I made this chart to help people having problems understanding exposure... It's pretty self explanatory hopefully it will help someone out. Click on Chart to enlarge...

November 13, 2009 this Friday from 10 a.m. till 12 p.m. in room 103 at Kendal College of Art and Design. Stephanie Sternberg and Tony Pearson from the Law firm of Rhodes and Mckee, Pc will be hosting a free discussion about basic contracts, copyright info and other generalities of starting a business. There will be a Q&A portion, along with free coffee and snacks, That's right snacks.

Anyone with questions regarding a self startup business would be mental not to be there, that being said I might not be there. However I felt it was a good Idea to pass this on. Sorry it's so close to the lecture date, but I just saw this posted at the school.

I know there are a lot of people here with questions concerning this subject, so now's your chance to talk to a attorney and business consultants on how to do this.

Hope this helps someone out there, have fun...

Has anyone seen the Graffiti piece across the street from the Goodwill on Division st. The piece is about to be torn down on the premise that it doesn't fit in with the historic aspects of the building. Now the neighborhood is creating a petition as well as a letter drive to keep the piece there.
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To be honest I don't live in the neighborhood, but my best friend lives in the artist's lofts right next to the artwork, and he's encouraged me to contribute a letter as well (not that I needed encouragement).

Since the artwork was put up the homeless people that usually sleep in the old doorway have been forced to vacate the spot and find other places to drink/sleep it off. There used to be between 5-10 people that would stay in that spot at any given time, they usually keep to themselves but at the same time they do nothing positive for the neighborhood, whereas the art piece brightens and enlivens the space that it occupies.

The person that's spearheading the initiative to take it down, doesn't live in the neighborhood and most likely will rarely see the effects of keeping or leaving the work. On the other hand I (as well as you, (I'm guessing)) am in that area all the time, and can see the positive reasons to leave it as is, until someone buys the building and decides to renovate it.

I'm in no way trying to belittle the plight of the homeless by writing this, but there are plenty of shelters for people to go to at night, and a doorway hardly constitutes as a home. The only reason someone decides to sleep outside is because they would rather sleep on the street drunk than sleep inside sober. The petitions are being accumulated now, and will be sent to the person that will finalize the decision to take down, or leave the work.

I'm writing here to generate concern for the subject and hopefully get some extra letters sent out to the right person. If you have any interest in this, please feel free to message me here, or write me at mcgowanm95@gmail.com. I will make sure your letters reach the appropriate source. I will write back with further information, as it is given to me.

For people out there that eat, sleep, and breath photography, Urban outfitters has just the thing to quench your photo fix.

http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/20246336_000_b?$detailthumb$

It's hard to tell from the actual photo of the camera, but there's a small pearl inside of the lens giving the appearance of front end lens elements. The lens is also made with real glass, and has a f/.08 aperture with a 500mm reach. (Joking, Joking)

If you have a special photographer in your life, and aren't sure what to stock their stuffing with this Christmas... Here you go. I know that personally this just made my X-mas wish list and at $28.00 it's not going to break anyone's bank. To get to the Urban outfitters page, click on the title of the posting (FOTO FETISH)

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By now this is old news, everyone in the United States has heard of the man carrying the semi-automatic to the Obama rally.

After a thourough search I noticed there wasn't one comparison between this man, and Michael Douglass' character in the movie Falling Down.


to keep reading click on title...I have to say that I'm surprised that no one else has picked up on this, although it certainly seems like somewhat of an inside joke. Falling down is the story of a man that has an exceptionally bad day and snaps in the middle of traffic, he get's out of his car and walks through the streets of L.A. getting harassed along the way. Soon he starts buying weapons, using them, and making his way through L.A. to his daughters birthday party in Venice. If the similarities between their looks weren't intended, Than Irony is still the best comedian around.

Can Japan do no wrong? From epic television serials, all the way down to Shampoo commercials. Watch the Japanese get it right, as Kazuto Nakazawa get's it done the right way.


(Animated ad for Kao Corporation's Asience shampoo created by Production I.G
featuring music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.)

Inspired by XVIII century Japanese paintings, he gives the public a work of art disguised as a hair care commercial. The story concept, focusing on woman's hair as metaphor of feminine life, is portrayed as a tragic love story in a samurai drama fashion, and we couldn't ask for more. Keep'em coming this way Japan, maybe America's haircare market will eventually catch on.