I normally tell other canines who say: 'those who are struggling for liberation in their dog-park are terrierists'.".
-Nelson Dogdela
"Cute works!"
-Anon.
My Favorite Treats: Yours.
U.S. Army Spouses apart of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade participate in the brigade spouse flight on Fort Drum, NY May 12, 2022. Spouses had the oppurtunity to fly in UH-60M Black Hawk and CH-47F Chinook helicopters. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Wilson)
Travelling to London to visit family - Did not want to miss an oppurtunity for my first ever cityscape of Canary Wharf.
Shutter Speed: 1 sec
Exposure: + 1
White Balance: Tungsten (+2)
Saturation: +3
Contrast: +3
Sharpness: +3
Please check out my other images from the capital here:
Baikal the White Tiger taken at Paradise Wildlife Park part of the The Zoological Society of Hertfordshire (ZSH) on a Photograhic Experince Day. An amazing oppurtunity to get up close and personal with animals
Malu malu is a malay connotation for "being shy".
This millipede was running around near my Balanophora and I decided to take few photos. This guy is really cute and it is for the first time I capture the eyes, rare oppurtunity indeed. I wanna take more photos but it dissapeared almost as quickly and so sudden that we don't even realised it was gone.
Taken on tripod, Sony Alpha A700, 100mm macro SAL-100M28, iso=400 f/4
This is the note on the milliped from Wiki:
Millipedes (Class Diplopoda, previously also known as Chilognatha) are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment (except for the first segment behind the head which does not have any appendages at all, and the next few which only have one pair of legs). Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical bodies, although some are flattened dorso-ventrally, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a ball, like a pillbug. Millipedes are detritivores and slow moving. Most millipedes eat decaying leaves and other dead plant matter, moisturising the food with secretions and then scraping it in with the jaws. However they can also be a minor garden pest, especially in greenhouses where they can cause severe damage to emergent seedlings. Signs of millipede damage include the stripping of the outer layers of a young plant stem and irregular damage to leaves and plant apices.
We still had to do a picture of all our dollies together and since today is Luminas "arrival day" and thus the day we joined the hobby we thought this would be a great oppurtunity to make one ♥
We got Estelle & Lunetta in April, Emma somewhere in September aand Alex in November - so our group hasn't grown too much ♥
Buut there are still some Minifees we want to finish this year, so that our twins aren't so lonely anymore ♥
If the oppurtunity ever arises to visit Bodnant Gardens in North Wales then take it,the place is stunning
Uncommon Southern Gardens Citrus extra on the Flaghole line, and a rare oppurtunity to see a non-RCO’d GP11 out of the yard
102 Things You May Or May Not Want To Know About Me
#1. My name is Laura. Nothing too suprising there.
#2. My mom combines my first and middle name and calls me Laurabeth more often than normal.
#3. I am very simple and so complex.
#4. I have seventy - three books lined across my bed's headboard.
#5. I adore reading, by the way.
#6. Liberals get on my nerves. <-- That's almost contradictory. My best friend is a liberal. Yet I also fall right in the middle of left wing liberals and right wing conservatives. Nice.
#7. I take photography pictures, but I don't know what any of the technical things mean. With a few exceptions.
#8. I am a very anal perfectionist. (that's what she said!)
#9. I make use of every oppurtunity when 'thats what she said' is definately required. :P
#10. I agree with my friend, Ashlee, and her mother, men in uniform are sexy. :)
#11. I LOVE the cold. Winter is the best season there is.
#12. I'm a mountains kind-a-girl. I don't prefer the beach. But it's still really pretty.
#13. I have played the piano since I was in kindergarden.
#14. I've lost count of the numerous times I've seen Twilight. Literally.
#15. I've read the series three times through, as well.
#16. S. MEYER and D. KOONTZ, porfavor?
#17. Lia Poteet has been my very best friend since the beginning. I have known her since I've taken my first breath of life.
#18. I aspire to be a CSI forensic science detective in criminal justice, but I doubt I'll ever leave the confines of a office-desk job.
#19. I do, however, desire to work at Books-A-Million during my highschool/college career apart from any aspiring internships wherever they arise.
#20. My life quote is, "The world tells you who you are, until you tell the world". Sadly, I seem to have a difficulty of telling the world, but it is a work in progress.
#21. I like saying the word 'Ostentatious'.
#22. My favorite number is 11. But my preferred sport's jersey number of choice is 15.
