Monday, May 25, 2009

What Is The Number To The Courthouse In Queens

Today is Geek Pride and uses Digital

This is the first post that photo does not speak directly, do maybe if?.
It is now the geek pride day, guess in all senses. What's curious is that Geeks are unlike oneself geek but is not seen as such. I remember one Sunday morning a few years ago, we were in the Plaza Mayor of Madrid starting the marathon of photography, many photographers (read: geeks) swarming the place, sharing space with the philatelic meet there every Sunday to exchange stamps. Serious and responsible people, with their jobs and their families, which store bits of paper used by which, sometimes, pay high sums of money. Seeing us all with the cameras on me a man of 70 years, with a folder full of stamps under his arm and asks me why so many people with camera so early here? I said: it is that there is a marathon of photography. What's that?, I very politely replied Mr. It is an activity where amateur photographers we met, we fix some issues and we have to deliver at the end of the morning the reel with 12 photos on the themes. Lord without answer me, looks me up and down, look the other participants with contempt and says softly as he turns to disgust: What people most rare!
sure he thought we were a few geeks with good reason. And we think the same of him, with more reason. But surely none of us who were there for a hobby or another thought we were geeks. Well gentlemen, we were ALL FRIKIS!

frikismo The phenomenon is not new, has always existed, any fan of any activity carried to extremes can be seen as a geek. Even then there are geeks by profession or at least aspiring to make your freak as a profession. Thanks to some programs and presenters geeks have known several who have had their moment of fame: Arus, Quintero, Pepe Navarro, Sarda, Cardenas and Buenafuente lately helped many to become famous and even live the story and why internet and especially youtube has become a breeding ground where they are born, grow and live Geeks century.
many years ago, before they were called Geeks had all summer for a song called freak summer song, played by Georgie Dann . not tell me that this was not a Geek!, You can not write those songs and not geek. Mr. Dann would now more difficult with the competition that has emerged on the Internet, simply search for summer song on youtube and displayed several of his followers, these links serve as a would-be song of summer 2009 as an example of this:
http://cort.as/-SH
http://cort.as /-SI
http://cort.as/-SK
http://cort.as/-SL
http://cort.as/-SM
I have to say that one of previous performers within your resume sent a copy of your video, to provide merits for the position you chose. Was given a scholarship in a regional television, so far everything seems normal, but the post was in the engineering department! that alone Just like a geek.
Anyway, to finish, I think the Geek Pride is celebrated today, is more than the so-called Geek, or the comics geeks, technology, Twitter, Blog, Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings , etc ... but must be passed this afternoon by Callao to see if they appear on Giggles, the Venom, Carmen de Mairena, Carlos Jesus, Pozi, Tamara, Tristran Braker or endearing Cañita Brava and Bernardo with whom I met in Barcelona in December been trying to sneak into the subway vigilante who was explaining to. Although the latter would have to write a separate article by the great artist he is: is also a poet.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Can You Tattoo Your Male Parts

Salgado! YES

I found this post on the Internet: Salgado and digital uses.
Sebastiao Salgado is that I have spent the digital world in Black and White, although a few years ago said the digital world would end with the Black and White, seems to have been convinced of the benefits of digital photography but still with black and white.
Read the post by Manuel Ortiz and destroy the myth of BN Salgado.
copy of the post by Manuel Ortiz:
"The digital world

Continuing with the surprises, Salgado revealed that he was currently working with digital cameras, which caused the immediate public response: Some regretted it and others applauded.

Salgado said his transition to digital photography was new, but did not specify how much. He said this change is partly due to how difficult it was to travel today with so much photographic material, particularly by the increased security at airports. He said the review of the film with both scanner, was affecting the quality of it.

Salgado said someone suggested to use digital to avoid such problems, but he replied, "digital photography is not good." However, this person, who said his name, he insisted until he agreed Salgado test a Pentax medium format camera.

After many tests, Salgado became convinced that digital camera Raw formats, and of sufficient quality to do its job, so the final decision.

