March 2011
53 posts
Is Fashion Tied to Art, or Art to Fashion? Does...
Might certain less popular musical styles be less popular because they have no parallel in the appearance-obsessed world, specifically in the garments we see every day on the people we share the planet with, as well as what we wear ourselves? While there are clearly outfits that connote punk rock, heavy-metal, hop-hop, or country-western, there is no adequate analog for so-called post-classical...
Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about...
I often get the question from people, “I’d like to blog, but I don’t really know what to talk about?” Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?” You wouldn’t. You shouldn’t. via techcrunch.com You wouldn’t. You shouldn’t. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
If you don't think this recession has anything to...
A Massachusetts employment organization has canceled its annual job fair because not enough companies have come forward to offer jobs. via boston.com They had it last year. And I keep reading that the recession is over. Really. Where? No jobs means less purchasing means less advertising means less jobs for photographers (and means less disposable income for direct consumer photography as...
Why Sales Is Still Missing From Social CRM: Hey,...
While marketing and customer service have jumped on the social CRM bandwagon, the sales profession has mostly been watching from the sidelines, wondering what to do and how to do it. via mashable.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
It's the nature of the artist to want to create....
it’s worth pointing out that one respect in which music is most definitely political is that it is a form of labor that lots of people are willing to do for free. via newmusicbox.org Whether in music or art or photography. The joy is in the creation and celebration of the art. If we don’t do it for money, we do it for love. Posted via email from Now This is...
Whether music or art or photography... much...
Perhaps the reason contemporary art retains its hold on the public is because there is no popular alternative. via newmusicbox.org Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
4 Times Journalists Held in Libya Faced Brutality...
Shoot them,” a tall soldier said calmly in Arabic. via nytimes.com offered without comment… Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
20 Minute Plan: Productivity made simple, or at...
First, Get an Egg Timer via chrisbrogan.com Yep. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Federal Jobs | Uncle Sam shelling out big bucks...
The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs needs someone to run the Facebook page for the Dept. of the Interior and they’ll pay up to $115,000 a year. via dailycaller.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
That was quick: Four lines of code is all it takes...
The New York Times paywall is costing the newspaper $40-$50 million to design and construct, Bloomberg has reported. And it can be defeated through four lines of Javascript. via niemanlab.org This is the real reason mainstream journalism is in trouble. They employ stupid people. That anyone was able to talk someone into a $50 Million Dollar Firewall that can be breached with - with -...
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Crowdsourcing...
In many cases, companies have persuaded people to complete simple tasks for no pay at all, instead offering recognition within the volunteer community or points in the guise of a game. Mr. Zittrain called it “a wonderful Tom Sawyer syndrome. via chronicle.com A very dark look at the current state of the digital world. Personally I loathe ‘crowdsourcing’ and that crap, it is...
Sure. Absolutely. I am thoroughly convinced that a...
But she stressed that she was not trying to evade taxes and that the failure to register the plane in Missouri was a “mistake. via politico.com Geeez…. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
So who exactly are these "experts" who are...
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell unexpectedly sharply in February and prices touched their lowest level in nearly nine years, implying a housing market recovery was still a long off. via cnbc.com After a while it gets comical. “Unexpectedly” is the buzzword of these so called experts. When most of us who are actually conscious see it all around us. “For...
ELIZABETH AVEDON: ARNOLD NEWMAN: 93rd BirthDay
“Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it’s own; if it doesn’t, the thing collapses.” – Arnold Newman via elizabethavedon.blogspot.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Watch Joni Sternbach shoot 8x10 on the beach: Her...
What a wonderful little video. Joni Sternbach is one of my most favorite photographers. I want one of her surfer shots sooooo bad. Someday. See more of her work at www.jonisternbach.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Some Things Just Present Themselves as, Well,...
Eight years apart, to the day. The result: a teaching moment! MARCH 19, 2011 OBAMA: ‘Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world’… (full statement from USA Today.) MARCH 19, 2003 BUSH: ‘American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm...
Joe Morello, one of the great jazz drummers of all...
“He played everything from weddings to military marches before eventually taking up with The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1955, initially for a two-month tour. That turned into a collaboration lasting more than 12 years, during which Morello proved his ability to handle the difficult meters favored by Brubeck. Those included “Take Five,” a composition in 5/4 which became...
