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Strobist Info: A single Canon 430 EXII camera left through a Cowboy Studio umbrella, triggered with Phottix Odin.
I've been wanting to create an image that would help me express and let go of past mental abuse which I allowed someone to power over me. It was calculated and intentional to make me feel less about myself, confidence and what I create. I no longer hold patience or compassion for people who want others to suffer or feel less worthy than others.
Love or any relationship should never be a dictatorship. After the last words went swimming in circles in my head they rained like knives that cut my self confidence. I wondered if I was really this useless, worthless and doubted my abilities. I had to stop the vicious cycle of being a victim and begin to find the things about myself I thought were worthy and courageous. My journey through photography has always been about self expression and being able to make sense of what's going on inside of me. Not everyone will relate, understand or feel things from my perspective but I still believe expression is valid and valuable.
What I realized this year more than any other is that pain is universal but by sharing my own personal stories with people it creates a reflection in others who have felt the same way. Art is a portal. It's a special space. It's a mirror. It's a river that flows in 2 directions. But whether the artist intends it or not it's a powerful exchange. I think through all the dark we experience there is a counterpart in hope even when we can't currently see it.
A female bordered mantis (I think Stagmomantis limbata) grooming. This is the time of year we find adults in our yard. In this species, the females don't fly (although they have wings, they're not big enough to get them airborne), so if I spot one I can usually find it again. They are usually either green or brown, but sometimes have markings that are pink or even purple. Photographed on a black background then released where found -- in the garden right outside my front door.
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New build Renault with Falkom FAW 25000 equipment. A credit to the owner and thanks to the driver who is rightly proud and enthusiastic about the truck and its capability.
I was listening to the song Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim while I was editing this, so it seemed like a good name for the shot...
This was made for the second round of Painoflego's weapon crafter contest over on tumblr. This round's challenge was to make a pre- 19th century firearm. After scrolling trough a list on wikipedia, I finally found a gun which had a rather interesting design: the Puckle gun. Named after it's creator, James Puckle, this weapon was one of the first "machine guns" even tough it would not be considered one by modern standards. The weapon was fired via manual flintlocke system and the barrel rotated thanks to crew-served system. For more information regarding this gun, I suggest reading up on it's Wikipedia page.
Another capture from a few years ago at RIAT 2017. The British Army Air Corps operated Apache putting on a fabulous fire power demo.
Plan to make more of them! The grey one supose to be carbine type of assault rifle. The black on the left side is sniper rifle. The biggest is heavy duty sniper. These are complementary of my mech MOC
I told my wife at about 2pm in the afternoon that we’re going to have a great sunset tonight based on the clouds. At 5pm I got my gear and just started driving, in hunt for something interesting to accompany the sunset.
I have a problem with authority. Well, it’s not all authority, it’s the authority of those who 1. have little but think they have a lot, and 2. have it and abuse it. Obtaining this photo I ran into someone with #3. someone who didn’t appear to have any authority, but layed it on pretty thick.
Just down the road is Pt. Mugu Naval Air Weapons Station. A Navy base. Via public road, they have this display of retired Naval military air power, F-14 Tomcat, F-4, some missles, etc. (photo courtesy of driko. So you can just drive up here from the highway, park in the parking spaces provided and look at these jets and weapons.
You better not try to photograph them..
Literally within SECONDS of me pulling out my tripod, a dark brown piece-of-crap car, all beat up and making faulty noises pulls up diagonal right next to me. I think nothing of it as the mid-20s Hispanic man wearing a white undershirt and some baggy jeans gets out. I’m still getting my camera ready on my tripod.
Whats you doin bro??
Just shooting these jets at sunset.
Can’t do that
Why not, I accessed this point via public property and those guys over there were just photographing them too. There’s no signs anywhere that says you can’t take pictures
You’re on govt. property can’t shoot the flight line
And just who the hell are you? (now I’m getting pissed – random dude telling me I can’t take pictures)
I work on base and you’re on govt. property and you’re not allowed to shoot them
Do you have any military ID on you or a badge or something?
I don’t have to show you any ID
Then you’re not going to stop me taking pictures. I have about 10 minutes of sunset left.
So, I walk around him and start clicking off exposures. He jumps on his cell phone and starts talking:
White male, beanie cap, mid 20s (which I should have thanked him for), driving a silver Honda accord, California plate “XTRAMED” (I wish), being very hostile, etc
So he’s calling someone on me. That’s fine. I’m not going to lose this sunset. There really wasn’t much else to shoot here, so I start putting my gear back in my trunk.
Where you going bro? How come you getting out of here so fast?
I only have about 10 more minutes of this good light left and then the sunset is over. I’m hoping to find a barn or abandoned tractor or something around here.
Well I just called the MPs (military police) and they’re going to be here in a couple minutes
That’s fine, I’ll be shooting something else by then.
At this point, he’s standing directly behind my car as I start it. I notice he’s not moving, so I get out, this time, a bit more pissed.
You going to run me over bro?
If you don’t move, I’ll move you. (now feeling what it’s like to have both German & Irish blood in me)
I don’t have to move, I can stand wherever I want bro, it’s a free country
I also have a problem with anger management
This is where I was just about to formulate my next statement which would in an ideal world would have been something thought-out, creative and recited with a 1960s Clint Eastwood voice, “You’re about to see what my knuckles taste like, punk!”, but I wasn’t given the chance as the base Military Police showed up.
So the police shows up and he narks on me that I was being uncooperative and still took the photos, etc. And I told him yes, I entered this spot via public road and took these photos that several people have photographed over the years. The officer describes to me that technically I’m on govt property and photographing these planes in this direction is also photographing the base’s air strip (flight line) and the base commanding officer does not allow it. I told him that there were no signs that said this and unless otherwise stated, I can take photos anywhere I want via public property (which was about 10ft behind me). He understood and was calm about it. I even showed him my photos and he said I could keep them since I wasn’t using a 400mm lens to try and photograph some top secret stuff. But that other dude got away without me getting his information.
I’m generally a nice guy. I’m 99% happy most of the time. But don’t piss me off, cause I will go Chuck Norris on you.
Weaponized science. Weaponized viruses. Weaponized pharmaceutical industry. Weaponized medical system. Weaponized media. Weaponized tech industry. Weaponized educational system. Weaponized banking system. Weaponized weather. Weaponized food. Weaponized water. What don’t they have their hands in? They have weaponized everything. There is a war on the people, but they don’t understand. How can they get it, when they are like sheep gone astray?
Should we go on about all the corrupt politicians, billionaires, bankers, think tanks, corporations, CEOs, NGOs, government agencies, spy agencies, the military-industrial complex, the United Nations, and all who are involved in satan’s little scheme?
Daniel 7:2 “Daniel said, ‘I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens [political and social agitations] were stirring up the great sea [the nations of the world].’”
Revelation 13:1 “[As] I stood on the sandy shore of the sea, I saw a [vicious] Beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten royal crowns (diadems) and blasphemous titles (names) on his heads.”
I will spell this out for you if you don’t understand: The nations of the world are being politically and socially agitated (and we haven’t even remotely seen anything yet). How will this all end? The antichrist will come to power in the midst of all this great political and social chaos. (They cause the problem and they provide the cure…if you know what I mean.) He (the false christ) will come to save the day. He will be a knight in shinning armour, so to speak. “And no wonder, since satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”