Initially said he did not know how to get photos from the camera to the computer, the public, of course, could not help laughing. Later

Salgado began using a 35 mm Canon camera digital, which was very pleased because it gave the same quality as medium format. This camera (did not specify which), "made me go back to work as before."

Is it very different to use an analog camera to a digital one?, Asked Light. "No. At the end is, is the same principle, so sorry, "said Salgado.

black and white

Near the end of the presentation Salgado asked to make a comment about the photo in black and white. He said that although he has a lot of color photograph of duty, and even admires the color work of many colleagues, for him to work with black and white, even in these days of digital cameras, is still the best because it allows greater focus on what to display.

It's funny in an interview with Ken Light made the same Salgado at the University of Berkeley in 2005, Salgado said that digital photography was over the black and white.

This time there was no opportunity to deepen Salgado some points, but if we start now using RAW digital formats, means you are taking pictures to color and then converted to black and white. Or does anyone know of any Canon digital camera to take black and white photos in RAW? It would have been interesting to hear of Salgado on this conversion process. "

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Nice Wedding Card Messages About Love

allowed to take photographs in the Madrid Metro

The other day in chat Luis Baylon is said the subway vigilante Madrid and do not allow photos inside the underground installations. The photos that we have to be done in secret. Searching
internet, I found this statement from the association friends madrid metro, which states that there is a circular of 1985 which expressly permitted to take pictures inside the subway provided they do not bother to passengers and not been complied with safety standards. That if you take pictures with flash or tripod require a special permit.
here you have the statement: http://www.anden1.org/comunicados.php?pa=intro
and circular

http://metroanden1.googlepages.com/circularfotosmadrid.jpg

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Drops Of Bloodperiod Days

The Impossible Project

do not know what project is this?
did you think that Polaroid had died?
since both answer the same questions. Polaroid is not dead because it has been reborn with the name of Impossible project, or that advertise on its new website: http://www.the-impossible-project.com the 11 dreamers "? Mad? Florain led by Kaps.
they want to do is rebuild the old Polaroid films, but to build a new product, modern but compatible with the old Polaroid cameras.
seems that the project is taking form and the deadline they have set is December 2009. Will they succeed? to date it seems you can buy old Polaroid film.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

My Wedding Invitation Email With Friends




until next Sunday we can go directly to the foundation which, until now, shown is the largest exhibition in Spain on Arthur Fleming, ie Weegee. Are photographs taken between 30 and 40 and show life New Yorker of the time after the great depression of 1929.

being sufficiently well known photographer Weegee, I describe my impressions of the exhibition and encourage you to see who has not seen. Although late, I've seen on two occasions and both times I liked it.

At the entrance are two houses that belonged to Weegee: A hasselblad and Speed \u200b\u200bGraphic mythical has made him famous. No one can imagine a picture where there is Weegee wielding the camera. Not if they both belonged to Weegee, but if you are orginales cameras, but I fear that the bulb of Speed \u200b\u200bis not the original graphic. I was not that such work a Philips 100W and 220V in the falsh ...
Especially considering that the flash bulbs were used for single use to be made of filaments mg. But this is not important.
























