Day 410

2/29/2008

taken : 2/29/2008

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(I don't know the title of this...if it even has one)

The above piece was done by my friend Tom Bond. I met Tom last summer in a foundations art class and we had the second semester foundations class together last fall. He made this for our ceramics unit (Tom hates ceramics with a passion).

Tom asked me to photograph a few of his pieces for a portfolio he is throwing together for an art school yonder across the ocean. So today we threw some pieces up against a wall with two 80W 5000K daylight balanced lights with umbrellas on either side...then threw some stuff in the light tent with those same lights minus the umbrellas.

so

yeah.


Tom was also recently featured on joyengine.com for some custom Vans he made for fellow foundations second semester student Kristen Smith

Custom Vans

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New flash today. It is pretty nice...I guess.

We'll see how far I take this flash thing...

Day 409

2/28/208

taken : 2/28/2008


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Tom and Scott again...


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I need money.

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Day 408

2/27/2008

taken : 2/27/2008

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Went down to Littleton today for a dentist appointment.

No cavities.
Yeah.

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While I was there I stumbled upon my father's old flash for his camera. It works..you can't change any of the settings...and I think it might have a trigger voltage that is too high for my camera...but...it is neat.

I did however buy a shitty flash to play around with...but I suppose for the time being it will serve my purpose. Sunpak 383.

We'll see how that investment goes.

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On another note. My car died in Littleton today. My father gave me a lift back to Boulder. That bastard car.

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Day 407

2/26/2008

taken : 2/26/2008

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I was gone all day. Lacey was a little bit lonely. Poor Lace.

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ON ANOTHER NOTE

I almost got run over by a car today. So there I was, walking through Athens court near the family housing buildings(or is faculty housing?) listening to music, walking to class. All of a sudden I realize a Honda Civic is mere centimeters from hitting me as it was backing up. I was able to do a sort of sidestep hobble as it hit me almost knocking me over. The asshole of a woman driving the car hadn't bothered to brush off the snow from her back window...I hit the side of the car and flipped her off. I stood there giving her a look to the effect of, " what? Are you some sort of fucking idiot?" She just sat there looking out her window with a shocked look on her face...she didn't even apologize, she just drove off...having still not cleared the snow off her car.

Perhaps it was my fault for walking in a parking lot listening to music...but for god sakes, clear the snow off your fucking car before you start driving it.

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Day 406

2/25/2008

developed 2/25/2008

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For our first critiqued photo assignment we were assigned to photograph Blue. We could take this literally or metaphorically. I chose the latter.

For that I shot several pictures based around what a twenty something college student might struggle with. I picked alcoholism, money, school...and ultimately suicide. This is a re-shoot of the suicide picture. Originally Scott and I mixed corn syrup with with some oatmeal (to add texture to give the feel of brain matter) and splattered it against the tiled wall in Scott's shower. I then had Scott lay down with only his feet hanging out of the tub...so it looked like he shot himself. Only moderately satisfied with these pictures we did a re-shoot mixing ground beef (I know I know...I am pretty much a horrible person for using ground beef and will never forgive myself for that shit) with chocolate syrup and pretty much just threw it against Scott's wall. Unfortunately it comes out way to thick in the pictures (in my opinion).

This project is due this Thursday. I may just go with original...this is just way to fake.

Day 405

2/24/2008

taken : 2/24/2008

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This is me trying to write my paper for my education class.

...but clearly I am drinking a glass of wine instead

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and posting this picture....


man that is procrastination x2.

Day 404

2/23/2008

taken : 2/23/2008

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After some paper writing today I got to see Rachel. This is the same Rachel that once pointed out to me that my pictures are lonely. But not today...she is in the picture...sort of...well her hand at least.

We went to the Laughing Goat.

And then to Color Me Mine.

I like seeing Rachel.

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At one point in time we saw a fairly well dressed man rollerblading down the street. It was neat.

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Day 403

2/22/2008

taken : 2/22/2008

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A few people were at my place last night/early this morning. I demanded that I get to take portraits of all of them

...Gordon.


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I hate how these colors are displayed. Fuck that shit.

I am going to get a CRT display, I done with this LCD bullshit.

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Morgan and Daniel came over tonight. It was nice.

