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THE DUGGAR FAMILY BLACKSHEEP SPEAKS ABOUT BUYING SEX TOYS
The Duggar Family TV Show "19 Kids and Counting" often featured a relative, cousin Amy. The on screen antics don't give justice to the real wild child that Amy actually is. Here are a few of the differences...
Whatever you've heard about about The Impossible Project's PX 600 UV+ Black Border films, it's probably true. It's incredibly sharp, has nice, smooth silvery tones, and even warms to a pleasing sepia color. Frankly, this is my favorite Impossible Film to date, (PX 680 beta coming in a close second).
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Polaroid One Step Closeup
Impossible PX 600 UV+ Black Border
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THESE GUYS WERE WONDERFUL. I absolutely had to get a picture of them. I think I chased them halfway across the park because they were running around yipping at everybody in their path. Finally, I caught up to the blue one and asked if I could get a picture, he yipped the red one over and right after I took the picture they starting saying,"Nuuuumber? Nuumber?" It was too funny. Highlight of my trip.
PZ 680 Color Shade film. Voodoo Experience Music Festival at City Park in New Orleans.
One of the temptations about taking photos with your smartphone is wanting to post those photos immediately. It's an addiction to instant gratification. There a hundreds, if not thousands, of apps that will make that process as close to instantaneous as possible. There is a place for that, but for this particular instance, I should have waited.
I shot the above photo with my iPhone 4S (just the built-in camera app), imported it into Instagram, applied a filter, then posted it. Looking at this photo now, I wish I ran inside the house and grabbed my SLR, or even pulled the S95 out of my pocket--the very same pocket I keep my iPhone in. I didn't. I took it with my iPhone thinking about Instagram.
Instagram does not produce a great "final image". It's only suitable for viewing on a small screen. Today, I tried a different tactic. I grabbed the original iPhone photo, imported it into Lightroom, and went about my normal post-processing experimentation. I'm definitely more pleased with these results. The quality isn't that far off from what I would get from the S95.
I've told many friends that the "best" camera is the one you have on you. In this instance, I had two cameras, and I made the wrong choice in the name of instant gratification and comment/feedback addiction.
Instant gratification, i did this yesterday afternoon =D
Somewhere in my house is a baggie of SSC shoes, wonder what I did with those.
She's like a little Meridda but with green hair instead of red.
Instant gratification is sometimes necessary! I wondered if the eyes in this palm root would polish out to have some red in them. Now I know! This is a relatively rare thing to find, even without much color. But with the red, it is very rare. I will end up making myself a bola from this piece and have been waiting to find one like this for many years.
We live in the “Me Generation” where secular humanists, even in the pulpit, have fanned the flames of narcissism, hedonism, and self- gratification. The United States has never had so much stuff and been so unhappy. Millions are looking within for happiness, but the only problem is that doesn’t work. You were not self-created; you can’t tell yourself the purpose for which you were created.
There is great truth in the words: “Look around and be distressed; look within and be depressed; look to Jesus and be at rest.” Victor Frankl, a Jewish neurologist/psychiatrist, was given the opportunity to leave Nazi Germany for the United States. He chose to stay because of the commandment the Bible, “Honor your father and mother.” In the concentration camp, most of his family perished, but Frankl lived. In his book, A Search for Meaning, honored by the Library of Congress, he states: “If man knows the why of his existence, he can bear almost any how.” Corrie ten Boom found that to be true in her life while she was also imprisoned by the Nazis.
A Gallup Poll revealed that 40 percent of Americans do not think their lives have a clear sense of purpose or are neutral about the question. Frankl’s study revealed that living a meaningful life corresponds with being a giver, not a taker, and that happiness without meaning is characterized by a relatively shallow self-absorbed, even selfish life.
My book, Living in the F.O.G., was written to help Christians see this truth clearly. Living in the F.O.G. (Favor of God), is not about what you can get from God, but what you can give to God: “You, God, created absolutely everything…and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created” (Revelation 4:11, NLT).
Let the Spirit of God open your eyes to this revelation, and cease to be obsessed with what you are going through, but rather with what you are going to.
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Smoking is ubiquitous in glasgow. (Highest levels of lung cancer in the UK.)
Mix with that a population who couldn't care less about their environment and who are only concerned about their own instant gratification, a town council who don't ever clean up anything properly and a badly-designed bin and you have this sight facing unwitting visitors at every turn.
Taken with Panasonic 20mm f1.7 lens on Panasonic G1.
It's my birthday today, so I'm having a day of ridiculous self-gratification.
The plan for the day (some of which, as you can see, is already complete, and will be updated throughout the day):
- Beans on toast for breakfast
- Nice hot bath with muchos bubbles and a Terry Pratchett book
- Messing about on Flickr (mostly in Guess Where Southampton)
- Putting the washing out
- Doing the food shopping
- Noodles on toast for lunch
- Getting the car washed
- Playing computer games
- Possibly getting a new mobile phone (more minutes, less money, free phone - think it's a no brainer)
But I'd first like to take a moment of silence in memory of the UK's HP sauce factory that closed down a while back. When I was in the USA, they had never heard of what's more commonly known as 'Brown Sauce', and it's sad to know that although a national institution, it will no longer be made here.