#23. I am taller than all of my friends, and most of my guy friends. Oh beautiful 5"11.
#24. I wish i was shorter.
#25. I am starting to feel like I am contradicting myself.
#26. This is pretty bad when I'm only on my 26th thing and I'm already starting to have an issue with finding 102 things about myself. This is awful. And pitiful.
#27. I love studying American history.
#28. I wrote a kickbooty paper on the Vietnam War, too. It's really good, not to brag or anything.
#29. Whenever I eat, I have to eat one thing at a time and finish it completely. I won't move onto anything else on my plate if I haven't. I also don't eat my fries and hamburger at the same time either. Fries first, then the burger.
#30. I went vegetarian once. I made it to about 4 months. I fell back into my omnivorous ways once I caught sight of an amazing steak. Whoops.
#31. I had reconstructive ankle surgery.
#32. Also, during my surgery, the doctor found a thick band of scar tissue that appeared as an extra tendon in my foot. The doctor said he has never seen anything like it and he will probably die wondering what it was, where it came from, and how it got there. I'm a unique child, what can I say.
#33. I prefer standing in a group of adults and conversating about important things that are going on in the world, than listening to petty gossip from immature teenagers.
#34. Speaking of, I think most of my friends are overly immature. Or either, I'm overly mature. I think I got stuck in the wrong body. A body of a teenager. With a mindset of a middle-aged woman. Brilliant.
#35. I am a Christian. And I love Jesus Christ with my heart.
#36. IF YOU DO NOT GET SARCASM, GO DIE.
#37. I know the difference between their, there, they're, to, too, and two. Please figure it out before you talk to me.
#38. I wish I had the beauty of my friends, and the confidence to go along with it.
#39. I read PostSecret every Sunday. It gives me hope that I am not the only person who has a secret. Most of the time I read them, I find out I have another secret that I never knew I even had.
#40. I have a weird fetish with hair. It's gross.
#41. Speaking of a hair fetish, I shave my forearms. Girls with hairy forearms are NASTY. sicknasty.
#42. I touch my hair constantly. Really bad habit. 87% of the time, I'm running my hands through the hairs of my head.
#43. Do Not Touch My Hair. I Repeat, Do Not.
#44. I once had over 14 pairs of hands in my hair. They were all under the age of six. I freaked. OUT.
#45. I curse like a sailor. And I find it humorous when others do as well.
#46. I actually have freckles on my face. Betcha didn't know. :P
#47. I still have a blanket. It goes with me everywhere. Yeah. Be jealous.
#48. I want to go to an Ivy League college and do nothing but succeed in life.
#49. I wish I did know what I wanted to do with my life though. I just haven't found that one that screams "I HAVE TO DO THIS THE REST OF MY LIFE". I wish I knew though.
#50. I can be overly pessimistic. And I usually am.
#51. I am the queen of procrastination. Procrastinator's Unite! ...... tomorrow.
#52. I have a very low self esteem factor.
#53 I, by the way, do have the best dog in the world.
#54. I like to be the person behind the camera, not the person in front of it.
#55. I give out more love than I get back in return.
#56. My friends think I'm a very strong person, but honestly, It's all I can do to keep myself going sometimes. I can just hide it very well.
#57. I'm still trying to learn to live a little.
#58. I let people push me around because I want to be on everyone's "good side" and be accepted by them all.
#59. This year is actually marks 11 years that I've played the piano.
#60. When I turn 18, I will get this tattoo.
th03.deviantart.com/fs6/300W/i/2005/110/6/2/angel_wings_t...
#61. And the star that Tila Tequila has, I want that tattooed behind my left ear.
#62. Reading is my escape from reality.
#63. I get my license soon! Woo!
#64. I plan to go to an Ivy League college. I've dreamed about it since I was a little girl.
#65. You know how some women say they'd do anything to have kids? Well, I'm kinda the opposite. I'd do anything to be married to the person who completely loves me and who completes me.
#66. Once i graduate from highschool, I already have planned out that I am going to backpack across Europe with Lia and Emily, pull an 'Into the Wild' with Ashlee across the United States for a year, go to New York, Paris, and Australia with Holeigh, and take a road trip with Tonya and Holeigh.
#67. Fuck. My ipod just died.
#68. According to Ashlee, I start shaking because of my boyfriend, Jose.
#69. Hahahaha, I learned what this was in the 5th grade.
#70. I laughed. :)
#71. And this is the point where I begin to procrasintate yet again, and finish this at a later point in time.