Channel One Suite: Buddy Rich and the Band at the...
Channel One Suite in Three Parts: Part One Part Two: Part Three Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
PhotoBlog - Last known photo of missing New York...
As reported on Wednesday, four journalists covering the fighting in Libya for The New York Times are missing. The Times says it’s holding out hope that the team is alive and in the custody of the Libyan government. via photoblog.msnbc.msn.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Keep Shooting, My Friends" - great information...
RETV presents the “Greatest Photographer in the World” from RETV from Resource Magazine on Vimeo. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
How To Be A Social Media Jerk | Six Pixels of...
Cover your face? Imagine speaking to someone but they kept their identity unknown. How awkward would that be? Show your face… post a real (and recent) photo of yourself. via twistimage.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
These look like pretty nice photogrpahers...
We have a range of portfolio sizes available, each size can be either in a landscape or portrait orientation. The choices from the smallest to the largest are: 10 x 8 inches, A4 (210mm x 297mm), 11 x 14 inches, A3 (297mm x 420mm), 12 x 18 inches (The Lovegrove recommended size) and finally A3-plus (13 x 19 inches). Portfolio sizes relate to the size of the inner sleeves and therefore the maximum...
What is so funny about photography anyway?...
In Chip’s words, “This is the irony of humour….it reveals truth. via fotoflock.com I love Chip Simons work… heh. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Kirk Tuck: "Coercing people to work for free and...
This is not a question of being unable to compete on talent. It is a moral question of who should benefit from true value. There is an intrinsic value in all we do. via visualsciencelab.blogspot.com I hate “crowdsourcing” bullshit as much as I hate micro-stock. Kirk rants on well here, so I recommend you simply read the whole thing. Crowdsourcing is also called...
Flickr Burning As Yahoo Fiddles: Head Of Service...
Following the leak of the “sunsetting” of Delicious, talk quickly moved to Flickr: what would happen there? Everyone was worried, but Yahoo publicly stated that they were very much backing the service. via techcrunch.com Yeah. I bet it will. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Are You Working in the "Dead Zone" - like...
Great music wasn’t created by the first people to grab an electric guitar or a synthesizer. Great snowboarding moves didn’t come from the guy who invented the snowboard… via sethgodin.typepad.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Dear Customer, Should I Be Doing This?
If you’re like me, you ask yourself this way too often. via permissiontosuck.net If you are passionate and crazy about what you do… then, yes. If not… well. Sorry. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
How I bewitched lothario photographer David...
But please, by Mary, Jesus and all the saints, don’t sleep with him. I’m telling you, my dear - keep your knickers on. If you do, you’d be the first and probably the last. Good luck now, angel. via dailymail.co.uk Well, we all know how that worked out. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami...
Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami via nytimes.com Incredible tragedy seen in its totality from the sky. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Herman Leonard Photography, LLC (just don't try it...
This version of Firefox does not support HTML5. Please use any of the modern web browsers listed below. via hermanleonard.com Jumping the gun a little are we. Telling folks to go get another browser is kinda, you know, sucky. But I did and the site is very nice. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
A Wired World In Its Own Mirror: Photojournalism...
People feel the same natural thrill at capturing an extraordinary event and posting it online as photojournalists must have once felt when they found themselves on the scene at some momentous occasion. via pajamasmedia.com We are seeing this more and more. I have three small video cameras… and I use them all the time. I don’t think any citizen should be without a personal video...
Quotes from Books I am Reading: #1 (photographer...
“I believe that creativity is a product of intelligence. I don’t believe that creative work can be produced by fools, dullards, or mediocre people, except in the rarest of accidents. Creativity is a product of desire, thought, experience, experimentation and inner conviction. Taken together, these five qualities imply intelligence and commitment.” - Bruce Barnbaum “The...
Unique Sentences You Will Read ONLY Once In Your...
I am sitting in the lobby of an ad agency, watching a group of men attempt to maneuver a six-foot-tall egg onto a dolly. via blogs.forbes.com Read the whole thing. She is a good writer… Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
How To Obtain Photo & Video Location Permits |...
When do you need a permit? If you are just walking around with your camera and shooting casually, you generally don’t need a permit. You will, however, need a permit if you are shooing on public property OR if your shooting will impact others and/or the environment. The threshold varies from location to location, but generally, ask yourself these questions: Is this a commercial shoot? Will...
