The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series: W. Eugene Smith's Photographs

The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series: W. Eugene Smith's Photographs- slideshow to view 25 of W. Eugene Smith's photographs and to listen to ambient recordings from within the Jazz Loft.

Tea

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“A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.”

Working on Focus

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Learning how to Focus

I begun using the cambot with AF-C (AF-Continuous) turned on "In AF-C, the D90 constantly tracks focus as your subject moves in and out." I was using AF-A (AF-Automatic) since i got the Camera

I have also started using Single point focus, picking the point with the Big Thumb Button, instead of Auto area (default) The following pictures have all been taken with these settings

How do I take close-up photos of flowers and small objects"

I thought you might like this link on nikonusa.com:

"How do I take close-up photos of flowers and small objects?"

Read it at:

http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/fubpbfo4/1/Taking-Close-up-Photos.html

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Hello from Nikon!

I thought you might like this link on nikonusa.com:

"Sometimes using a Zoom-NIKKOR lens is convenient, and sometimes it's
a necessity."

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Movement

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can i has for lunch please

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Peace

20091122-DSC_0188, originally uploaded by gservo.

Test 2

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A Sign

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Coffee Break All in favor say, "Awwight" : BaristaOnDutY’s Limu

If you are not willing to work with your customer base, friends etc, you are destined to fail. When you work with your customer base, keep in touch, do good work, your product can and will improve. The Limu From Barista on Duty is a FINE example of this .


After listening to his Reviewers BaristaonDuty, an Artisan Coffee Roaster based in Georgia made this revised roast of his Limu. What a fine coffee it turned out to be. With hints of a dark cherry, that comes to you as if on a spring breeze, it is tasty like a porter. You can sit there, slowly sip the Limu and contemplate it’s flavors . It also make a Great Ice brew coffee , which is very important to me. I find the coffee to be very balanced . I find its best in a French press with a little Agave.

The Limu is a fine addition to my Coffee Rotation and I must admit I have been a little addicted to it lately. I think I am going to go and have another cup, yeah, I really do enjoy this coffee. It is DeCulture

NPRPictureShow Interactive Gallery: Norman Rockwell's Photographic Eye

Norman Rockwell is a familiar name. You probably know him for his illustrations that defined the rosy aesthetic of mid-century America. But what you might not know is that almost all of his paintings began first as photographs.

The Standard Beer Garden

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 Empty this place was very picturesque, charming in appearance
Neighborhoods: Meatpacking District, West Village
848 Washington St
(between Little W 12th St & 13th St)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 645-4646
www.standardhotels.com

My Coolest Find of that day A Beer Garden

20091122-DSC_0172, originally uploaded by gservo.

Next to The Standard Grill is the outdoor Biergarten which features a classic German menu complete with the finest sausages, flavorful beers, and delicious pretzels. Join the fun seven days a week. Prost!

http://www.standardhotels.com/new-york-city/bars/biergarten/

* Open from 4pm-12am Monday –Thursday; from 4pm-1am on Friday; from 2pm-1am on Saturday; from 2pm-12am on Sunday.

Moby-Dude

Studio 360 presents "Moby-Dude" from David Ives, the master of the short play. Mark Price plays a contemporary teenager who summarizes the great American novel for his English teacher...in two minutes flat. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.








"American Icons: Moby-Dick" on Studio 360

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(insert evil laugh)

it was a nice looking bar

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this sign looks like it's been there longer than ive been alive

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Against the Flow

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a spot

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More on the High line

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Download a printable High Line map

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Recyling - The High Line - A Great place for a Photo Walk

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Old Raised City Tracks
Trains, Flow over no more
Recycled as park

The High Line is located on Manhattan's West Side. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues. Section 1 of the High Line, which opened to the public on June 9, 2009, runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street.

For park information, please call the High Line Information Line: (212) 500-6035

Hours
The High Line is open from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily.


Access
Access to the High Line is possible via any of the access points listed below.

In the event the High Line reaches capacity, you may be asked to enter via the Gansevoort Street stairs (or 16th Street elevator if you need elevator service) only, to ensure public safety and the safety of the park itself.