To Be Continued...
Scrambled up the mountain side, taking the oppurtunity of a good weather window. One pass of a pair of F15's and it was all over. A lot of effort, but it was worth it.
Brighton High School Vs. Lone Peak High School in 5 A Volleyball Championship.
Brighton went on to win the series
Volleyball is one of those sports you don't really have to shoot the whole match to get highlights, so it gave me an oppurtunity to shoot some photos until i had to pick up the video camera
The BATS go tumbling as Cobra Commander is visiting a warehouse. This is the perfect oppurtunity to replace one of the Crimson Guards with a BAT.
This was a scene from the Hunt for mindbender, the BATS fell after I took a few pics and I just worked it into the story, it happens a lot with the stories I do as i usually make them up as I go along.
an absolutely fantastic line up of four Wrights Eclipse Gemmini bodied Volvo B7's used currently on Harrogate's service 36 between Leeds and Ripon via Harrogate.
This line up greeted me at 6am Sunday morning and i only had just over an hour to capture this shot before the line up was broken for service, I took the shots at 7am just after sunrise, it would have been easier at 8am but that was not an option......... I had no input whatsoever in creating this line up.............. BUT boy did I make the most of it. !!!
From the left we see
3614 X14VTD
3613 YJ06TLU
3607 X7VTD
403 YJ04LYK
Budding fireman takes the oppurtunity to top up his engines bunker.
Photographed at Papplewick Pumping Station 1940 event.
This is an HDR shot from 4 exposures. Manually blended in photoshop.
I took this shot during my family vacation at Singapore. It was taken after I've finished my dinner. While waiting for the other family members to finished, I took the oppurtunity to take some shot. I was hoping to get a sunset shot of this mosque. Maybe some other time when I'm on a photography trip.
While I was out enjoying a beautiful April morning before I had to leave for work, I found myself drawn to the water. As a sucker for Western skies I already knew that I'd taken my share of pictures of pretty clouds against the lake. felt that it would be overdoing it if I clicked another. I lucked out as I met David, balancing upon a thin piece of metal with a boat on each side. I stood for a while, watching half expecting him to fall into the water. Nearly like a ballerina he managed to balance himself quite evenly, and once he had crossed onto solid ground I introduced myself.
He extended his hand and introduced himself as David Watkins, a member and coach of the Mendota Rowing Club. Waking up bright and early, often before the sun shines to row Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He offered me the oppurtunity to do a ride along on a boat sometime, which sounds like great fun; I just have to find the will power to get myself out of bed in time. When he's not busy rowing, he is working for Yumbutter as the "Director of Customer Happiness." A very awesome job title if I do say so myself! In chatting I also learned that David was a bit of a photographer, more landscapes in nature; but none the less didn't have many pictures of himself as he is behind the lens more times then not.
At this time I came to the conclusion that he would make a great face to include in my (608)strangers. With simple request to take his picture for the project, he easily agreed and I snapped away a few frames. I knew that I had to include the boats, the sky, and most importantly David; All the elements came together as one and thus his inclusion in the project was done. Many of my strangers in the past have been portraits of just a face, but I think looking through the 100 strangers group; I've discovered that I enjoy environmental portraiture more. It benefited me greatly that David was photogenic, and it was a beautiful day; I gave him a card and we parted ways less strangers then we were before.
194/100
The Palace of the Holyroodhouse in Scotland. This place is the official residence of Her Majesty the Queen when her majesty visits Scotland. Backdropped by the Arthur's Seat hill, this place was once the home of Mary, the Queen of Scots.
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Christmas is around the corner and everyone is putting on their holidays' hat. A merry christmas to all of you and a Happy New Year. May 2011 bring you loads of happiness and oppurtunities, to help achieve great success personally and professionally (and a couple of Explore FP for me ;) ). and stay awesome ;)
Ein frohes Weihnachtfest und einen guten Rutsch wünsche ich allen im Flickr und meinen deutschen Kollegen!
