Thursday, October 25, 2012
You can be anyone for a day!
If I had to pick a theme for this past N.Y. Comic Con, this would be it: Be anyone for a day. Or anything for that matter, anything goes. In fact I think the Cosplayers outnumbered those who didn't dress up at the Con! Estimated attendance at 100,000+ that's a lot of costumes! But the most stunning event to me happened Sat at the south staircase to the lower level. Here there was a gathering that took over one side of the staircase by the windows. I've been to many cons but never seen this particular group before so I inquired what was going on. It turns out these folk where from a web comic that I never heard of called Homestuck! And boy were they organized, they drew attention of passers by with loud roars from time to time. You will know them by the candy colored horns and grey appearance most of them wore. Led by a guy dressed in black with blue markings, they organized into mythic groups and families from the series to take family pictures! Now this is the kind of devotion I would love fans to have of my work one day, this is for sure! But this goes to the main fun of shows like this, and that is that for a day you can be someone else, not worrying about your own struggles and losing yourself in the moment. That for a day you can be that superhero or Villain or movie star or even a droid. For a day you can be a kid again who dressed up as anyone on Halloween. For a day there can be magic, for a day you can be anyone!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Another X in the wall
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
N. Y. Comic Con 2012
Wow. 4 days, and lots of gigs of photos and video to go through, no doubt becoming the East Coast version of the San Diego Comic Con very quickly! I had an awesome if not exhausting time but as with these shows , I could not see everything. And I only got to see a couple of friends in the business this time out . But for me the show was about coverage. Shooting, shooting, shooting. Rarely taking my hand from the shutter button, what a great event to shoot at! More soon.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
New York Comic Con
It's that time of the year again, one of the biggest shows since the 90's is back and I'll be there for all the fun! I'll be posting tons of pics and video from the show floor this year so if you can't make it watch my feed for updates. And if you're going drop me a line so we can hook up. This years show looks to be a blast so stay tuned ! http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com
Friday, July 6, 2012
Trolls, wars of Patents, whispers of doom
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Nexus 7
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Vivian Maier
The other day at a Barnes and Noble, one of the last bookstores now, I stumbled on a book about her work. On its cover is a striking self portrait of her, half in shadow, holding the Rolleiflex she had used to take most of the shots with. I can only imagine what people in those days thought of her walking around taking shots with a big camera. Those same looks happen to this day to me. Upon opening it and reading the bio I was awed! Inside the book was the most awesome array of photos of a time long gone to history, in stunning quality and detail that would put most pros to shame today. And this was a simple woman, self taught by all accounts, she processed her own film, a nanny. And in the end those three boys who thought she was Marry Poppins to them when she was their nanny, took care of her till the end. No one knows why she told no one. But today her work lives on .
The book is published by Powerhouse books. Its a must have for your library.
http://www.vivianmaier.com/
http://www.vivianmaierprints.com/index.html
http://www.powerhousearena.com/products-page-2/?category=11&product_id=704
Thursday, June 21, 2012
A little 5DM3 envy
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
LR4
Monday, June 18, 2012
Surface me a pc
MacBook pro or not to MacBook pro
And the mystery guest is.....
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
colorblind pt.2
Windows 8 the new fiasco
Soon Microsoft will launch it's most schizophrenic operating system yet , one that forces it's users to use two interfaces at once. Having tried the dev. Preview and hearing that not much has changed other than it's Metro interface having a firmer foot hold on it , can mean only trouble ahead! It seems Microsoft is not letting either succeed with this OS. Those still running XP, well it's time to give up the ghost! Running 7? You're in some luck , it's still under the hood. But you have Metro and charms and other goblin magic in order to get to it ! Sounds like fun no? I Think not. Lion seems like a kitten walk compared to this coming hell on wheels.