For those of you from the other side of the pond, HP stands for 'Houses of Parliament', why? as with everything else, go read the wikipedia article.
Kodak BW400CN, no longer being produced.
Shot with a Nikon FM2n and currently being processed. No instant gratification.
Fujifilm XT-20
Fujinon XF 35mm f/2.0
Film simulation: Classic Chrome
Color setting: -3
Grain seting: Weak
instant gratification cardigan, made from mirasol hap'i. Started in the early spring and finally finished....so not so instant with me.
enjoying an 11am late breakfast out on the deck while soaking up some rays for happiness, the wind for energy, and nature for a tranquil start.
goodmorning everyone! :)
I'm having a hard time justifying to myself all the films, developers, scanners, bulky equipment, effort, money... In terms of visual gratification iPhone does the trick just fine. All you have to do is avoid those ridiculous vintage filters with fake vignette and you're safe from being seen as a hipster... presuming you're not wearing a smurf beanie, checkered shirt and oversized glasses.
BOULEZ conducts ZAPPA.
by Frank Zappa. performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporaine & the Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort.
Hollywood, EMI Records Limited, 1984. simultaneous cassette version, issued as 4DS-3817o.
approx. 4o min. audiocassette (mustard plastic) in 2-3/4 x 4-1/4 x 5/8 hinged plastic box with 1o-panel offset Jcard.
music. 7 "dance pieces", with accompanying choreographic notes by Zappa, 3 performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporaine conducted by Pierre Boulez at IRCAM, 1o & 11 january 1984, the others "during the three-month period thereafter" at the UMRK by Zappa on synclavier. cover painting by Donald Roller Wilson.
25.oo
____ also: another copy, delete hole drilled into bottom of box spine (without affecting the Jcard)... 25.oo
in the garden today
the first beautiful sunny day in a while
building something for the peas to grow
such gratification doing this
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the reason i like polaroid film (iconic quality of the picture, aside) is the method behind taking and having a polaroid.
yes, there is the immediate gratification of it but also there is the permanence of the polaroid. you can't delete it, you can't deny the existence of it. unlike a digital picture, it doesn't disappear into the technological ether. it is material. you take it in your hands and it is yours.
polaroids are bound to physical limits and the mystery is in how the picture turns out, the pleasant surprise or disappointment in that. so much of the mystery of life in this digital age has been lost, and taking polaroids has always been my way of regaining some of what it is that is slipping away.
why should anyone care about polaroids? well for me, so many of the simple moments of my life have been captured by it: the serious, the ridiculous (this is an example of the ridiculous, if you were wondering), and everything in between. for me, it has been the way that i have preserved my memories and it is the way that i keep them real.
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I liked the idea behind this indie magazine when I heard about it around Christmas. First issue arrived a week or two ago: I review it here.
(incidentally, low light and tiredness make terrible photos)
My "new" early 60's Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera: a $5.00 grimy, slightly rusty thrift store find, a few dollars for a battery mod, several hours of elbow grease and internet research, a pack of film, and she was ready to roll :) I think I'm gonna love this camera---instant gratification with cheaper, more readily available film.
camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Polaroid_Land_Model_100
Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Fujifilm FP-100B
Really good musical duo playing at the Gallery 788 in Pigtown, Baltimore MD...
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the most fascinating plant around...well, for those of us who enjoy instant gratification.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica
music is "Play Dead"
by Bjork
This traffic signal at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue, Lakeside Avenue, and Park Place in Verona, New Jersey, has one red light you don't want to get. As the signs say above, you can't turn right on red, and the green light is delayed to allow left turns from the other direction.
Drat!
A delayed green . . . delayed gratification. . . . How about delayed "greenification?"
voy·eur ( P ) Pronunciation Key (voi-yûr)
n.
1.. A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point.
2.. An obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects.
Sentence: "That Jeff guy is such a voyeur."
Lately, I have been retrospective with the art of photography.....or to be more specific, my own work.
In todays culture, it seems as if people want instant gratification, but they take shortcuts to get there.
It seems to me that much of the wisdom a person gathers in a lifetime, comes through trial and error.
At least it has been this way for me. I will not take shortcuts with photography.
I try not to dwell to long on my shortcomings and failures, but rather learn from them and seek out
ways to improve. All of this certainly and unapologetically leads me to my own photography. Being
my own worst critic, I sometimes view my photography as dull and uninspiring. To many it is. After
all, endeavors that move me are not important to others and vice versa. Nevertheless, all of us should
appreciate the sincerity of each others creative passion-----that of creating a special moment in time.
I'm learning to like my own work. If I do not compare it with others, then I am happy.
Photography moves each of us in different directions and that is so very cool. One persons vision
opens up possibilities for others to try. In other words, the light is "turned on". On Flickr, I see so much amazing work from all of you. Each one of you is providing inspiration for others. By constantly
working at your craft, each of you will ultimately find your own satisfaction.
For me, I am passionate about living out the rest of my days with eyes wide open. I have a child-like
enthusiasm when I am out in nature that is sincere and from the heart. I hope that my photography
captures some of this passion for all of you to view. By pushing myself to explore new places, I hope
to leave a body of work that will cause others to simply smile.
There is nothing better than that......perhaps this has been part of my calling.
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Be well friends. Push yourself. Be inspired. Find joy in others. Smile :)