Vertorama from 2 horizontal shots
Shot @11mm, aperture of f/9 with ISO value of 200
Automatically sticthed in CS4
Post processing and Adjustments in Photoshop CS4
Here's a shot of Chicago comic actor Matt Kissane at the Volo Auto Museum in Illinois with the 1960's famed Batmobile. www.mattkissane.com
As seen and heard on WGN TV, ABC TV, NBC TV, Comcast, Chicago Tribune, Screen Magazine, Wall St. Journal, USA Today, The Weather Channel, Chicago Sun-Times, WLUP FM, WGN Radio, WIND Radio, Pioneer Press, Suburban Life News, Chicago Parent, The Reader
Matt Kissane is a comic actor from Chicago and has been working in the radio, film and television industry for 20 years. His credits include VH-1, NBC Nightly News, NBC Tower in Chicago, Early Edition(CBS), Cupid(ABC), WGN TV, Comcast, ABC TV, The Weather Channel, Yahoo, Troma Films and Youtube!! He's been in several TV commercials for Johnson and Johnson, Vehix.com, Pontiac, The Room Place, Chicago Rockford Int'l Airport, IADT, Witmark and Steinhafels Furniture. Matt has been heard on radio stations throughout the US including WCCM, WMUC, WGN, WLUP, WCKG, WJJG, WIND and featured in the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Screen Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. His film credits include Geronimo, Space Daze, The Howard Beach Story, Music Box and Oppurtunity Knocks; he has also had work shown at Cannes Film Festival as well as the Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival. Matt has performed at such well known venues as Zanies, Funny Bone, Improv, Summerfest, Notre Dame University, Arie Crown Theatre, Purdue, MGM Grand, The Venue @ Horseshoe Casino and Hard Rock Cafe. He's shared the stage and screen with Weird Al Yankovic, Gilbert Gottfried, Doug Stanhope, Kevin Nealon, Chaka Khan, the cast of X-Men, Mike Toomey, Pete Schwaba, Rich Brown, Marc "Skippy" Price, Rick Overton, Daniel J. Travanti, Enuff Z'nuff, Greg Glienna, Judy Tenuta, Bob Rumba, Jenny Jones, George "Sulu" Takei, The Upright Citizens Brigade, Mark "The Knife" Faje, Adrian Zmed, Jerry Springer, Corey Feldman, Graham Elwood, Evil Dave from Howard Stern, The Great Luke Ski, Danny Donuts, Jeff Hoover, Radio Disney's G-Man, Crazy Howard McGee, Joe Farina, Jonathan Brandmeier, Adam West, Otis Day, Aaron Freeman, Ben Hollis, Bill Leff, Tony Fitzpatrick, Wendy Snyder, Lou Manfredini, Mr. Skin, David "The Rock" Nelson, Anthony Griffith, Brian McCann, Matt Besser, Brian Noonan, Dara McGarry, Jeff Garlin, Cheap Trick, Jessica Lange, Michael Rooker,Tony Ocean, Hugh Callaly,Jim Goss, Bobby Flay, Christa DeAngelo, Janie Terrazas, The Weasley Twins from Harry Potter, Corey Feldman, Ron Dean, Kevin Burke, Mac King, Nicolas Tremulis, Cathy Richardson, Jim DeRogotis, Jeff Zaslow, Amy Scott, Cast Of Tony and Tina's Wedding, Lemmy of Motorhead, Playboy Playmate of the Year, Jerry Bryant (JBTV), The Muffs, Mujibur and Sirajul of The Late Show with David Letterman, Jeremy Piven, Kirstie Swanson, Lisa Loeb, Bill Kurtis, Bill Kirchenbauer, Lonnie Brooks, Julianne Hough, Matt and Kim, Dobie Maxwell, Mike Palascak *Matt was a member of the Chicago Bulls "Matadors" *Matt was once mentioned on Weezer's website *Matt was an intern for TV news anchor Tom Brokaw *Matt was Bachelor of the month in Today's Chicago Woman *Matt directed a music video for Enuff Z'nuff that aired on VH-1 *Matt filmed webisodes of Summer Cooking School in New York with Bobby Flay
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS!!
*Intern for news anchor Tom Brokaw NBC Nightly News, New York
*BS from U of Maryland
*Grad from Second City's Players Workshop
*Host of "Loser Club News" on WLUP-FM
*Directed music video "Freak" which aired in VH-1
*Opening act for Weird Al Yankovic tour
*Produced video shown at the The Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival
*Performed at Summerfest Comedy Stage, Milwaukee
*Over 50 appearances on WGN-TV Morning News
*Member of Chicago Bulls "Matadors"
*Performed at events with Kevin Nealon, Julianne Hough, Dick Vitale
*Won "Worst Cook In America" contest with chef Bobby Flay
*Featured in television commercials for The Room Place, Vehix.com, Johnson and Johnson and many more
*Drawn by famed artist Robert Risko for college magazine article
*Cover story on Suburban Life Newspapers(Chicago)
*Released comedy CD called "Matt Kissane's Comedy CD"
*Currently hosts web series on Vimeo and Youtube
Here is what I was up against yesterday. The Redstarts nest is in the top left hand corner of the building beside the beam. If the adults came from the left there wasnt really a good photo oppurtunity and if they came from the right they edged along the stick pile making a rather messy photo. I will show you what I done today to get a photograph I was happy with.