In a large room with fantastic views of the Gran Via, 270 original photographs are presented in black and white. In all the pictures you can see the signature of Weegee: Flat front, without any shame and a big flash of light in the night shots in typical photographer. There are photos where you care for aesthetics, technical perfection or composition, it is photos that tell a story, especially lurid events or parties.
The exhibition is divided into 14 topics:
Sleepers:
series begins with a photo with a sign saying: " New York is a friendly city ", however this is not displayed on the photos, people sleeping on fire escapes, children huddled next to a cat, drunk, etc. In general, titles of works denote a very black sense of humor, very witty, I must say that the titles are the original Weegee used to publish the pictures in the newspapers of the time, and especially in this section especially ingenious. For example "A baby pigeon, they have drunk too much" for the photo that shows a drunk sleeping in front of a dove drinking from a bowl. Or the one that shows a drunk at the door of a police station that is entitled: "Hey to the police is not going to like it."
The Bobery : displayed pictures of events decadent and New Year holidays more decadent, photos Weegee style. Striptease
: Linked to the previous topic, see photos of striptease quite decadent. Naked and photomontages
: these works more personal than the photographer, doctored photos featuring also a surreal portrait of Dali and several of the 40 naked.
Fire. Police & Cia : in both areas we see some pictures that made him more famous pictures of misery, murder, arson and several scuffles. In this series is the famous photo of the murdered with the gun on him that says Weege changed upon arrival at the crime scene before the police.
Weegee's people: street several photos of the author. Coney Island
: 3 photos of the beach crowded NY.
Shows: Cinemas, kisses in the movies, people having fun, all outside the presence of the photographer. Sometimes used infrared film and a light bulb to go unnoticed and can make shots in the dark without being photographed is unnoticed.
Street Cinema: bathing children and people on the street having fun. Harlem
: photos same as the rest of New York, but all models are black. Seems to have had the same reputation throughout the city and could visitar cualquir barrio que era conocido por igual.
En la Ópera: muestra fotos de la alta sociedad de New York asistiendo al Metropolitan donde parece que Weegee es muy conocido y aceptado.
Sabados por la noche: mas fotos de las calles de New York.
Circo: en una pequeña sala varias fotos del circo visto por Weegee. Varios animales: monos, elefantes (solo el trasero), girafas, así como trapecistas y payasos comparten la sala con una pequeña muestra de libros originales de la época y unas páginas manuscritas con fotos.

Si la exposición os gusta mas os gustará el catálogo, que por 30€, algo mas baráto of 40 € that we tend to charge for other exposures, we have a very good book of the same, with all the sample photos and text that precedes each item with an aesthetic of the work. I look forward to reading it but it looks great.

therefore, to Sunday 17 is the deadline so as not to miss this jewel of photography in Madrid, I Luis Baylon said in his speech the other day : "One of the exhibits should not be missed."

This is the website of the exhibition:
http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/arteytecnologia/exposiciones/weegee.htm
here we can see some photos of the exhibition and the catalog text:
Http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/arteytecnologia/exposiciones/weegee/index.html pdf
and published by the Fundación Telefónica with the biography of the author:
http://www.fundacion.telefonica. com / arteytecnologia / presentations / Weegee / pdf / biografia_biography.pdf

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Proxy Hider Softwares For Ubuntu

Weegee Exhibition Exhibition Castro Prieto: Ethiopia


few days ago I visited the exhibition that Juan Manuel Castro Prieto is in Madrid, Fernando Fernan Gomez drama about Ethiopia. Had not had time to comment, but considering that ends next May 15, put a few lines to remember that it is an exhibition not to be missed. The various
rooms we see a set of pictures with a perfect technique, relating the journey that the photographer has done repeatedly in this country.

In the first part we see a collection of large format photos, mostly 6x6, with images showing selective blurs with impeccable technical quality and a light and color that sometimes seem to paint.
In the second part we found a room with photographs that tell the trips, like a travel diary, documenting the project perfectly. Emphasize the perfect lighting and perfect development. Impressive mural portraits.

Finally, new pictures of a size that is repeated technical perfection in composition and processing.

In summary, an exhibition not to miss.

Until 15 May.
also the 13th of May there is a guided tour by the author:
last tour EXPOSURE ETHIOPIA On Wednesday May 13, at 19 hours, photographer Juan Manuel Castro Prieto , make a guided tour of his new photo exhibition. More information and reservations by telephone: 914 800 308 914 800 309 or or info@teatrofernangomez.com

Monday, May 11, 2009

Spray Paint And Lungs

Chat with Luis Baylon

Last Thursday I attended a talk with Luis Baylon ( http://www.luisbaylon. com / ), at the invitation of Luis Miguel ( http://luismivillaescusa.com/ ) and its photography association on Monday we are ( http://www.l2q2.es/l2q2 /). The truth is that he was very pleasant and interesting what he told us, is a nice guy Luis Baylon. During the conversation
taught us some very good running audiovisual, one of them and still unpublished work, as we saw the photos, told us their views on the digital world, how to photograph etc. I'll try to summarize or so that I could take notes as I took in the PDA and I wiped out everything when I get home. As we taught

audiovisual, told us very interesting things to understand his work. For example, never leaves his Rollei. He has photography as a diversion rather than as a job, going everywhere with his Rollei, if there is something interesting to photograph. He did so on Thursday in the photo is not very well appreciated, but in his hand.


