27 June 2008
TWIP Podcast Episode #36 - Are Paparazzi Human?
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Photos that melt in your mouth, not in your hands, picking a good web album, and a new lens or a new flash?
Episode 36 is in the feed or you can download the MP3 at Pixelcorps.TV.
Host: Alex Lindsay
Contributors: Steve Simon, Ron Brinkmann
Guest: Julio Ojeda-Zapata
Locations: San Francisco, Hermosa Beach & St. Paul, Minnesota
Intro Music by Scott Cannizzaro
Producer & Show Notes Author: Aaron Mahler - Twitter: halfpress
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TWIP is sponsored by Audible. For a free downloadable book visit www.audiblepodcast.com/twip
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This week, Julio Ojeda-Zapata joins us to discuss easy ways to publish your photos on the web.
TODAY’S SCENE
- Steve Simon is back in NYC and Ron is back in Hermosa Beach - both join us by Skype today.
- Alex is all by his lonesome in the Pixel Corps Studio, probably recording with his pants off since nobody is looking.
- Scott is away this week but will be back next week.
- We’re recording an hour early this week, so we screwed up Fred’s schedule… he’ll be back next week. 
NEWS & DISCUSSION
- Tell Congress to Oppose the Orphan Works Act and you can use this form to do it!
- Steve feels we’re definitely going backwards at a time when protecting copyrights on your content are more critical than ever. This approach puts the burden quite heavily on the copyright holder.
- Alex points out that managing the process might get completely out of hand. And, yes, most of our copyright laws have been driven by “the mouse” in recent decades. “It’s a Wonderful Life” is an example of a cultural work that gained popularity after hitting the public domain (thanks to stations playing it without all the licensing burdens).
- For more insight on the whole copyright and orphan works topic, check out Larry Lessig’s awesome Copyright/Orphan Work’s reform blog entry and video.
- Photos that melt in your mouth, not in your hands! Yes, you can actually get things printed now on… M&M’s. Doesn’t strike me as the most dynamic image, but it’s got a certain cool factor to it. 
As Steve points out, getting your image on chocolate can’t be bad for you from a promotional standpoint.
- 24,000 Euros makes the Leica M8 worth 8 zillion American dollars. This is an auction of the first Leica M8 with the proceeds going to Reporters Without Borders.
- The Leica is a rangefinder camera and has had a cult following for ages and ages. It’s quiet, fast, and not like any other camera you’ve ever used.
- Couple in Robert Frank photo found….photo sold for $102k recently. This is a photo by Robert Frank, arguably one of the most important photographers in history. Recently, the couple pictured in the photo were identified and the woman tracked down (the man - her husband - has been deceased for some time). She was unaware of the photo’s existence and the fact that they had become, to an extent, cultural icons in certain circles.
- Paparazzi caught in Malibu’s surf and turf war. Apparently, a group of surfers hanging out with Matthew McConaughy got tired of the paparazzi and “gave them the business”… “cleaned their clocks”… choose your favorite euphemism.
- Steve doesn’t think paparazzi are photographers. Alex, on the other hand, questions if they are even human.
- Strobist: And Now a Few Words from the Tourist Standing Next To You. The previous story about the paparazzi dovetails somewhat nicely with this post from Strobist linking to a profile (and video) of a performance artist who has developed a strobe-triggered projection device. He stands in popular tourist locations and points his camera-like device toward the objects and scenes being photographed. When the tourist’s flash goes off, it triggers his flash which in turn backlights words on clear film that are projected onto the scene. It all happens so fast that nobody sees the results except in their photos. Confusion abounds. We love it!
- Ron thinks celebrities should mount little flash-triggered strobes on their shoulders or clothing which would hamper the efforts of the paparazzi. The device alex recommends is called a rottweiler.
- How Facebook Stores Billions of Photos. This explains how Facebook efficiently stores ~6.5 billion images, in 4 or 5 sizes each, totaling ~30 billion files, and a total of 540 TB and serving 475,000 images per second at peak. Good, geeky fun, so check it out!
- Finally - in the rumor mill - apparently one of the major camera manufactures is going to announce a significant new DSLR on July 1st. Our bet is on the Nikon D700… but who knows?
SITE OF THE WEEK
- This is going to be a fun one: Photoshop Disasters.