* Gansevoort Street
* 14th Street (elevator access)
* 16th Street (elevator access)
* 18th Street
* 20th Street

About the Park
EnlargeSection 1 Landscape
The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets. Section 1 of the High Line is open as a public park, owned by the City of New York and operated under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Friends of the High Line is the conservancy charged with raising private funds for the park and overseeing its maintenance and operations, pursuant to an agreement with the Parks Department.

When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features are also included in the park.

Access points from street level will be located every two to three blocks. Many of these access points will include elevators, and all will include stairs.

teh Sb400Flash

So I've been thinking about a flash, last thing I really need for Cambot mk3 . I got the 3 levels of lenses I wanted and most of the odds & ends. The flash was the last piece I had to make a decision on.
I'm going with the SB400 because it's small and i can make it work with home made bounce card and defuser. It will fulfill my needs nicely

Some good info here http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/sb400.htm

Features of SB400

• 
  
  Compact, Lightweight Speedlight Unit
  Perfect for anyone looking for more power and coverage than a built-in flash.
  
  
  
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  Simple, Intuitive Operation
  Put it on, turn it on and shoot!
  
  
  
• 
  
  Flash Coverage
  As wide as 18mm on Nikon DX-format digital SLR cameras.
  
  
  
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  Great Flash Exposures Easily
  Utilizing Nikon's i-TTL intelligent flash technology for accurate flash exposures.
  
  
  
• 
  
  Convenient Operation
  Powered with two AA-size (1.5V) batteries.
  
  
  
• 
  
  Fast 2.5-second Recycling Time
  Keeps you shooting quickly.
  
  
  
• 
  
  Bounce Capabilities
  Reduces background shadows and diffuses light for more pleasing results.
  
  
  
• 
  
  Versatile Shooting Range From 2 ft. up to 66 ft.
  Provides flash power for distant subjects, group shots and close-up pictures
  
  
  

Essentially , A door

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Doors can be Stories
Beginnings and/or Endings
Just ask a timelord

Happy ThanksGiving

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Today, Harvest Festival or Thanksgiving is celebrated every year, but just as is the case with Christmas and Easter, few people in the Western Hemisphere are aware of the true meaning of this custom. In a time when many people just go to the supermarket and buy whatever takes their fancy, it is not surprising that people don't seem to be aware of how much time and effort it takes to grow plants from seed to the fruits, vegetables and cereals they buy, because nowadays all of these are available all year round.

However, our ancestors knew what they were thankful for, which is why some forms of celebration have been held for millennia. At first, people made sacrifices to various gods and goddesses, often in the form of an animal which was killed for the purpose, or by leaving or even burning fruits, vegetables or cereals.

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there alone

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Brass Monkey - that funky Monkey

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Brass Monkey - that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey - junkie
That funky Monkey
Step up to the bar - put the girl down
She takes a big gulp and slaps it around
Take a sip - you can do it - you get right to it
We had a case in the place and we went right through it
You got a dry Martini - thinking you're cool
I'll take your place at the bar - I smack you off your stool
I'll down a '40 dog" in a single gulp
And if you got beef you'll get beat to a pulp
Monkey and parties and reelin' and rockin'
Def, def - girls, girls - all y'all jockin'
The song and dance keeping you in a trance
If you don't buy my record I got my advance
I drink it - I think it - I see it - I be it
I love Brass Monkey but I won't give D. it
We got the bottle - you got the cup
Come on everybody let's get ffffff

Brass Monkey -

20091122-DSC_0141, originally uploaded by gservo.