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Day 402

2/21/2008

taken : 2/21/2008

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Scott and Tom

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I don't like this picture.

Day 401

2/20/2008

taken : 2/20/2008

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Gordon.

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Day 400

2/19/2008

taken : 2/19/2008

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Went over to Scott's tonight.

He is the subject of my photo assignment.

More to come when I/we near completion.

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Day 399

2/18/2008

created (finished) 2/18/2008

This is the mostly finished self-portrait for my digital art class. We are supposed to included 3 scanned images. I only have 1 in the version. The other version has 1 other scanned image. I placed a lens from my digital camera on the flatbed and scanned it in and blended the two images together...I don't like how it looks...but I was just shooting for the requirements (even though I am still 1 short)

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Two exams tomorrow. Yikes!

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I was pretty disgusted at work today when one of the officers made a comment about another officers report being made at the time. Officer A. was writing a report with the subject being a man with a name that would be recognized as middle eastern. Officer B. said, " Lets run him and see if we get a flag on his name from homeland security as a suspected terrorist."

Oh yeah? Did you do that same thing once to even the last ten subjects in any of your reports officer B?

Most likely not.

I bet most of those subjects in your reports were anglo-saxon.

Asshole.

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Day 398

2/17/2008

taken : 2/17/2008

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Lots of studying.

I feel so unprepared for my first exams.

I am taking a break to work on my piece for my digital art class.

...hmmm I should probably also start writing my first paper for my Education class.

...too much too much. I am sick of school...

...and my classes aren't even that hard.

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Day 397

2/16/2008

taken : 2/16/2008




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I used to be bit of a Phish fan. I mean...I still am, but I don't listen to them very often anymore, but today while running some errands I dialed them in on ipod. And suddenly I became nostalgic. I remembered the summer after my senior year of high school when myself and three of my friends road tripped to Wisconsin to see Phish for two nights at Alpine Valley.

I mean this was the first time in my life I really thought something along the lines of, " Oh...the good old days. The days when things were different"

We didn't let anything bother us, whatever came our way we faced with cool and calm. "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro," was our motto from HST. Like when we showed up in East troy just thinking we could book a hotel room that day. The first hotel we walked into the Manager just laughed at us.

"You think you guys can just drive in a get a hotel room? Every hotel room is booked within 30 miles from here."

But just Because he was a nice guy he called around, and coincidentally a receptionist on one end was on the other line with a man canceling his reservation. Perfect.

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Life in high school was so carefree. I mean, really...what did you ever have to worry about?

That isn't to say this period of life isn't carefree. When you break it down there is work and school...and while both of those can be overwhelming at times...it is still a mostly carefree life.

I feel like life comes on in varying levels. Then years down the line I will remember the days of college. Walking home from the bars watching my drunk friend bang his head against shop windows. Recalling all the days I could just wake up and skip class or whatever was going on that day...

And then sooner or later I will be so old that I will worry about going outside because there is too much ice...I might fall and break a fucking hip or something.

Day 396

2/15/2008

taken : 2/15/2008

(a note. The compression on blogger washed out this color a little bit. The photo was taken in RAW and edited in Adobe Lightroom.)

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Molly came over for the bed photo shoot. I am always looking for a good backdrop to just shoot straightforward portraits. As I was standing in the kitchen last night I realized I there has been a perfectly good one in my living room. This was a test shot Molly stood for just so I could see how it looked. Those curtains are used to cover up our door and side windows. They are soft and mostly non-reflective. Cool.

Thanks Molly. You were a great model.

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Allie A. If you read this, I want to re-do you med school photo like this...

Day 395

2/14/2008

taken : 2/14/2008

This was the only picture I took yesterday...heading out to the bars with some folks. The whole world seemed to be pissed off about Valentines Day.

Other than getting about three beers spilled on me it was an okay V-day.

Day 394

2/13/2008

taken : 2/13/2008

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Preparing some staged shots for my first assignment in my digital art class.

...hmmmmmmmm

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Saw my pal Kori Sparks tonight. She picked me up (because my car dies randomly) so I could make an art donation to her apartment. She has a neat little snake.

We once almost got kicked out of a Radiohead show at Red Rocks back in the day.

cool.


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what? It is supposed to be 20 degrees and snow tomorrow?

Colorado you are fucking weird.