- A number of us have been major fans of this site, but thank Ron for having the insight to make it our site of the week. This is an ongoing collection of photoshop work gone horribly wrong and often appearing in major publications, catalogs, etc. How does some of this stuff see the light of day!?
- On a somewhat related note, everyone should check out Greg Apodaca and Dove’s evolution of beauty short video.
FLICKR CHALLENGE & CURRENT POLL
- We’re in week two of our current challenge: Strength.
- We’ve got videos to help you sign up for Flickr as well as videos showing how to upload to Flickr.
- Our TWiP Flickr group is over 5,200 Members with over 2,500 in the TWiP Flickr Critique group. Throw in the discussion group and we’re nearing 10,000 participants collectively.
- Last week’s poll results say that the majority would like to keep the show around 60 minutes (38%) followed by over a quarter wanting us to go as long as 75 minutes (25.9%). It falls off pretty fast from there with 16% wanting as much as 100 minutes. A few of you apparently want us to really shut up and keep it under 30 minutes.
- This week’s poll: How often do you use a tripod?
GUEST DISCUSSION: Julio Ojeda-Zapata
- Julio, a tech columnist at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, describes himself as an amateur photographer. He delves into various topics, often with no pre-conceived notions, and researches them extensively. A recent interest has been publishing photos on the web without being a rocket scientist. If you’re not info Flickr and want a site that looks nice with little or no effort, these might be some paths to pursue.
- Here are the sites Julio has researched:
- DropBox. You may have heard about this. It’s basically Apple iDisk done right. Along with file syncing and cloud storage, it has a dedicated photo folder. If you drop folders with pictures in here, the service generates a publicly viewable Web album for each of those folders. Nice. This works with Macintosh and Windows.
- SugarSync. Similar approach. More than an iDisk-like service, SugarSync is a full backup-to-the-cloud solution. It, too, has a dedicated photo folder. Drop folders with pictures in there and you get Web albums to share. Sweet. Mac and Windows. Photos are also viewable on mobile devices such as the iPod touch, iPhone and other kinds of phones. And there’s software for certain kinds of phones for direct photo uploading to SugarSync.
- Jalbum. This is a bit different. It’s cross-platform (Mac, Window, Linux, etc.) album-building software. Drag pictures or picture folders onto the app and click a button to generate a Web album you can then drop into your iDisk’s Sites folder or other online location. The cool deal here is the huge variety of skins, many Flash-based for customizing the look and feel of an album.
- Alex and Ron both chime in here about their dissatisfaction with the general Flickr interface (and complexity). Julio kindly refers to some of Flickr’s interface issues as “eccentricities”. We all love Flickr, it’s power and its ubiquity… but there’s no arguing that it could use a little bit more intuitive interface.
- Steve asks Julio if the newest iPhoto and Aperture, combined with the forthcoming MobileMe will improve things. Julio is a fan, but suggests that this is a very application and OS-specific compared to the sites he is discussing here today.
- BananAlbum. This is a bit of a segue from Jalbum since BananAlbum exists in Jalbum-skin form. But it also exist in other forms: As a standalone OS X app, as a Google Picasa template for Windows users, and as Apple Aperture and iPhoto exporters (though these last two apparently are no longer in active development).
- For fair comparison, Julio has placed the same set of photos on the various sites: DropBox, SugarSync, Jalbum (with BananAlbum skin), Jalbum (with PhotoStack skin), Jalbum (with TiltViewer skin), Jalbum (with LightBox skin), Jalbum (with LightFlow skin) and .Mac Web Gallery.
- Listeners can find Julio at http://twincities.com/techtestdrive and on his blog at http://yourtechweblog.com. Also find Julio on Twitter: jojeda
AUDIBLE PICK OF THE WEEK
- The Company by Robert Littell.
- This is an unabridged novel, wonderfully narrated and weighing in at almost 41 hours. NOTE: This is likely a two-credit book, so it cannot be chosen as a free book for first time listeners. Those of you already hooked on Audible.com, though, will find this two credits VERY well spent if you like historical fiction.
- As a fan of historical fiction and spy novels, I found this book insanely addictive. It reads almost as a history of the CIA told through a unique mixture of fictional lead characters and actual historical figures very carefully woven together. It spans from the beginning of the cold war after World War II all the way through to the Gorbachev Putsch, hitting the soviet invasion of Hungary, the Bay of Pigs and Afghanistan along the way.
