BLADAM - Topic - Photography

Welcome! You're reading entries in the Photography topic.

[ If you prefer, you can see the most recent entries from all topics, or browse/search for your favorite topics with the menu above! ]

DISCLAIMER: This is my personal blog. The blatherings here aren't (necessarily) the views of the current company I work for, companies I've previously blessed with my presence, my loving parents, the Illuminati, or anyone other than me, me, me!

What the…?!—entertaining and strange photos from yours truly :)

After a bit of somewhat heavy, angsty musings, I figure it's a fine time for some photographic frivolity

Check out the 90 second slideshow of some weird, wacky, and wonderful photos I've taken and posted on Flickr.

Note that you can click on any photo during the slideshow to see a larger version and more details, and you can still pick up right where you left off.

- Blathered by Adam on Saturday, January 29, 2005 at 16:44 Permalink
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness • Photography
- Commented on by 2 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Next Google acquisition: Flickr + Picasa 2.0 = Fotoogle

Okay, so I'm kidding about the Fotoogle name (yuck!), but -- mark my un-insider words -- Google is going to buy community photo service Flickr or perhaps Fotki early next year and integrate it tightly with the upcoming Picasa 2.0.

Read the full entry...

- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, December 19, 2004 at 0:06 Permalink
- Filed under Geekery • Photography • Google
- Commented on by 20 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Bunch o’ fat smelly slobs

You know, this used to be such a nice feathery neighborhood. But now it's populated by a bunch of fat, loud, belching slobs, hogging up all the sunny deck spots. And Doris wonders why I'm suggesting we fly further South for the Winter..."

- Blathered by Adam on Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 16:40 Permalink
- Filed under Grab bag • Wackiness • Photography
- Commented on by no one yet. Bummer. Check out the full entry page to leave a comment or trackback!

Strange pants!

I don't know quite what to say about this! Your idea for captions?

- Blathered by Adam on Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 20:42 Permalink
- Filed under Photography • People and relationships • Wackiness
- Commented on by 4 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Artist gets wrong fan

Dancer at Austin Lindy Exchange 2003 gets a fan... but not necessarily the one he wants

"No, no!" the dancer wails to the Genie, "That's not the kind of fan I meant!"

- Blathered by Adam on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 18:20 Permalink
- Filed under Photography • Wackiness
- Commented on by no one yet. Bummer. Check out the full entry page to leave a comment or trackback!

My apartment is bugged!

big crane fly is part of a special Crane Fly Gathering at my humble apartment

This huge crane fly -- one of several dozen that have mysteriously come to visit my apartment lately -- was particularly attracted to my shoulders. I don't know if he's a domesticated crane fly or if my shoulders somehow smelled like a crane fly of the opposite sex, but after a while it was no longer flattering or enjoyable to have a pet crane fly. I gently but firmly directed (okay, forced) him outside and politely asked him to not come back. "And while you're at it" I added, in my best possible bug voice, "Could you please ask your friends and family to socialize OUTSIDE my apartment? And maybe scare away a few pigeons at the same time? Thanks so much!"

- Blathered by Adam on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 16:20 Permalink
- Filed under Photography • Wackiness
- Commented on by 3 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

An exasperated but well-meaning note to camera reviewers

[I posted this on a camera review forum a long time ago, and I hope you don't mind me republishing it here

- Adam]

I just finished reading [a particular review of a camera], and that was the last straw.

This criticism is not specific to [the reviewer], however, nor is it intended to reflect particularly upon [a "rival" reviewer].

Rather, I'm just fed up with these problems as I perceive them in general:

1) Focusing more space in a 'review' on the technical specs of a camera than anything else. Please. I've already seen the specs on the manufacturer's site. I know what the camera can do, or at least what it can supposedly do. Skip the official numbers and get right to the nitty-gritty, please. How does the camera feel in your hands? How intuitive is it? If I want just the facts, I can get that from a hundred sites other than yours. Instead, give me blunt and backed up OPINIONS based upon facts.

Read the full entry...

- Blathered by Adam on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 11:23 Permalink
- Filed under Business and consumers • Geekery • Photography
- Commented on by no one yet. Bummer. Check out the full entry page to leave a comment or trackback!

The beauty of capoeira

After attending a Best of Brazil evening here in San Francisco featuring the Brazillian art of Capoeira, I'm in a bit of a quandry. I don't want to sound like a marketing brochure, but I can't help but describe what I saw with a series of glowing adjectives: beautiful, flowing, passionate, strong, sensual, mesmerizing. I now have even more admiration for this talented capoeirista and photoblogger.

UPDATE: I've now posted lots and lots of photos from this Capoeira evening

- Blathered by Adam on Monday, April 26, 2004 at 19:19 Permalink
- Filed under Arts and entertainment • Photography
- Commented on by one person so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Learning from clichés

Link to larger photo (340K)

"Take time to smell the flowers" is one of those phrases that perhaps make us roll our eyes. But, as with stereotypes, there are often nuggets of wisdom buried within the clich�s.

When recently visiting my parents in Southern California and exploring their newly remodeled backyard, I enjoyed lollying around with my tiny camera, exploring little nooks of leaves and flowers and rocks. Not just looking, but also smelling and touching, examining contours and textures.

"Right under our noses." "In our own backyards." So many of the sayings we blow off are perhaps the very ones we should be paying attention to now and again.

- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, April 18, 2004 at 14:38 Permalink
- Filed under Photography • Society
- Commented on by no one yet. Bummer. Check out the full entry page to leave a comment or trackback!

Flickr—Yet another (but a cool!) social networking service

I've had the pleasure of playing with a relatively new online networking service called Flickr, and -- especially after reading Melanie's thoughtful review -- I thought I ought to chime in with a few thoughts of my own.

Read the full entry...

- Blathered by Adam on Monday, March 1, 2004 at 22:05 Permalink
- Filed under Geekery • Photography • Society • People and relationships
- Commented on by 2 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

You're reading page 2 of 5.
<< See more recent entries | See earlier entries >>

The magic number for the moment is 36. Neato.

FEEDS:	Full-text, all categories: (See a complete list of category-specific and other BLADAM feeds!)
CREDITS:	Site powered by ExpressionEngine. Cool menus by the Ultimate Dropdown Menu. Thoughtful advice and assistance from Ingmar, LisaJill, other awesome EE forum volunteers, and nice friends.
COPYRIGHT:	My sites are the result of many hours of hard work. Kindly ask before using my content. Thanks! :)
[ Return to the top of the page]