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DYKCTV: “Porter” (by Do You KNOW Clarence?)
Filmed and edited on an iPhone 4 by Mr. @dykc. Nice work Clarence. You took an experience from my everyday, took it apart and put it back together again and gave it drama I didn’t know it had.
Some people may think i’m crazy for shooting a Leica M2 (beside the obvious), they’re more astounded when they find out the camera doesn’t even have a meter! Since i’ve shot around 7 rolls with my M2 now, i’ve noticed I change the exposure a whole lot less than i’m used to. While finding some info about a Hannimex Praktica I just picked up (it has a dead meter), I found this post which caught my eye. It just simply makes sense, photography down to its bare essentials makes the act of doing that much more enjoyable.
Yes, a handheld meter might seem like another thing to carry, but it changes the way you work. With the internal meter in an SLR, you’re always twiddling the knobs on your camera trying to get the meter spot on. Then when you use a handheld meter, you realise that the light is usually completely constant. It was just that your SLR was taking readings off darker and lighter objects. When you use the handheld meter to read incident light, you suddenly realise that you can take a series of shots with the same exposure, all properly exposed, and keep your mind free for more important things. I prefer meterless cameras because when a built in meter stops working, it bothers me. However, after I’ve managed to forget that the camera had a meter, I feel much better, and the camera seems more simple and reliable.
"lamlux.net: Photography with a meterless camera.
A photographer friend of mine taught me to spot meter from my SLR on something more or less neutral grey (caucasian skin, concrete, grass) and choose my settings and then forget about them and shoot away. I don’t always shoot this way, but the results are usually great when I do.
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Rokia Traore - M’Bifo (2003)
I remember seeing Rokia Traore at a music festival longtime ago, and then on TED Talks years after. I’m glad her talent is now recognized.
Saw her play at the Paradise in Boston several years ago. She and her band were amazing.
Lykke Li - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT AT THE AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART
I was pretty thrilled when The Austin Museum of Art asked me if I wanted to do a Newspaper Blackout event. We got to display a mini-exhibit of originals and prints, and I led a 90 minute blackout poetry workshop. It was a great time, and we had a terrific turnout.
Congrats, Austin!
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Low - (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace
2006-02-01 - La Sala Rossa
Music fans should remember to regularly scan the live music collection at Archive.org. It occurred to me last night to see if there were any Low shows, and there is a bunch—83 shows worth. The track above is from a show at La Sala Rossa in Montreal.
Watch: Jack White Sings “Mother Nature’s Son” at White House
Last month, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Seinfeld, Emmylou Harris, and others joined President Obama at the White House for a tribute concert in honor of Paul McCartney. Though a video of the closing credits — featuring the whole troupe singing along to “Hey Jude” — surfaced the morning after, White’s solo performance of Beatles White Album cut “Mother Nature’s Son” has yet to be seen by those outside of the East Room that night… until today. Watch Jack sing for McCartney and company above. [Permalink]
Great rendition. Can’t imagine what it would be like to play it with Paul sitting there in the front row.
She said Fox showed no professionalism in continuing to bother her for an interview, but failing to correct their coverage.
“I think they should but they won’t. They intended exactly what they did. “They were looking for the result they got yesterday,” she said of Fox. “I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back to where we were many years ago. Back to where black people were looking down, not looking white folks in the face, not being able to compete for a job out there and not be a whole person.”
"The Plum Line - Shirley Sherrod blasts Fox News as racist
Damn straight, Shirley Sherrod.
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viiv:
awesome work adam!
I recently launched a startup job aggregator called Startups Hiring. It collects jobs from funded startups career pages. All links go directly to the job description on their site. There’s no recruiters to contact or pointless accounts on jobs boards to create.
If you have a startup that you want added feel free to send me a message or fill out our company request form.
Check it out, tell your friends!
this is totally fantastic.