- From the Audible description: At its heart lies a spectacular mole hunt involving the CIA, MI6, KGB and Mossad - a stunningly conceived trip down the rabbit hole to the labyrinthine Alice-in-Wonderland world of espionage, “a wood where things have no names.”
- I can’t suggest this enough for fans of the genre. Give the free audio sample a spin.
- TWIP is sponsored by Audible. For a free downloadable book visit www.audiblepodcast.com/twip
LISTENER QUESTIONS
- Q: Listener, Jay Finn asks: I have a question about model release forms. Is there a standard release form out there that most photographers use? I’m completely new with this model release stuff and have no idea what a release form looks like. Or can you refer me to a site to get one? Thanks Jay
- A: There is no one model release that will fit all needs. Alex, for instance, combined elements of four or five different model releases they found through Google searches, ran it by their lawyer and got it approved. Steve makes mention, too, of fairly standard “pocket model releases” which, while limited, are short and to the point and will fit a lot of people’s needs. They are also good for not scaring the bejeezus out of people on the street when you do candid photography. Steve, in his style of work, simply doesn’t use model releases (photojournalism).
- Q: Listener, Bruce Savage asks: I am a beginner in the dSLR world. I have a Nikon D40x and the 18-135mm kit lens. I am also have three girls under 4 and they are my most frequent subject. I am trying to decide if my next purchase should be a new lens or a flash. Specifically have been looking at the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 MACRO Lens or the Nikon SB-800. Thank you so much for your audio and video podcast you are doing all of us beginners a great service. Also how do you fell about training are courses through camera stores any good or are they just sales pitches. Thanks, Bruce
- A: You could go either way with this, but the general consensus from the TWiP crew is going to be “lens”. In fact, a 50mm f/1.8 or faster would be a fantastic addition to anyone’s arsenal. Check our Alex’s f/1.8 shots at http://web.mac.com/alexlindsay. Alex thinks you should be given a DSLR and a 50mm lens while you’re in the delivery room when you have your first child. There is no wrong answer to this question, though, and Steve makes a good case for a flash if you have kids running around. The SB-800 would be ideal in this case.
- Q: Listener, Per Arne Kvam asks: Hey! My name is Per Arne and I am from Norway. I wanted to ask about “Purple fringing” since I am experiencing alot of it when i do outdoor shooting with my Nikon 50mm f1.4 at full aperture. Could you explain this?
- A: Ron takes this one and describes two possibilities. One would be chromatic aberrations where different wavelengths of light bend through the lens much like a prism. A lot of effort is expended to try to prevent this, but lower quality lenses and lenses in P&S cameras with tight tolerances can exhibit this a great deal in high contrast areas. Another possibility is a bleeding of the charge between elements in the CCD of the image sensor. The problem can often be somewhat corrected with Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, etc., using tools that look for the common colors in high contrast areas and reduce them.
- Q: Listener, Ray Craft asks: I am an amateur photographer who is an avid Canon body and glass user. Almost all of my work is landscape but I am now starting to do some macro photography. I shoot approximately 98% RAW. I am looking for a high capacity (16GB) flash memory. Do you have a recommendation?
- A: Steve, possibly just from sheer luck, has had very little trouble (if any) with cards in the time he has been using them. As Alex puts it, the best 16 GB card is four 4 GB cards. His worry is failure of a single card and having all your eggs in one basket. Ron, on the other hand, suggests that putting the faith in the card is less risky than dropping or otherwise losing a card if you take Alex’s multi-card approach. That said, Alex does share a story of accidentally smashing a bug inside his CF slot on trip to Africa. He had to clean out the goop with dental tools. To address the technical side of choosing a card, though, we recommend you hit Rob Galbraith’s awesome CF database.
COMING NEXT WEEK
- We’re working on it… stay tuned.
COMING BETWEEN WEEKS
- Alex is cooking up another video, so keep an eye out for it.
- Starting in July, we’re going to continue recording the show on Fridays but will begin releasing it on Mondays. So don’t panic when a show doesn’t appear next Friday… it will come along the following Monday. This gives us time to do more detailed editing on the AAC versions of the podcast including links, photos, etc. It will be worth the wait!
TIP OF THE WEEK
- Ron takes this week’s tip: vary your angle, especially in touristy locations. Moving even just a few feet away from the “normal” spot can often create a far better photograph. It also helps you avoid getting the same shot everyone else is getting in those high profile locations. Ron will put a post on his blog soon to illustrate this point.
