I’m kinda running out of subject matter within walking distance here around the outskirts of Hemet. Luckily, there’s been talk amongst a few of my friends about a trip to Simpson Park next week.
I hadn’t realized that I haven’t experienced “normal” Hemet weather since I moved back here, ’till now. Now that the rain’s gone, [...]
Archive for February, 2009
More of the same
Posted in Blogging Daze, Photo Daze, tagged hemet, photo ops, photography, weather on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll post three
Posted in Photo Daze, tagged c-41, color processing, dark rooms, joshua tree, joshua tree national park, photography, photos on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…because I don’t really have anything to say.
Processing color film was interesting, to say the least. I’ll say that I now have a hightened sense of space and positioning, after stumbling around between the enlarger and processor. Color balancing has to have been one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve ever endured, but I quickly [...]
Fuck you and your “blue notes,” Death Cab.
Posted in Blogging Daze, tagged autotune, death cab, formal music education, opinion, rants on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
auto
I read an article earlier about Death Cab’s new campaign against using the autotune in recording studios. Ben Gibbard claims that it strips music of so-called “blue notes,” which, by his definition, are imperfections in a singers voice that supposedly add a splash of color to a tune. I believe, however, that he is defining the [...]
Hasselblad, will you be my Valentine?
Posted in Photo Daze, tagged cameras, hasselblad, landscapes, photography, school, skies, ucsc on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again. If the Hasselblad were a woman, and I weren’t a coward, I’d totally hit that.
Seriously though. I don’t know what the hell people were shooting ’scapes with before these things were explosively thrust out of Victor Hasselblad AB’s womb. I’ve honestly found it difficult to go [...]