Brass Monkey - that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey - junkie
That funky Monkey

Got this dance that's more than real
Drink Brass Monkey - here's how you feel
Put your left leg down - your right leg up
Tilt your head back - let's finish the cup
M.C.A. with the bottle - D. rocks the can
Adrock gets nice with Charlie Chan
We're offered Moet - we don't mind Chivas
Wherever we go with bring the Monkey with us
Adrock drinks three - Mike D. is D.
Double R. foots the bill most definitely
I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well
I got a Castle in Brooklyn - that's where I dwell

can i has a beer

20091122-DSC_0167, originally uploaded by gservo.

please

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Photo-Fu Comic Break: Gservo’s Top 5 Must Read, off the beaten path ,Comics series and stuff

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My outlook on comics books is rather eclectic, lots of things I like old and new. This list here represent the top five things I feel are must reads that are just a little different . Ill do a more normal list soon.

5 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon-, no Not the movie which was freaking awesome to me. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a twelve-volume comic series published by Comics One and written by Andy Seto. The comic is based on a 5 book series known as the Crane-Iron Pentalogy –You Read this and the movie gets exponentially better. The only way to find this series is on ebay

4 Akira Manga- Akira (アキラ?) is a black and white serial manga or graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo. Set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo, the work uses conventions of the cyberpunk genre to detail a saga of turmoil.[1] Initially serialised in the pages of Young Magazine from 1982 until 1990, the work was collected in six volumes upon completion by Japanese publisher Kodansha.[2] The work was first published in an English language version by the Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics, one of the first manga works to be translated in its entirety.[3] Otomo's art on the series is considered outstanding, and the work is a breakthrough for both Otomo and the manga form.[1] An identically titled anime film adaptation was released in 1988 after releasing 5 comics, shortening the plot, but with its structure and scenes heavily informed by the manga and its serial origins.[4]

3- Bloom County – Very influential to me, I read this as a kid and eventual bought all of the collections. Bloom County was an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, where children often have adult personalities and vocabularies and where animals can talk. It originated from a comic strip known as The Academia Waltz, which Breathed produced for the student newspaper, The Daily Texan, while attending the University of Texas.

2- Squee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors – This Will mess you up something fierce, your mind will cry, you will have night mares, but its all worth it “Squee is a fictional character in Jhonen Vasquez's comic book Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, who was later featured in a four-issue series, published by Slave Labor Graphics. This was eventually collected as the TPB , titled Squee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors. The collection also contains the Meanwhiles which originally appeared in the individual issues of JTHM but were left out of the JTHM: Directors Cut TPB [1].’

1 Gold Digger- http://www.antarctic-press.com Gold Digger is a manga-style comic book series, written and drawn by Fred Perry, and published by Antarctic Press. Started in 1991, the comic tells the story of the extended Diggers family, who live in a fictional version of Atlanta, Georgia.
The idea of Gold Digger was created by Fred Perry during his tour of duty in the First Gulf War. A budding manga artist, Fred realised that his squadmates would pay money for pictures of beautiful women. He put this together with his love of Indiana Jones films to create Gina Diggers, an archeologist/scientist. When he got home, he created a bodyguard named Brittany, who was a werecheeta
The Best Geek Comic of all time its addictive, well worth the investment to read in from the beginning on dvd Antarctic Press delivers EVERY SINGLE ISSUE of Gold Digger material Fred Perry has ever done to date, from the first miniseries to color issue #100, in one convenient, encyclopedic, two-DVD-ROM archive collector's set! It references everything Geek at some point and is my Favorite Comics series of all time

Quest for the Secondary Camera bag

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On 11-22-09, I Went to NYC for a quick photo walk and a crumpler dslr bag. I came home with pictures.

I was at the Crumpler (www.crumplerbags.com) store to look at the $8 million home. On the website it looked grea,t but, for various reasons, I could not get comfortable with the bag. What I want/need in a camera bag is ease of access and for the bag not to be in the way. Something I already have with my Crumpler Customary Barge backpack.

I tried out the $8million home bag. It was great but I found it clunky. It's a big side strap bag that fits a lot of camera gear. The issue is I would use it As I use my backpack. In the presence of the bag I realized that it was redundant, overkill even. At that point I realized I needed something much more simple.

I began to look at the smaller offerings like the $5 million Home and the 4 but I could not achieve any level of comfort with them. They had this Purse vibe and I felt my wife would take the bag from me. Also I could not justify the cost if I were not completely comfortable with the bag.