WRAP-UP
- Alex can be found at http://www.pixelcorps.com and http://www.pixelcorps.tv. Twitter: alexlindsay
- Steve Simon can be found at http://www.stevesimonphoto.com.
- Ron Brinkmann can be found at his blog, http://www.digitalcomposting.com. Since the second edition of his book has just started shipping, he’s also going to pimp his main site: http://www.digitalcompositing.com. Twitter: ronbrinkmann
- Aaron can be found on his blog (which is painfully in need of updates… soon) and via Twitter: halfpress
Send your thoughts, suggestions and questions to: twip at pixelcorps.com
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26 Comments so far...
Podcast :: Are Paparazzi Human? at Imaging Insider Says:
27 June 2008 at 7:33 pm.
[...] Go to Podcast… [...]
ted shin Says:
27 June 2008 at 10:17 pm.
you wish it and gizmodo dishes it… antipaparazzi glasses
houston ted
Michael in south London Says:
28 June 2008 at 5:59 pm.
No disrespect to those absent, but I really enjoyed the much smaller cast with just Alex, Steve, and Ron.
Maybe it is a “less is more” thing? Everyone gets more space and time, and so it just feels more comfortable to listen to than a crowded ‘zoo’ style experience where everyone is clambering to get their points in. Perhaps a rotating cast might be something to consider?
Michael.
kay Says:
29 June 2008 at 6:43 am.
Alex didn’t give the complete breakdown of the poll, and I don’t see the historic data on the blog, so I don’t have the precise numbers, but I do remember that there were two options in the “longer than an hour” category that each had more than 20% of the votes the last time I saw the poll. That would suggest that the number of people who would like the podcast to be longer is higher than the number of people who prefer one hour.
Scott Says:
29 June 2008 at 7:46 am.
@kay here is the “historic data” you wanted.
http://www.vizu.com/res/Grab-bag/Hobbies/photography/photo/podcast/poll-results.html?n=100413
Alex was saying that the one hour time length scored the highest single preference. He also said that we might start going a little longer based on these results.
kay Says:
29 June 2008 at 8:32 am.
Thanks Scott, it’s interesting to see the final breakdown. I wasn’t arguing anything, just pointing out that you’re not likely to upset too many people if you go over an hour, since in total 52.9% (according to those stats as of today) said they would like it to be longer.
Mikhail Says:
29 June 2008 at 10:34 am.
Great show as usual guys. I agree with Michael above but then again with the whole “crew” present more opinions are given.
One thing I would like to comment about is the shows audio quality. Alex/Scott because they are recording their audio directly sound much nicer in the podcasts compared to the rather lack luster voices of Ron, Steve and Fred. I wanna hear them more too. So a suggestion would be to do the show as usual over the phone but have the out of town folk (Steve, Fred, Ron) record their own audio on their laptops\computers, send that audio to Alex/Scott who can then put it all together. That way everyone sounds good, bad phone connections don’t plague the show and it would give it a more.. professional feel to it, as if you were all in the studio at the same time.
Not sure if this idea was mentioned before but thought I’d like to put it out there. Enjoying the show immensely from just outside Toronto!
Les DeFoor Says:
30 June 2008 at 9:27 am.
Heard rumor of a show talking about photographing fireworks. Any news? Scott, sorry to hear about your trip through our lovely town of Portland ( I think that is where you ran into the Hail Storm )..
Scott Says:
30 June 2008 at 9:30 am.
@Les don’t know where you heard that rumor. We have no plans to do anything other than the blog post I already put online.
Kevin Says:
30 June 2008 at 10:22 am.
I like the news Alex talked about at the end regarding moving the podcast feed date until after the weekend. It’s just a personal thing for me, but of all the ‘casts I listen to, probably close to 90% of them come out on Friday or Saturday. There’s only one I listen to that comes out on Monday, also one on Tuesday. So having TWIP come out early in the week would be great for me and my ability to listen in a timely manner.
And to Scott, Alex and the other “TWIPPERS” - I like how you’re doing the ‘cast just fine as it is (although I was one of the ones who voted for it to be much longer).
Jeni315 Says:
30 June 2008 at 10:23 am.
I looked at the poll results and it’s quite surprising that I am the only one from Alaska listening! There are tons of photographers up here…I guess I need to spread the word more. ;-P
Chris Patterson Says:
30 June 2008 at 10:26 am.
The 50mm 1.8/1.4 primes from Nikon are not AFS and will not work on the D40 due to the lack of internal focus motor.
