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Fast Freddy
While out strolling on a beautiful Monday afternoon I found myself venturing further from State, after doing a couple laps around the square I stopped outside Subway. Taking in the sites and sounds of a bustling city, along with the glorious weather I heard a voice "getting some good snaps today?" I turned around and came face to face with a friendly looking fellow with his backpack slung over his back, smiling I said "more or less I'm just enjoying the day." From this much conversation, I knew that I had found my stranger for inclusion in my 100 more strangers project. A musician by trade, born in Little Rock and growing up outside of St. Louis: Freddy is now in tune to all things Madison as it's been his home for the last eight years.
Very much like myself as a photographer, Freddy spends his free time just enjoying each day and taking in the little things that others might not notice. For example: the sound of splashing water from a winter pot hole, or distant horns of cars stuck in traffic. His current project is a work in progress, as it's still in the development phase I won't give away too many details but I can tell you it deals with Madison and why he calls it home. Apparently inspiration struck after hearing a song about Milwaukee, which according to Freddy made the musician a fair amount of cash. After explaining my process of shooting strangers and the many faces of people that Madison has to offer, Freddy was was more then happy to allow me to include him in the project. I must make note that Freddy is not homeless, as he has a job and that supports his rent among other things. I bring this up on his behalf, as when I explained my project contained many of the homeless of Madison, he wanted me to be sure to make no mistake that he was.
Officially I introduced myself at this point as Chris (aka local paparazzi) and he was "Fast" his high school nickname from his football playing days. When I asked whom of which names he wished to be called, he informed me "Fast Freddy" so from this I gained a new friend. Maybe when his project about Madison is completed, I can assist him with creating a music video or a collage of sorts with my Madison snaps. I thank Freddy for allowing me to tell his story and include him in the 100 more strangers, which I suggest you check out more awesome portrait work in the 100 Strangers group here on Flickr. Plenty of faces and great stories to be read, maybe even a bit of inspiration for you to begin your own project!
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While in Tokyo last year, I retraced the steps I took during my first vacation there, almost 20 years ago. I tried to recreate some of the photos I took to see how things had changed.
I made a full writeup in this blog post, which will also include more photos than I'll be posting here on Flickr.
去年、東京にいる間に、ほぼ20年前の初めて東京へ行った旅行の行った道を戻りました。景色はどうやて変わったのかと思いました。それで、昔に撮った写真と比べるために、出来るだけ同じように現代版を撮りました。
もっと詳しくは このブログの投稿をご覧になってください。
Weather gloomy... so onto some macro shots! I promised for my next writeup I would be happy. I have chocolate... I am happy :)
(Update and Correction... I had chocolate! yum yum)
White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica, in my backyard.
Check out all of my Species a Day writeups here.
Another round of racing in the WSID track championship. Extreame heat does not even begin to explain what it was like on the track. A good day of racing none the less and another lot of images to show.
More pics and writeups on my site/Blog
The International Space Station approaching from the west.
(Writeup of photo-processing on my blog.)
Made the trip from Madison to Milwaukee on a Saturday afternoon, for a meet-up with a bunch of photographers from various social media outlets. Upon arriving outside the location we had set up as our base, I was stopped by a man outside who asked me if I could help him get a cup of coffee. Now, not being the type to let this opportunity slip through my fingers; I snatched up the few coins jingling in my pocket and put them in the palm of his hand. While it wasn't nearly enough for a coffee, I decided to talk more to the man. A lifelong resident of Milwaukee, I learned that Dennis seemed to have friends from all sides of the city. In the summer months he finds his way to Madison to do fishing in the Monona Bay (off the tracks). He expressed to me that he went to Rufas King, which as it turns out is the same school that my friend Dan's uncle went too. I pulled out my phone, and showed Dennis a few portraits from my various strangers projects (including the 608 strangers) and while I was not in the 608 but rather the 414, I still felt the need to include Dennis in my project. He agreed easily, and stood a quick pose as he still had more money to obtain towards the cup of coffee.