Ah yes that hair cut of a certaian age...
Now before you get your politically correct panties in a bunch, this photo "aint about being Jewish" but about being that age, where from head to toe "your just a hot mess." That age where have frontal metal braces, poorly fitting clothes, strange smells eminate from your loins, and you don't know or just cant figure out what hell is going on! That age where you don't yet know you can fix this, or cover up that... still this is why we have parents and friends so they can size us up from time to time and say Dude, really, come on... cut it out. (LOL)
I captured this cat with his mom fresh off the ferry and It just made me smile... yes it took me back to being a young, gangly, pear shaped mess without a clue.
Wait I can feel your sactimonius fingers still reachiing for the keyboard to VECH so allow me to met out some equal oppurtunity Hair Ridicule...
What I wrote above also goes double for the...
The Jeri Curl...
The Al sharpton/ Don King Prem...
The Jersey girl Big Hair...
The Latina girl Big Hair (must have matching outlined lips)...
The Downriver Curly Poddle Perm...
The Trailerpark Kid Rat-tail...
and any Power Mullet of any age, race, or gender prefence!
I'm sure I forgot a few fade hair disasters so add your own suggestions, Nevertheless the listed above are not "good looks" never have been and never will be.
Late,
C.C.
The BF came home bearing gifts after his festival weekend. So now you know how Darth Vader became a troubled boy.
been commissioned to do a school portrait shoot next thursday. About 100 students will apear befire my lens in 3 hours time. It's not something I aspire to do but I jumped to the oppurtunity because I would like to learn from it.
imported and edited on my iPad. There must be a way to check an image size. I import at full size, but every program sizes the image ( even down to 480 pixels!!) and there is no way to check what the final size is. Still for a quick edit and upload it sure is a very handy gadget!
Everynow and then I have a ride down Claro Road to Emsleys yard on the off chance that there may be somthing new in the yard or maybe a photo oppurtunity worth grabbing.
On January 6th I was well chuffed...... Clearly there was a big job on early Monday morning as Liebherr LTM 110-5.2 200 tonner KF02NUU was parked outside in the road along with her support truck...... the companies fantastic Scania R620 V8 "Topline" STGO Cat 3 & Brohus 5 Axle ( Self Steering ) Trailer waiting to depart Monday and perfect for a few fots there and then....... I happen to really like this particular crane...... you could say she was a favourite of mine.
In Devon today we had the oppurtunity to witness an 85% Lunar Eclipse. It went cold and ery, and a couple of breaks in cloud gave me enough to get these pictures. Taken at 09:25 20th March 2015
Had the oppurtunity to photograph beautiful twin girls yesterday ... I don't often get chance to photograph young'ish babies so it was a "do what I think's best" and I loved this, the blanket they had was so colourful, I think it made for a lovely background.
Shot with SB28 camera right shoot through umbrella .... and Yongnuo camera left silver umbrella....
Having gained an oppurtunity and permission to move the Alexander Dennis Enviro 400H demonstrator round the yard and into the sun I keenly took advantage and fired off a couple of shots of it in the lovely sunshine this afternoon brought. Here we see a nearside view of SN59AWW in the yard at Starbeck clearly showing its dual door format and temporary destination set up for its short stay
64/365
It's been very sunny out here lately, so I used the oppurtunity to get outside and have my mom drive me to a field not to far away to take a few shots.
It's also supposed to be in the 80's this week, and we're planning to go to the beach Wednesday and I can't wait to get a few pictures in then also! Aside that my 50mm should be here by Thursday :)
having a new house means new photo oppurtunities. It’s still a hassle to make the time to take out my photo gear. Everything is scattered and out of place, my lights are still packed, my remote is broke, and not having done a selfie with my dslr for a long time, made it all feel very uncomfortable and new, but I’m looking forward to do some more photography and photography related stuff this year.
Am I calling this a 365? did I start a 365?