JayMonster Says:
30 June 2008 at 11:31 am.
I have to admit I was a bit shocked and disappointed by the discussion about the Paparazzi, and expected to hear far less vitriol from photographers on this subject. I have no love loss for the Paparazzi, nor am I one (just to set the record)…nor am I one to read “entertainment” shows or other such trash, so they are of little use to me, but to ask “are they human?” is hardly fair.
I mean, would you classify Joe McNally as human? He may not be a Paparazzi today, but he did spend some time doing that in the late 70’s. As you pointed out in just last weeks episode, sometimes trying to be a professional photographer means doing, not necessarily what you want to do, but what you think you can sell to pay the bills. My guess would be that few (there are always some that go the other way), that got into photography as a career to follow people around looking for some embarrassing moment to photograph. Many are probably just doing what they have to do to keep the lights on.
I sort of understand the sentiment of the distaste for the Paparazzi, and how it sort of gives photographers of all sorts a “bad name.” But, I really expected a bit more understanding of the other side.
Steve Simon Says:
30 June 2008 at 2:42 pm.
Jay,
Photojournalists in different markets often do some sort of Paparazzi work, be it catch the rolling stones in the hometown etc, but the full time Paparazzi–it’s a job and it’s about money more than anything else, not photography. That isn’t to say that there are no legit photographers who do it, but the negative comments were reserved for the worst kind of paparazzi who pick up a camera to make money, without regard for their subjects and if there was another way to make cash, they would likely put down their cameras and do that. It’s also a bit of frustration, with so many photographers risking their lives to tell important and real stories, they have no outlet for their work since the celebrity obsessed magazines and culture in general drives the market. What would happen if photos of celebrities were just not published? Would their be an uproar? Maybe…or maybe people would find other things to do with their time.
Jagger Says:
1 July 2008 at 9:23 am.
Steve,
I am sorry - I agree with Jay. I could not wait to download this episode of TWIP because I thought I would hear some thoughtful discussion on this topic. I was ready to post the same comments he did after listening to the episode. The part of the show that you guys discussed the Malibu situation was very disappointing to say the least.
Though true paparazzi tactics/motivation are often questionable, the TWIPers missed the significance of what is going on here. The real news item is how the town is looking at creating ordinances that will limit paparazzi activity (which the mayor was quoted as calling them photographers). The problem is these laws often get mis-interpreted by rank and file police/private security. The resulting being “you have a camera, move along” or worse.
There was an assault here (plain and simple). Did you see the video of the camera being smashed and the paparazzo dragged into the water? Deal with the assault, Deal with overzealous paparazzi but do not limit the right to photograph. Also, it is never think OK to assault a photographer even if he is a paparazzi.
TWIP please return to the high standards expected of you for discussion next time.
Please for me….
JM
Scott Says:
1 July 2008 at 9:45 am.
@Jagger I wasn’t on last week’s show - but had I been, I would have said that ANY assault on ANY person with a camera who is legally photographing ANY legal subject is an assault on us all.
I can certainly understand how the paparzzi are disliked by the stars. I do note with interest that these same stars were probably begging to be photographed before they were famous.
In any event, the surfers at Malibu who did this are simple thugs. I am tempted to take a large group of able photographers to that location to find out if these same thugs are as brave when the odds are even.
I do think that Steve and Alex’s comments might not have been given a fair review. Also remember we have a limited amount of time to devote to each item we discuss and a broader discussion of this event would have no doubt elicited better understanding by all parties.
Steve and Alex can speak for themselves - speaking for me, I hope the Malibu police department jails the thugs involved in this incident.
Steve Simon Says:
1 July 2008 at 12:19 pm.
Guys, my comments were on Paparazzi in general and were not directed at the Malibu incident specific, which I agree, it’s never okay to assault anybody, photographers, paparazzi’s included.
Mark G. Says:
1 July 2008 at 5:52 pm.
First of all thanks for the great show. I think the only way it can be improved is to add more tips on how to achieve the certain photo look for DSLR beginners like myself a la Scott Kelby’s The Digital Photography Book.
