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Face Forward
with Jessy Ayala
Score: A+
Presentation A+
I didn't film this...but here are slides that accompanied Jessy's presentation.
Attendees purchased kits which included a Eugenia Head (basic paint).
IT Supermodel Convention: Who Will Get to Go?
Yes, my daughter Hannah and I are going to the 2016 IT Supermodel Convention in Chicago! These are several of the ladies (and gents) who are wanting to go too! The ladies think the guys will not enjoy it and that I should only bring them. Who do you think I should pick?
Who else is going? I would love to meet some of the doll peeps I have gotten to know through their blogs or here on Flickr!
This life-size copy of the world-famous Rosetta spacecraft is living out its retirement at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
Engineering models are an important part of spacecraft operations – acting as faithful and realistic testbeds for all sorts of trials and tricks too risky to attempt, first-go, on the original.
Models like this also serve as mementos of our human endeavours in space, which are so often hard to visualise, and even harder to get close to.
The original Rosetta probe carried out its final manoeuvre at 20:50 GMT (22:50 CEST) on 29 September 2016, setting itself down on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and sending its final image from just 24 or so metres above the surface.
While we no longer receive updates from the plucky comet-chaser, our super model in Germany reminds us every day of what a remarkable achievement this was.
Credits: ESA/J. Mai
Handsome Chinese vagrant draws fans of 'homeless chic'
Identity of 'Brother Sharp' – dubbed China's coolest man – remains a mystery
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing, Thursday, 4 March 2010
The photograph shows a starkly handsome Chinese man walking with a model's measured gait, and wearing a rag-tag but well co-ordinated overcoat on top of a leather jacket. His eyes peer into the middle distance, in what one fan described as "a deep and penetrating way", and he strides confidently forward.
But this is no catwalk model. This is a homeless man in the city of Ningbo. And now a band of web followers are calling him the coolest man in China.
His good looks and bohemian dress sense have won him thousands of online fans after a resident of Ningbo posted a picture online. Web users in China have called him the "Beggar Prince", the "Handsome Vagabond", and, most often, "Brother Sharp".
He is 5ft 8in, around 35 years old, and always has a cigarette between his fingers. He also appears to have a fondness for women's clothes, which has only served to fuel his status as a fashion icon. His good looks are reminiscent of popular Asian actors like Takeshi Kaneshiro or the Oscar- nominated Ken Watanabe.
One particularly striking picture juxtaposes Brother Sharp's with a model showing the latest Dolce & Gabbana collection. "Look at him wrinkle his brow... nothing needs to be said... sexy...", ran one comment on the Tianyu site.
Another wrote: "He doesn't really look like a beggar, more like a vagabond. The quality of this person's tops are all not bad, a down jacket, cotton jacket, even a leather jacket inside, and though they're a bit dirty, they're all in good condition, not the kind that beggars find from the trash."
The suggestion that homelessness can be cool chimes with a fashion trend that many have considered tasteless: in January, the designer Vivienne Westwood presented a "homeless chic" show in which models were styled to look like rough sleepers, a move prefigured by Ben Stiller's satirical film Zoolander, which featured a similar show called Derelicte. Two years ago the supermodel Erin Wasson revealed the homeless were her fashion inspiration, saying: "When I... see the homeless, like, I'm like, 'Oh my God, they're pulling out, like, crazy looks and they, like, pull shit out of like garbage cans.'"
But anyone with similar designs on Brother Sharp's sartorial tips is out of luck. His identity remains a secret, and social workers in Ningbo say they want to keep it that way. "Homeless people are vulnerable. It is incorrect to use them for entertainment purposes," said one worker at a homeless centre in Ningbo. Brother Sharp is said to appear mentally disturbed when approached on the street.
In China, begging is technically illegal, as the Communist Party-run state provides all a citizen could need. In reality, the rapid development of the Chinese economy in the last 30 years has marginalised many.
The rumours surrounding Brother Sharp's true identity persist. Some say he is a university graduate who lost his mind after his girlfriend left him. Others have blogged about how they sought him out and tried to help him find work or to go back to his family, but that he appeared frightened and cried out without speaking.
The local government in Ningbo said it had a policy of looking after the homeless, and that it would extend the same treatment to Mr Sharp.
Introducing ForceCast supermodel Nicole Whittaker! Faithful ForceCast listener and fashion photographer Gilbert Valenzuela recognized Nicole's strength in The Force, thus prompting him to enlist Nicole for a series of photo shoots inspired by The ForceCast. Every week, we will feature a new pic of Nicole as she says loud and proud "Star Wars (and The ForceCast) is forever!"
Penny, America's next top dachshund takes to the runway. (please don't use this picture without permission)
IT Supermodel Convention: Who Will Get to Go?
Yes, my daughter Hannah and I are going to the 2016 IT Supermodel Convention in Chicago! These are several of the ladies (and gents) who are wanting to go too! The ladies think the guys will not enjoy it and that I should only bring them. Who do you think I should pick?
Who else is going? I would love to meet some of the doll peeps I have gotten to know through their blogs or here on Flickr!
For this shoot, we rented the Gatineau Park, closed down traffic and were able to take neat shots of the closed, winding roads. Not really! The park is closed to traffic until spring. Cooper and I like to hike when the park is closed, it's kind of cool.
Face Forward
with Jessy Ayala
Score: A+
Presentation A+
I didn't film this...but here are slides that accompanied Jessy's presentation.
Attendees purchased kits which included a Eugenia Head (basic paint).
One of the Wheatear that I was fortunate to shoot the other day. They gave me several photo opportunities and the light was definitively a big plus that day. Cheers my Friends.
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Portugal - Oeiras
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe Oenanthe)
Chasco Cinzento ou Chasco do Monte (Oenanthe Oenanthe)
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Contact Luis Gaspar:
luis.gaspar.fotografia@gmail.com
Mercedes is very happy these days. She is 11.5 years old. She has started to show signs of not being so agile. She has recently survived a serious cat attack I think. I nursed her wounds on her left back leg, and she let me, it was amazing, she just let me do everything to fix her up. I had been away, so she had been sore for more than one day possibly, by the time I got to her she was in so much pain she just didn't care anymore to fight against me fixing her up. She recovered well. Prior to the attack she didn't seem to make clean jumps anymore, sometimes she doesn't make the jump, and she's not as readily strong as she used to be. But one thing is for sure, she's very playful and happy, especially at night. She talks to her toys and rubs on them and throws them around.
She can escape the yard, and I allow it because she's sensible, she doesn't go on the road, and she mentally needs to not be caged. The lady who was feeding them said the day before I returned, all the cats did not come out when she came to put the food and usually they come to her. So I suspect another cat had got into my yard and attacked Mercedes. I doubt one of the others bit her, but I don't really know what happened to cause all the cats to be too afraid to come to feed, or who attacked Mercedes.