I don’t know yet, I strive to make a selfie everyday, just because I see a lot of friends doing a 365, and it kinda feels like my first 365, when I was all new to everything around me and needing a stable rhythm to keep me sane everyday.
Bhakti Summer Sangha 2016
The second year of the Bhakti Summer Sangha was a great success, as it gave an oppurtunity to the younger generations to explore spirituality and practice activities such as meditation, kirtan, satsang, seva, and much more among their own peers.
The Summer Sangha has a schedule built around the 9 forms of Bhakti, so that each day the kids and young adults a taste of each of the forms of devotion. The participants are getting a chance to participate in workshops on music, on meditation, and throughout everything, on building a deeper and sweeter relationship to God - in the Guru, in His many many avatars, in the people, and especially within themselves.
Please visit our website www.bhaktimarga.org
Went down the seafront today to take some more long exposures but felt I was neglecting my normal shots so got out my ND grad instead to enhance this moody sky.
Did take quite a few long exposures but also got quite a few good shots without my nd110.
This is the beacon along eastbourne seafront which provides endless posibilites for photo oppurtunities.
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NS V81, the Roanoke trash train heads west on the Virginian past the siding at Riverside, heading to Ironto. This could be my last oppurtunity to see this daily train since it will be terminated in 2018.
I wish I had his eyes. . . . . . . . I really wish I did.
The weather today is Beautiful!! I hope it stays like this for a while. It gives me more oppurtunities for picture taking =)
Thanks for the comments =D
Dust was thick in the air due to a road construction underway nearby. but it made for a good photo oppurtunity
Had the oppurtunity to ride the brand new Haro ramps with the entire team two weeks ago. It was really rad getting to ride and hang out with guys like Nyquist and Nasty. I'm going to start uploading photos that they aren't using for their catalog. As of right now they are using a photo I got for the cover so I'm really stoked. This is Mikey doing a Toboggan over the hip. These ramps were hard to shoot because you're either shooting into the trees which means you can't see the rider very well or you're shooting at the warehouse which isn't a great background. Tell me what you think on this one.
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And check out this short video I shot for Haro with my Camera:
FYI, This photo is resized which I don't usually do.
Strobist: Sunpak 444d on 1/2 power to the right and Sunpak 422d on 1/2 power to the left.
Its taken during a volunteer oppurtunity, spending time with the children from Oncology Ward. Although I normally don't like children wearing makeup but loved the way this girl had put on her mom's lipstick.
U.S. Army Spouses apart of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade participate in the brigade spouse flight on Fort Drum, NY May 12, 2022. Spouses had the oppurtunity to fly in UH-60M Black Hawk and CH-47F Chinook helicopters. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Wilson)
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Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra consists of the 200 most promising students in Venezuela's famous and ground breaking musical education for youth, El Sistema. The program was founded in 1975 by the visionary conductor and economist José Antonio Abreu. The network of youth otchestras gives oppurtunities and inspiration to more than 250,00 children from all over Venezuela - a country where 75% of the population lives under the poverty line.
The Konserthus in Oslo, one of the most emblematic theaters in the cultural life of Norway, opens its home page with the announcement of the concert that the Venezuelan orchestra will perform on June 11 in that city, cradle of the Nobel Prize. ”Margariteña” will be heard in this venue, composed by Inocente Carreño, who turned 90 years old in 2010; and ”Danzas del Ballet La Estancia” by Ginastera, and the Fourth Symphony by Tchaikovsky will also be performed.
This way, with music interpreted with Latin-American style, the Venezuelan orchestra top of the social and artistic project conceived by master José Antonio Abreu 35 years ago, will leave its print in Oslo, one of the most relevant cities in the humanistic field.
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Programme:
INOCENTE CARREÑO - Margaiteña (Symphonic variations)
ALBERTO GINASTERA - Dances from the Ballet "Estancia", op. 8
1. Los trabajadores agricolas (The Land Workers)
2. Danza del trigo (Wheat Dance)
3. Los peones de hacienda (The Peons of the Hacienda)
4. Danza final (Malambo)
Spent a great day on 'Curral' beach on Ilhabela ('Beautiful Island') just off the Brazilian Coast. Thought I'd take the oppurtunity to construct a classic postcard shot using my Fisheye lens and a bit of index finger writing in the sand. First attempt was washed out.....in the tidal, not photographic sense, before I had a chance to compose the pic, but after relocating a bit further up the beach and re writing, I got this one shot. A bit of CS5 work on Levels, and some cloning out of my footprints made while writing in the sand followed.