Photo Offtopic Thread v 1.8 2013.02 - General

[QUOTE=The Salmon;41528883]Come to think of it I actually don't like the taste or consistency of salmon.[/QUOTE] your username is The Salmon. your real name is Sam Haberman. Sam Haberman Sam Man Samman Salmon is that how you got The Salmon? edit: has this already been realized/discussed before and I am extremely late? I had thought about this awhile ago, but never really thought of the proper way to bring it up. it'd be kind of awkward just to quote a random post of yours just to say what I stated above. figured this post would be the best of any.

saab haberbab

sammy the salmon from the salmon dance

So I've been riding my new bike for a few weeks now. [img]http://distilleryimage4.ak.instagram.com/e707281ee31711e29b0322000ae80f35_7.jpg[/img] That's me and my bike. I like riding my new bike. It's fun. ok

[QUOTE=Trogdon;41526602]so my friend sydney is dating a professional photographer apparently. he's 23 and writes for fstoppers and does enough paid stuff to make a living. i met him the other night and he was super nice, i'm going to see if i can shadow him sometime so i can see what it's like to work with clients and stuff[/QUOTE] Does he have a portfolio/flickr??

[QUOTE=Zeemlapje;41530596]Does he have a portfolio/flickr??[/QUOTE] Not sure how often he updates his Flickr but here it is [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/53562615@N03/[/url] He's actually really good I think. But sometime next week I'm going along to assist with a mountain biking shoot, I'm really excited!

[img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1012197_663278223701434_1166056570_n.jpg[/img] So the hosts of a party I was shooting at on Saturday ordered 200 McDoubles... [editline]21st July 2013[/editline] [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/602978_663280143701242_272283821_n.jpg[/img]

samhab

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;41523055]i'm in yorkshire rn which is a hell of a shame it's pretty and closer to london tho[/QUOTE] Where in yorkshire? come to York and we'll chill [editline]21st July 2013[/editline] that goes for you too bopie

i'd like to think that i'll meet up with some of the people from here at some point, but i live in the same city as codenamecueball and haven't even met him, so who knows if that will ever actually happen :X

Going to Newcaslte Upon Tyne this wednesday up to august 1st. Im staying at Communistcat's place. Any FP'ers fancy a meeting in Newcastle if there are other people around that area?

[QUOTE=bopie;41522991]If I find the time I'll try to meet up with any of you kids in the UK but I'm only here for a week sorry, mostly centered around london[/QUOTE] Oh damn, I didn't read FP while I was there. I was out drinking with some other facepunchers and would've been cool to have you as a +1.

Adobe just released their CS2 suite for free I think. [url]https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads&loc=en[/url]

[QUOTE=PenguinKris;41549440]Adobe just released their CS2 suite for free I think. [url]https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads&loc=en[/url][/QUOTE] [url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2013/01/07/download-adobe-cs2-applications-for-free/[/url] Technically not free, but I don't think anyone will come knocking!

I don't get how old people can't understand the appeal of film. They used film most of their life, they know what its all about! I can understand if a younger person, who has grown up with digital, doesn't see the appeal of film. But I really don't see why I end up in arguments about why I shoot film over digital with older people so often.

[QUOTE=notlabbet;41568118]I don't get how old people can't understand the appeal of film. They used film most of their life, they know what its all about! I can understand if a younger person, who has grown up with digital, doesn't see the appeal of film. But I really don't see why I end up in arguments about why I shoot film over digital with older people so often.[/QUOTE] They most likely see it as a huge inconvenience for snapshots, which is what the majority of people take. I can see why they'd like the instant nature of digital photography. For them it's good enough.

[QUOTE=notlabbet;41568118]I don't get how old people can't understand the appeal of film. They used film most of their life, they know what its all about! I can understand if a younger person, who has grown up with digital, doesn't see the appeal of film. But I really don't see why I end up in arguments about why I shoot film over digital with older people so often.[/QUOTE] maybe it's that they don't understand the difference in appeal over the convenience in modern technology. To a lot of people, "a picture is just a picture" and to them the convenience of a pocket digital camera trumps the qualities of various filmstocks

Imo, film images still have this quality to them that you simply can't get with digital.

Agh, so last night it rained harder than it has in a while. The parking lot at the school up the street is slightly sloped, so all the water usually flows down into it, this is usually not a problem, but something must have clogged the drainage grate, because it was about halfway up my calf with water. I wish I could have gotten pictures, but I didn't even make it off my porch before I was completely soaked, so I figured getting my camera was not a good idea.

[QUOTE=Him1411;41544551]Where in yorkshire? come to York and we'll chill [editline]21st July 2013[/editline] that goes for you too bopie[/QUOTE] my lack of internet caused me to miss this, i was in york yesterday :( [editline]24th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Uber|nooB;41544608]i'd like to think that i'll meet up with some of the people from here at some point, but i live in the same city as codenamecueball and haven't even met him, so who knows if that will ever actually happen :X[/QUOTE] we should at some point i'm doing a few things next week what about thursday u

This butterfly has few into my room about 4 times over the past week. It's slept in my room for the past two nights despite me putting it outside before I go to sleep... Just a random snapshit so I'll put it in this thread :v: [img_thumb]https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1074219_10201548694189915_1385593336_o.jpg[/img_thumb]

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;41575141]we should at some point i'm doing a few things next week what about thursday u[/QUOTE] we should actually, although i've got exams coming up at the moment

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;41616347]we should actually, although i've got exams coming up at the moment[/QUOTE] bad times i've got moving to edinburgh coming up

moving into the student halls?

yep [editline]27th July 2013[/editline] *for napier*

I'm back from my 2 week bicycling trip through Germany. As a summary: It was a life-experience. I met so many nice people, got a more complete and deeper view on my own country, a new feeling for time and respect for modern transportation and cycling as well. And distances feel different to me now. I came through hundreds of little villages, HUGE cities like Hamburg, slept "wild" in a tent for about 8 of the 14 days, lost about 5 kg of "fat" in the first 4 days and gained leg muscles I never had. Also doing ths during one of the hottest periods this year( 32° in shadow at 10 in the morning) didn't help either, at one point we realized that we were drinking about 8 litres of water a day just during cycling. Also since the beginning was so so so exhausting and we were burning about 6000 kcalories a day I got a new, well, awareness of food. It's just such a weird feeling when everything feels really tiring and like you can't pedal anymore and then you eat something small like a sweet and eat an apple and 10 minutes later you really [I]feel[/I] how suddenly the movement feels more easy and you can go 3 gears higher, faster, longer. Quite the experience.

That's pretty cool! I was thinking of doing the same thing in the near future. Also, I need some birthday present tips for my girlfriend. She doesn't know what she'd want so that really doesn't make it any easier for me. I have given her a watch last year and a necklace once so no jewelry or any of that shit. Any suggestions?

Craft something yourself or plan out a nice trip to somewhere depending on what she likes. Not the "I'll treat you like a princess" bullshit, just a nice trip you two can enjoy together and a little "special" somewhere maybe.

in the ps2 video game "bully" by rockstar one of the photography missions involves you taking your black and white SLR camera into the ghetto and taking photos of either dogs or "hobos", as they yell at you for taking photos of them this describes accurately how street photography is taught in schools

hgghh can't stop listening to frightened rabbit [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa5BSZIgOuM[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8fVX41-Njg[/media]