What I need and want is a camera bag just for for quick photo shoots when I am driving in the car so I ended up buying a Navy Blue Lowepro Nova 1 AW Digital 35mm SLR Shoulder Camera Bag. By its description and picture, it fit all my needs, and if I am uncomfortable with it, well it only cost me $17(it was a hell of a sale) and it works for quick rides in the car, no matter what.

Its about the functionality in the end.

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Need For a Polarizing filter

20091122-DSC_0126, originally uploaded by gservo.

Next time i take a shot like this it should be better because i ordered Polarizing filters for all my lenses . I knew i needed them but i got stupid on initial order

Light reflected from a non-metallic surface such as glass, lacquer, plastic or liquid results in polarization of the reflected light. This polarized reflected light can be the result of uncontrolled ambient light but is more often from the light source chosen for illumination. As the angle of incidence of the light and the camera relative to the subject are about the same and approach 55° to normal, a “glare” and loss of contrast becomes more pronounced. Using a polarizing filter can reduce or eliminate this problem.

First attempt at a Beer Pic with the the new Camera

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It was pretty dark inside so this a good test of Camera's ISO , i hope to get more pub-shots is the coming weeks and Damn i wish i could have one for lunch

Camera: Nikon D90 Lens: 35.0 mm f/1.8
Exposure: 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 800

Coffee Is Deculture !!!!

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Coffee Is Gorgeous,Delicious DeCulture

http://macross.anime.net/wiki/Talk:Deculture- " To say something is Deculture is to say it can overpower and send a person into a base raw emotion, kind of like “Love is blind”. They loss control over themselves and are entranced by the one with the Deculture. You can either get a high or low depending, the high of love or the low of loss. Protoculture is intellectual while Deculture is emotional. Whether this is the intended meaning I don't know it's how I see it used. --Wizartar 14:05, 1 April 2009 (UTC) "

The Real Damn Good Coffee i drank this morning

20091121-DSC_0014, originally uploaded by gservo.

God this stuff is good, especially in a french press with Agave , thats it, that's all it needs, no cream, nothing else. You sip this coffee slowly, it's epic.

Coffee 0 Clock

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As i Listened to Stalker on the Fooly Cooly Sound Track , i realized it Coffee-o-Clock, Coffee was good

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do you like Coffee

20091120-DSC_0009, originally uploaded by gservo.

Real Damn Good Coffee
Prepare For Ultimate Flavor!
You're Gonna Get Some... now
And Scream... For Your Cream

I love Sunsets

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The light is cool, the madness of people trying to get home after a hard days work. The thoughts of either Beer-o-clock, dinner, kids , comic books, and/or naughty stuff running through peoples heads. A cacophony of things and thoughts to ending the day.

Crystal Head Vodka collage

Crystal Head Vodka collage, originally uploaded by gservo.

I am going to have fun redoing this

the water spigot

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Under this lies the a spot where they was crab after they catch them from the Hudson river, i would never eat anything from the Hudson river, Personally

deep thought

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I have to get some pics riding the ferry

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Some Pics from the Ferry on the Hudson on a Sunny Calm day would be awesome, i have to arrange that

Runners high

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Trying to get a perspective thing going

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did not do so well

an ok pic i guess
Camera: Nikon D90 Lens: 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 90 mm
ISO Speed: 200

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First up close bird pic

20091117-_DSC0045, originally uploaded by gservo.

not really up close but close enough with Lens: 18.0-105.0 mm lens


Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Time Check

20091117-_DSC0037, originally uploaded by gservo.

Camera: Nikon D90 Lens: 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Frank Sinatra Park by way of Hoboken Train Station

20091117-_DSC0034, originally uploaded by gservo.

A Nice area to hang out at. Frank Sinatra Park is a park near Pier A, with views of Manhattan. Built around 1998, it honors Frank Sinatra, who was born in Hoboken. SA curved flat area faces the former site of the World Trade Center. I took this from the parking area by the train station


Camera: Nikon D90 Lens: 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 25 mm
ISO Speed: 200