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Ha! That totally made me laugh out loud. 2002, sheesh. to all: Sorry I haven't been participating. You know how shit goes sometimes. I'm definitely in on the next list though. I'll be out on the west coast with my friend's band, doin' merch and taking pictures. Check out their dates and let me know if you wanna hang. http://www.myspace.com/lowerclassbratsrule

chop suey, how old is that tank? where is it from?

nice work all around everybody. Based on the last couple/few pages, I can see that some of the newer posters aren't aware of how things work in this thread. So, just to recap some of the rules of this thread (that have been decided by longterm posters here) for some of the new folks: -Please, don't post twenty different pictures in twenty different posts. Put them all in one post. -Don't quote and entire post of pictures just to say "nice, bro." one or two pics in a quote is cool, but if you like them all just say, "nice, [insert name here]." -This is not a graffiti thread. Nobody wants to see your shitty tags of some throw ups that you and your boyz did last night. Take that shit somewhere else. Not tryin' to be a dick. Just tryin' to keep us all on the same page so to speak.

Oh_snap, read about HDR here. It definitely has its place in the world of imaging. I however want nothing to do with it. In fact I've gone in a completely opposite direction lately. I've only shot black and white film and mostly at night. I love the look of my photos these days.

Taken in December with my Nikon N80 on Fuji Neopan 1600 film. Developed in my bathroom (pushed to 3200) and printed by me at work. It feels good to have complete control over the whole process. Lots more to come.

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The Photography Thread is 295 pages strong. Why would you possibly ask that question in this thread? This thread is only for photohunt related posts.

nice stuff, bird flu. keep posting.

it not a party until someone gets a haircut.

I cut my hair yesterday. Now that mullet-hawks are officially "cool," I figured it's time. My side locks are still growing strong though.

Most of the people I work with are, shall we say, characters. That is Patrick, front man and brains behind the band Pataphysics. Moments before this, he was reading from this book about "new sin" to a few of our customers. It was like some sort of creepy tent revival. He liked this picture so much that he is gonna bring the rest of the band to work to take some pictures while we work tomorrow. The best part of it is that we won't get in trouble for fucking around on the clock. Our district manager came in a few moments before I took this picture. The following conversation transpired: DM: What are you guys doing? *Everyone stares at the floor. I snap off a shot of him* Me: I'm just teaching these guys how to use Nikon's on-camera flash commander. *I scroll through a few pictures for him* DM: Wow! Where did you learn this stuff? Me: Here. It's been slow and the store is in good shape, so I just started reading up. DM: Is this gonna help you sell more product? Me: Damn right it is! DM: Well keep up the good work, guys. Nice pictures by the way. Seriously, this guy is a hard-ass, but he loved these pictures. I was sooooo stoked.

Just screwing around at work.

hsifdab and sleeping, thanks. It looks like Earmuffs has won the popular vote. Hopefully we'll see a new list from you real soon, brother. Great work everyone. Lets keep this shit going strong!

As soon as all participants vote. Nice work all around. Some1, that's not me in the pick. Those are all my coworkers. They were good sports this go around and modeled for a bunch of my shots. Earmuffs gets my vote.

^ "long day at the office."

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Here goes. 2. blue light(s) - Peoples Pharmacy 3. someone picking up/throwing away trash - Took this picture in my underwear. 4. where you work/do your thing/no homo - "film drop?" Yeah, we still do that. 5. wires - I finally got a chance to reshoot my favorite model. 6. someone eating - This was the last cookie in a batch my mom made me. I'm sending her this picture as a post card in the mail. 7. something abandoned, or at least appearing to be abandoned/deserted - This bum walked by while I was shooting this and said, "Are you gonna do an article on that building?" I think it's a bum squat. 9. studying/working - You can see me in the video camera's screen 10. money - We gots so much, we's just throw it away 11. shades - They have ants on them. My friend EVO has a pair signed by HR from The Bad Brains 15. a vinyl record - "Introducing The Care Bears" 12" picture disc, what?!

dammit! i'm so hungry right now that i left my pics on the counter at work and can't get back in til tomorrow.

developing the last roll at work tomorrow. will post when i get home.

yeah, sleeping, I'm developing the film at home and printing it at work. We don't have a b&w processor, and I've made a new goal to start developing my own b&w instead of paying another lab to do it for me.

I can't remember where I heard this, but recently it was said that "HDR is the new MTV." I think it can be an effective tool if used correctly, but most people get a little too wild with it. Just because you can ... doesn't mean you should. Yous are nice though, brick. Subtle.

Welcome back. These two are fantastic! You should join up in the photohunt thread if you can.

Also, I'm tentatively planning on a trip to Chicago in April. Gonna go to a couple of shows and visit my brother and a few friends. I'll probably be there for 5-7 days, so if anybody in the area (or anyone else that wants to sync up a vacation) would like to get together to shoot I'd love to hear from you. You can drop me a line via PM or my Flickr mail. 20 eyes, if you can make it out there, I could take you to tons of awesome vegan eateries.

On a completely different subject, I bought a 160 Gig external hard drive couple of days ago to backup all my photos (and music). If you have not done something similar, I highly recommend that you do so. I got mine for 'round $100 at that huge electronics store (you know the one), and it might possibly be the best investment I've made in a looooooong time. Do yourself a favor, gang. More inspiration: Chase Jarvis's Blog - Watch the TECH and RAW videos first (there's some great stuff in there), then soak up as much information as you can from the rest of the blog (take special note of the posts that have to do with copyright stuff ... Mr. Jarvis was instrumental in a recent court ruling that gives photographers a legal leg to stand on when a company screws them over). Chase Jarvis is one of the most successful self taught commercial photographers in America. Think about this, his first "real" gig was a nation wide campaign for outdoor giant REI. I love this guy. He worked his ass off to get to the top, and now that he's there he is totally willing to share everything he learned along the way with aspiring photographers. Unity. Community. Respect. Isn't that how everything should be? note: I'm a little drunk right now. sorry for rambling.