Luis Baylon hablando con su Rollei en la mano

We showed footage on the subway, and told us as he had conceived. In general, when preparing a book, exhibition or audiovisual does not prepare a priori, but looks from the pictures I have on file. He did so for work pair of two or the subway. In this hit the ground if all the photos I had done in the metro, and selected the photos trying to revive a hypothetical trip by subway from the entrance to the exit with two transfers included.
told us that we should always go with the battery charged and ready to shoot, but not like you're a hunter. If you are a hunter you transmit tension and bad feeling, you go looking and shooting what we like, What happens if you see us? Nothing, if someone says something, "left", but more than was left handed seems to me, commented that if someone gets upset because it makes a picture, simply told not to use the no worry, and if you ask him if he had taken says, "can be, were you in front of me when I took the picture over there? So yes, but do not worry you will not be using "and complies. It has a maximum on this: if you can not take pictures down the street who do not make cameras!. A curious point of view. Although he says that people do not usually upset when I do photos if not to harass, even he arrives for talks with people you photograph, partly because people called attention to the camera that has a nice Rollei. In summary encouraged to take pictures of the street hide, and a natural way. We will have to try your recipe.

During the talk we also saw footage on a trip to China was a few years ago, but was not finished as soon plans to travel to China and wants to expand. Although I thought it was fine. About

photographers who have influenced his work, he told us a bit of your career. How it began and why it became a photographer. Commented that he wanted to be a filmmaker, but when he went to register for the year 1975, closed the film school. So sematriculó in law, but lasted 6 months. At 6 months he left and enrolled at the only school of photography that existed at that time: Photocentro, but when it acquired the basic skills also left him and started to learn on their own but not self, word hate, but learning from those who know, listening to who taught him techniques and photography tips. Commented that Cartier Bresson was one of those who first influenced him, but realized that there were others behind him as good or better, he was the tip of the iceberg. The important thing is to know the work but not copy it, create your own handwriting not copy others. That is, be yourself in this as in everything in life
.
They asked about Walker Evans and NY metro work and said he was a liar who hid the camera for taking pictures without being seen. An opinion as another, however I think it's one of the provocations that you enjoy doing from time to time, because I do not think Walker Evans is one of the greats.
took the opportunity to recommend two current exhibitions in Madrid: Weegee, which I view this week, and the a photographer Josef Sudek Czechoslovak pagre portrayed as anyone in the fifties. I'll see her week doing case his advice.

as not, left the issue of Digital and Black and White. Their position is simple, in Black and White analogue controls the entire process and manages to capture what you want, but in digital it is not possible, especially when you get digital copies in black and white. The eternal debate on BN vs nuncha said color has been achieved color you see, if we're lying, better to lie in black and white color. Moreover, the BN better reflects the textures and environments.

The truth is that we spent the time flying, learning from the teachers and seeing some wonderful photos. If someone wants to know Luis Baylon, have the opportunity to see him on Tuesday night in the program after 2 as you do an interview. We'll see!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Can Old Belly Button Piercings Close Up?

new picture in the Photojournal: What are you looking Miguel? Fazal Sheikh Exhibition

Yesterday I published a new picture in the Photojournal .
long time ago do not upload pictures. Was processing the photos villaviciosa Marathon and saw it I did on Sunday to Michael, the truth is that I really liked and I've wanted to get on the Photojournal to keep her from which I have selected, I hope you like it. from here you can go to the new post