Now to the meat of my comment. I was a little disappointed you didn’t know that 50mm 1.8/1/4 doesn’t autofocus on D40x (or D40/D60 for that matter), but it would autometer and you can tell when the shot is in focus by looking for a green light in the lower left section of the viewfinder infopanel. That did not stop me from getting the amazing 50mm 1.8mm for my beloved D40 (wow, what a camera for a beginner!!).
I have a 1.5 year old daughter (who happens to be the most beautiful little girl in the world - see my Flickr site) and I can tell you while while 50mm’s 1.8 helps indoors, it is still produces the best results at 3.5 or so, therefore I would strongly recommend considering SB400 for bounce shots (light, small, powerful, affordable at $129) or SB600/SB800. See additional discussions on http://www.nikonians.org
Thanks again for the show!
Mark
Scott Says:
1 July 2008 at 7:10 pm.
@Mark there are numerous cast members - WHO didn’t know that the 50mm 1.8 doesn’t autofocus. YOU is a wide brush when you’re talking about a cast of four.
JayMonster Says:
2 July 2008 at 11:58 am.
@Steve
I understand as a photojournalist your contempt for the Paparazzi, and the “blemish” they sometimes cause to photography. But while you justify this as something they do “for the money.” That was exactly the point I was trying to make.
Yes, as you say for some it is ONLY about the money and not about photography, but for others it may simply be what pays the bills, because as you point out, the vehicles for an outlet for other work has suffered.
You ask, what if the pictures of celebrities were not published also as if it is the Paparazzi’s fault that there are so many magazines publishing this stuff. However, it is really just the other way around. Like it or not (and I don’t), in a time when newspapers and magazines and all sorts of print publications are suffering, the magazines that cover this tripe are not. They are flourishing, thus they are making money and willing to pay somebody to photograph these people, thus there is work that pays the bills.
I understand there is an “element” of this that is… for lack of a better word “seedy” but the conversation that was covered in this episode simply painted “The Paparazzi” as a one and all group (”they aren’t photographers” or “they aren’t human”) and that is above all what I thought was unfair.
You brought up recently how Bill Eppridge was urged by a woman not to photograph that even when RFK was shot. I am sure in her mind, he was nothing better than a Paparazzi taking unsavory photos and having no decency, while as you describe it was “history unfolding.” The fact that I agree with you has no bearing on it. It is purely a matter of perspective. In both cases, what one person considers worthwhile photography another sees as “wrong.” It is a matter of opinion and really nothing more.
And I am not going to even go into the Malibu part of this story. Scott said this best. They were a bunch of thugs picking on guys attempting to photograph a person. They were doing nothing illegal. Annoying, but in no way wrong. And that should have been the point. (Glad I wasn’t going into it.)
Ben Hughes Says:
4 July 2008 at 5:01 am.
On the show someone mentioned that it would be awesome if you could use Flickr as your photo host, but then put a different UI on it. There’s a few free tools around that do just that.
FlickrViewer (www.sweeting.org/mark/flickrviewer) uses SimpleViewer to display images from Flickr. There are others, but this is the best one I’ve found.
I wrote a couple of similar tools for Google’s PicasaWeb. One displays images in SimpleViewer, the other uses LightBox2. You can find both of them on my site: http://benhughes.freehostia.com/picasatools/
You need your own hosting that runs PHP to be able to use any of these. There’s a few services available (I use freehostia.com) if you just want to have a play.
Thanks for the great show guys. It’s one of the few that I listen to religiously.
Ben
Kai Says:
4 July 2008 at 10:05 am.
The link http://www.digitalcompisiting.com should probably be http://www.digitalcompositing.com instead.
Michael Snyder Says:
15 July 2008 at 3:01 pm.
“human tripod” and “quick release head”
LOL at the jokes you didn’t make
HWag Says:
15 August 2008 at 5:44 pm.
RE: Strobist: And Now a Few Words from the Tourist Standing Next To You.
I was entertained and fascinated by the Strobist “graffiti”. Since it was set in Berlin, I sent it to to a colleague in Germany for his comments. His response was:
“don’t know what to think of that, it provides kinda watermark on objects. But the logo isn’t really helpful – it’s a less than subtle reminder of an era called ‘Deutscher Herbst’ (’German Autumn of Terror’) where the so called ‘Red Army Faction’ killed some prominent politicians and bystanders around 1977. ”
The concept is intriguing and has a lot of practical joke potential. With my colleague’s commentary, it makes what the guy is doing a bit frightening.