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Day 393

2/12/2008

taken : 2/12/2008



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Rachel once told me that my pictures are very lonely.

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Day 392

2/11/2008

taken : 2/11/2008

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Gordon likes to take naps at 10:07 PM.

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Booked my flight to Vermont today. Neat. I may possibly see Katya too.

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Day 391

2/10/2008

taken : 2/10/2008

More shoots today after work.

Happy Birthday Scott.

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For some reason today people were pissing me off more than usual at work. For example. There was a sign on the right door stating, "Please Use Other Door" From the inside I placed one of the sunglass racks RIGHT IN FRONT of the door that we asked customers not to use...but people kept on opening that broken door and contorting their bodies to get past the sunglass rack...then would complain to me that the rack was too close to the door...gosh.

Oh, and I when I walk up to someone and ask, "Can I help you with anything thing?" they answer,

"uhhhhh"

. I mean really, it's gotta be like 5-7 seconds of noise coming from their mouth.

Day 390

2/9/2008

taken : 2/9/2008

Maggie

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Maggie and Megan came up to Boulder to pose for a photo project I am doing. They did a fantastic job. Thanks guys.


Monica came too.

Thanks Monica.

It was nice to see some old friends.
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The Digital ones came out fine. I will have to see if I totally fucked up the film though...

Day 389

2/8/2008

scanned: 2//2008

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Tried for a second time scanning this negative and cleaning it up. No go.

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Photo shooting tomorrow.

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How bored do you get on a regular basis? I mean really sit and think about how much time you spend thinking that you would rather be doing something else. That is how I am defining bored. Anytime you wish to be doing something else. Is it a lot? A little?


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Day 388

2/7/2008

created : 2/7/2008

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Day 387

2//6/2008

taken : 2/6/2008

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Life seems to be moving faster than usual.

WTF?

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It has come to my attention that for some reason a handful of people like to know what is happening in my boring life.

Or, maybe it isn't even that...

...maybe people just liked my pictures. It is hard to say which is liked more. Pictures or my life...?

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I got dizzy taking this picture.

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"Is everything speeding up or am I slowing down?"
-T.R.

Day 386

1/5/2008

taken :...a few days before this

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In the darkroom today. I developed this roll today. It came out pretty okay. It isn't actually as overexposed as you would think...the scan lost a lot of detail....

This medium format stuff is great


anyways...

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Audrey Nelson was in Boulder today.

We were able to visit for a short time, and I was able to meet some of her Vermont friends.

It was grand.

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Day 385

2/4/2008

taken : 2/4/2008

Getting ready for some picture taking this weekend.

sweet.

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Apparently someone at my work fucked up and I am being blamed. I mean...it is rather serious....people could have been killed...but honestly...what happened is not my fault. People are stupid.

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Day 384

1/3/2008

taken : 1/3/2008

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This is a rare sight. Folsom Street Café empty.

yeah.

I was shocked also.

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I actually did a lot of homework this weekend. I am sort of proud of myself.


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What am I doing with my life?

Ask yourself that.

Think about it long and hard.

Think about what you did every single day of the week last week.

Pick out the distinctions.

Good or Bad.

See if that is an approximate description with what you are doing with your life.

Does that approximation make you happy or sad?

Does that approximation make you scared?

Does that approximation make you manic?

Does that approximation make you realize you eat entirely way too much single serving pasta dishes and that you have a tendency to daydream about what it would be like if all human interactions were basically the same except that all situations were soundtracked and that everyone had their own theme music?

...because that is how I feel.

...among other weird things I will not share...

Day 383

2/2/2008

taken : 2/2/2008


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Metering with my digital camera...because my Rolleicord doesn't have one.

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I have a bunch of cuts on the first knuckle of my index finger on my left hand. I have no idea how they got there. This isn't one of those, " I was drunk and hurt myself and can't remember how much of an ass I was being." No. This is purely, "how the fuck did I injury myself?"

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I wonder if darkroom chemicals can magically cut your hands up?

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Day 382

2/1/2008

taken : 2/1/2008

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Cleaned up a little bit today. I was supposed to meet a contact for the CU International Festival today about taking pictures for money...but my contact was a no show...

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The ridiculous thing about our kitchen is how many loafs of bread there are between two people...

...or at least I think it is ridiculous.

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