Lighting Essentials - a Place for Photographers....
Some say that motivation can be achieved by visualizing your outcome. I would add that sheer terror can also motivate one. Trust me. via lighting-essentials.com My take on making sure we are going somewhere, and not just ‘anywhere’. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Robed, bewigged judge rugby-tackles prisoner who...
Reid, who denies he was trying to flee court, had already pulled off a similar escape from a London court two years earlier. via news.yahoo.com I am sure that some prominent defense barrister will take the case claiming that the prisoner was just needing to get outside for a moment to decide how to confess… and then sue the judge for prohibiting the freedom of a prisoner in...
Al Dente: Grown-Up Grilled Cheese: I Love Grilled...
3. A grilled cheese sandwich made with super-thick slices of bread is “nearly always doomed”. Go for standard slices. via aldenteblog.com Mmmmm…. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Bill shooting Bri.
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Wireframing a site for a consultant in the studio.
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The Visual Science Lab / Kirk Tuck: I am NOT an...
I try never to fool myself that just pointed a camera at something makes it art. Or that snapping the shutter makes me an artist. via visualsciencelab.blogspot.com always fun to read Kirk’s blog. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
I’m Still Waiting for Artistic Brilliance from Web...
Musicians pass half finished ProTool files via the web, saving gas money and travel time, but is that really helping improve virtuosity? via permissiontosuck.net No. It isn’t. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
10 Minute Film School with Robert Rodriguez |...
Too many creative people don’t wanna learn how to be technical, so what happens? They become dependent on technical people. Become technical. You can learn that. If you’re creative and technical, you’re unstoppable. via blog.chasejarvis.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Charlie Sheen vs Muamar Gaddafi: Can You Guess Who...
Two men dominate the media landscape as they lash out against passionate detractors who would overthrow them: Charlie Sheen and Muamar Gaddafi. via baltimoresun.com Yessir… ignorance knows no bounds with these two. Take the quiz… go ahead, you know you want to. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Last Weeks Roses" Dead Flower Series.
I am thinking about offering these images as a portfolio set for purchase.Possibly 6x9 on 8x10 stock or 7x10.5 on 11x14 stock. The whole group, signed and numbered.Or maybe I won’t - crazy busy. I printed them and will frame them for the den. People like them.But, people like Martin Sheen too. Just sayin’… heh. Don Giannatti: Designer / Photographer / Writer...
Copyrighting Couture: An Examination of Fashion...
Unfortunately, intellectual property law’s current status makes it very difficult for designers to find relief for their pirated designs. via papers.ssrn.com by Sara Ellis. This will be a very interesting situation to keep an eye on. Especially if one is working in the IP industry. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
ELIZABETH AVEDON: MIKAEL KENNEDY: Passport To...
Photograph (c) Mikael Kennedy /All Rights Reserved Photograph (c) Mikael Kennedy /All Rights Reserved Loading my SX70 and duffel with some of the last remaining packs of the film in the world I set out to gather as many portraits of the folks I had photographed over the years using this unique film before it disappeared forever… via elizabethavedon.blogspot.com Just...
Camera prettifies subjects, even adds "makeup" -...
So we came up with the idea so our clients can fix parts they don’t like about their faces after they’ve taken the picture. via asia.news.yahoo.com LOL Thanks to @iancaradoc Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Camera prettifies subjects, even adds "makeup": As...
According to data we’ve acquired, around 50 percent of our digital camera clients are not satisfied with the way their faces look in a photograph,” she said. via asia.news.yahoo.com LOL. Thanks to John Groseclose for the tip. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
How to Get Downsized - Susannah Breslin: (Great...
As it turns out, I am very good at channeling the inner-thoughts of an inanimate object. Or at least this particular one. via blogs.forbes.com Interesting. Very interesting. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Alex Ross: Morton Feldman, Composer, on...
Earlier in my life there seemed to be unlimited possibilities, but my mind was closed. Now, years later and with an open mind, possibilities no longer interest me. via therestisnoise.com Photography is much like that as well. By the way, I am a big fan of Feldman’s work. “Rothko Chapel” being hauntingly beautiful and a favorite. Posted via email from Now This is...
