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Archive for February, 2009

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, [...]

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…so I guess I’ll go with this one.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, like Volver, is just the kind of movie Penelope Cruz needs to be in. It’s another example of her appearing more comfortable in a Mediterranean environment. It also seems that Scarlett Johansson is a little more comfortable, too, but not much more can be said [...]

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…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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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