We parted ways, a little less of strangers then we had before but I knew that with his good attitude Dennis would not be a stranger to many. In following various photographers online I've discovered we all have our own styles to certain kinds of work. Key example being the portrait work that I do, I've expressed it before in writing for the 100 strangers. I like the closeness and intimate feel to portraits done with the 50mm, but whichever lens you use for the projects you undertake. Make your subject feel welcome and appreciated, and you might learn something you never knew about them before!
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See writeup on how and why I converted this image to Black And White at The Common Sense Photographer wp.me/p7CTs1-7h
RallyWays put a long drive on a brand new Ford Fiesta ST for a writeup on RallyWays.com - Join out email list on out website so you don't miss it.
First photo I ever took with my Intrepid 4x5. This is a scanned print which I made using a DIY lamphouse that converts my Intrepid into an enlarger. Read about the build here: www.apug.org/forum/index.php?threads/diy-writeup-35-lamph...
S-head compared to 580ex II. 580 is 375 grams, and S-head is 250 grams.
Complete writeup here: mr-chompers.blogspot.com/2009/06/elinchromrangerquadra.html
Just a preview and a showcase for a new flash (Metz). I won't publish the rest of the pictures publicly until a writeup is posted on the weekly fix on adultdvdtalk.com.
Chroma is done! I got it mounted in a frame over the Christmas break, and it's working rather well. It will probably still need some more tweaks and debugging for a little while, but it's starting to work pretty reliably. I plan to hang it up at work so people can admire my work. :)
Quiapo Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Quiapo, Manila, in the Philippines. The church is one of the most popular churches in the country. It is home to the Black Nazarene, a much venerated statue of Jesus Christ which many people believe has miraculous attributes; because of this the church is sometimes referred to as the "Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene". The foundations of the church was built in 1582 and survived the devastation of World War II despite surrounding builings being completely destroyed. The church was painted cream after the original Mexican Baroque edifice was burned down in 1928.
writeup taken from wikipedia
some pictures of the pro-optic 8mm fisheye lens. this one's a canon mount and branded pro-optic, but it is available for nikon and pentax mounts, and possibly others. I believe this same lens is also marketed under other brands, such as bower, samyang, vivitar, and others.
I got mine at adorama, and I have only great things to say about them.
it was $289, which is crazy cheap, if you ask me. the only thing it lacks is aperture control and autofocus. the autofocus is really unimportant due to the nature of the lens though. there's basically 'near' and 'far' the hyperfocal is so big that it doesn't matter.
ken rockwell has a good writeup of this lens on his site: kenrockwell.com. I bought it because of that review, and I have to say I agree with everything he says.
Raymond Anthony Johnson
Upon discovering five months ago that Teddywedgers was for up for sale last April, I've made a point to come in and say hi to Ray more often. Since becoming the owner of Myles Teddywedgers Cornish Pasty in 2009 (when original owner Myles passed away), Ray has seen a lot change on the isthmus over the years. Many faces come and go, but as long as I've known of the existence of this wonderful place; Ray has always been there. About a month has passed since Ray and I last talked, but turns out he has recently found a new owner for Teddywedgers. I can only imagine the amount of work required to sell a business, but I'm very thankful that the new owner is going to keep making pasty's.
This evening I caught myself snapping photos of the many signs hiding the interior view from any passerby, but was happy to see Ray come out (as I couldn't see in I didn't know he was there). Turns out Teddywedgers is getting a little bit of a remodel inside, with new floors being the main focal point. Ray allowed me to sneak a peak inside, it was almost more alien then I could have ever imagined. No longer an aroma of baking pies, but a stale musty smell lingered. All the appliances had been moved from the walls, and tiles were ripped off the floor. Ray closed the door one final time, latching it with a methodical clunking noise and this chapter in his life drawn to a close.
Fate plays in strange ways, but conversing with Ray I found that this was to be the last night he would close the doors. Tomorrow, he was meeting with the new owner to sign over Teddywedgers and give up his ownership. While it was a bit bittersweet, he told me that it was time; all good things must come to an end. In reality, Ray has worked non-stop seemingly to provide the delicious pies to many a tourist and Madisonion in his time. He has passed down the craft to the new owner, and will be sticking around in the basement (in case there are questions ) til at least the end of September. Then he hopes to move to Rockford for a little while, before returning to his roots in Chicago.
He expressed to me that 30 years ago, he would have never believed he would have had the opportunities that Madison brought him. Whether having the best front row seat for many Madison events over the years, a smile crept on his face when he told me how nice it was to take in Jazz @5 without any work to do. He even stated there were times he feared he'd never get out of Chicago, and now here we were talking of the next chapter. While Teddywedgers will be closed for a few weeks for the remodel work, it was the most happy thing to hear that he will be able to relax for a change.
I requested a photo of Ray in front of Teddywedgers, as normally he's hiding behind the scenes; today I make him a celebrity. A proud moment for me, as well as for Ray; to know that tomorrow is yet to be made.
Quote by Simone Signoret
A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
~ Heraclitus of Ephesus
I have always been awestruck by Almighty's subtle ways in making deep connections, which we, humans, hardly understand. This image is a tribute to such connections. I would like to say about 2 in particular:
1. (A very good friend of mine) Ramu and Shobana, who entered into wedlock last week. Even though both knew each other for 2 years, little did they know then that they're going to marry each other someday. They were seriously searching for their soul mates even after their meet and finally realised that they were made for each other.
2. (Two of my colleagues) Ilango and Uma who tied the nuptial knot 2 weeks ago; Their love finally consummated after solid (sincere) 8 years (they are in love since their high school days). I don't need to say more; I have hardly seen such endurance in love.
P.S.: Both wedding reception dinners were utterly delicious! Thanks and Godspeed guys :)
Located in Paoli's town square, Miller Garage is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Paoli Historic District. Here is the writeup:
Miller Garage, 146 N. Court Street, Arts and Crafts style, 1920. The Miller Garage is a one-story brick building with stone accents. The garage door openings on the front (south side) of the building have been filled in with new storefronts. Above these are three stone panels. The center panel is inscribed with "GARAGE." Above this is a triangular parapet with stone coping. This building was Paoli's first garage and automobile sales showroom. The featured vehicle was the Model T. Ford. The building represents the shift from horse and wagons to automobile transportation. Other auto-related buildings in Paoli which date from the same era include the Riley Garage at 153 E. Main Street, and a small gas station on the northwest corner of W. Main and W. Fourth Streets.
Menlo Park Fire Protection District 100th Anniversary Parade. May 21, 2016
Here's a writeup about the anniversary in The Almanac.
I had a suspicion these bodies wouldn't quite match up, but I tracked one down to be certain.
Spoiler: Lies.
Full writeup on the blog, www.RequiemArt.com
Here's another picture of me and every book I finished reading in 2015. I tried to get down to their level. (Some of the books were on my Kindle, so the stack should be a little higher. Also, there are links to the podcasts I did with the authors of many of them.)
Go read my gigantic writeup about it!(and also check out my writeups from 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014)
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer - Sarah Bakewell • podcast coming someday!
Third Rail - Rory Flynn • Download our podcast
Unreliable Memoirs - Clive James • Download our podcast
Happy are the Happy - Yasmina Reza • Download our podcast
The Tourmaline - Paul Park • podcast coming someday!
Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity - Prue Shaw • Download our podcast
Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies) - Matthew Farber • Download our podcast
La Ronde - Arthur Schniztler
Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language - Clive James • Download our podcast
Falling Towards England - Clive James • Download our podcast
May Week Was In June - Clive James • Download our podcast
The Third Man - Graham Greene
Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever - Walter Kirn • Download our podcast
North Face of Soho: More Unreliable Memoirs - Clive James • Download our podcast
How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit - Witold Rybczynski • Download our podcast
Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the '70s & the '80s - Brad Gooch • Download our podcast
In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China - Michael Meyer • Download our podcast
Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers - Edward Mendelson • Download our podcast
How Sweet It Is! - Thane Rosenbaum • Download our podcast
Look Who's Back - Timur Vermes • Download our podcast
Chronicles - Bob Dylan (r)
Where Women Are Kings - Christie Watson • Download our podcast
Muse: A novel - Jonathan Galassi • Download our podcast
James Merrill: Life and Art - Langdon Hammer • Download our podcast
Orient: A Novel - Christopher Bollen • Download our podcast
A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me: Stories and a novella - David Gates • Download our podcast
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel - Amanda Filipacchi • Download our podcast
Our Brothers at the Bottom of the Bottom of the Sea - Jonathan Kranz • Download our podcast
Generation Loss - Elizabeth Hand • Download our podcast
Available Dark - Elizabeth Hand • Download our podcast
Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point - Elizabeth Samet • Download our podcast
No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America - Elizabeth Samet • Download our podcast
Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History - Rhonda K. Garelick • Download our podcast
The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins: A Novel - Irvine Welsh • Download our podcast
Latest Readings - Clive James • Download our podcast
Lionel Asbo: State of England - Martin Amis
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books - John Carey
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Joseph Conrad
Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living with Books - Michael Dirda • Download our podcasts: 1, 2, 3
Everyman - Philip Roth (r)
Katherine Carlyle - Rupert Thomson • Download our 2014 podcast and our 2015 podcast
Under the Poppy - Kathe Koja • Download our podcast
Memory Theater - Simon Critchley • podcast coming soon!
The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World - David Jaher • Download our podcast
Montaigne - Stefan Zweig
The Daemon Knows: Literary Greatness and the American Sublime - Harold Bloom • Download our podcast
As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
The Peace Process: A Novella and Stories - Bruce Jay Friedman • Download our podcast (there may be another episode in 2016!)
Beware of Pity - Stefan Zweig
Drawing Blood - Molly Crabapple • Download our podcast
Quote by Giacomo Leopardi from Zibaldone Scelto
Couple of days back, in the Hyderabad airport, I was awaiting my bus to the city; a 45 minutes wait. I went to the lobby for a bite; that's when I noticed this little missy, bubbling with energy, running here and there; laughing.
I really wanted to take her picture; but was afraid of what her parents might say; around 40 minutes I was loitering around, thinking on and on. At last, when there was 5 minutes, I mustered all the courage I could and approached her elders. They gladly accepted! Her mom started grooming her hair and asked her to look at the camera (which she didn't listen to ;). I requested not to disturb her and leave her as is.
All this while, she didn't even notice me. I'm sure she didn't understand what I was doing with a big black box pointed @ her; she was lost in her own world. After the shot, I got an e-mail ID from her parents and rushed back to catch the bus @ the last minute.
After our first night of actual camping at the Top 10 Holiday Park in Waitomo, New Zealand.
Miss Sunshine is a 1977 VW Kombi camper van, complete with a pop top with a bed upstairs. I need to do a full writeup of the towns we visited and the total mileage (that'll all be in the album description), but she drove like a champ the whole time.
Rented from kiwikombis.com
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Print selection changes every month.
Fitted Life the US based automotive & lifestyle blog that I write for just released the article I did on the stunning MGB dragster I got to shoot last weekend.
Check it out here
fittedlife.com/mgb-dragster-living-life-one-quarter-mile-...
A little writeup about my first steelheading trip is up on Exposure: eliascarlson.exposure.co/california-steel
My DIY version of a Spiderlite. Total cost to build including 5x 27w daylight (5500K) compact fluorescent bulbs was under $100. All parts are off-the-shelf and only require basic tools to assemble. Click HERE for the full writeup.
The Flash from Justice League Beyond, Danical Williams.
Saturday at WonderCon 2015. Writeup of the con.
To be able to have an E-locker in the rear I need a full floating rear axle. Land Cruisers (40 series) came factory with one on the FJ45 pickup only. The issue is of course that the axle didn't have an e-brake since it was located on the back of the transfer case. The BJ42 doesn't have that, so I needed to add an e-brake to the FJ45 axle. Not a simple task. The two backing plates are completely different, have different spacing and a different mounting pattern. This required a bit more work. A full writeup will be available soon. In the meantime, here are some pics that give you an idea of what needs to be done.
Bronte top! It was my first one, so it's a little tight, which I fixed for the the second. I'm going to miss these RTW shorts though, super comfy and light, but the seams are starting to break down. Here's a link to my writeup for this Bronte: