I’m on FFFFOUND
A heartfelt thanks to Mark Webber for sending me an invite to FFFFOUND. After a long search, I’m finally on. Cheers Mark.
On Information Overload
“There’s no way for readers to be online, surfing, e-mailing, posting, tweeting, reading tweets, and soon enough doing the thing that will come after Twitter, without paying a high price in available time, attention span, reading comprehension, and experience of the immediately surrounding world. The Internet and the devices it’s spawned are systematically changing our intellectual activities with breathtaking speed, and more profoundly than over the past seven centuries combined.”
Read more here. I’m slowly disconnecting from things that pay a high price in my time. The process has been incredibly freeing.
Short Hiatus
These next few months will be incredibly busy so I am taking a short hiatus from blogging for the time being. Look forward to catching up with you all soon. Email me in the meantime if you need to reach me.
The Gift of FFFFOUND
For about a year now, I’ve been unsuccessfully digging around the web for an invite to FFFFOUND, a social bookmarking site dedicated to sharing your favorite images on the web. It’s been impossible to find an invitation and I’m not alone in this endeavor. Every time someone celebrates getting an invite on their blog or Twitter, dozens of comments come pouring in requesting invites. It’s sad really to see so many FFFFOUND-less people clamoring for something that might as well not exist. We’re like a herd of lemmings with nowhere to go but alternatives to FFFFOUND like Dropular and We Heart It.
With that said, I’m tapping into my reader base this year to see if anyone might have a spare invite they’d like to throw my way. I would be more than happy to send you back an invite in return for your troubles. Thank you in advance.
My Friend Jen
My friend Jen. Lover of Japan, typography and cameras. One of the latest from my recently acquired Leica M6 TTL. Shot with Kodak Portra NC 400.
Saturday in Pulgas Ridge
My good friend Jen and I went to shoot in the hills near San Carlos and Redwood City on Saturday. We had only a few hours to spare so we literally took to the hills at Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve searching for photos amidst forest and trail. Here are three photos of me that I especially liked from Jen’s camera that day. Unfortunately mine have yet to be developed so those will come soon.
Thank you Jen for your eye and your friendship. I rarely have photos of me to take home always being the photographer so this means a lot.
Man in the Arena
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.â€
From Theodore Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” speech given at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on April 23, 1910.
Rapha Wallpapers
There are only a handful of companies in my book that capture a certain aesthetic that I deeply appreciate and love. It’s an aesthetic that is always classic, elegant and timeless. Like black and white photographs. Like an old Leica.
My dad has a handful of companies he’s loyal to. One of them has always been the spirit and German engineering force that is BMW. He has owned countless generations of BMW’s and he will drive BMW for the rest of his life.
For me, Rapha is one such company that combines my love for bicycles and photography. I cannot say enough how much I love their photography. Timeless and always good. In addition, their products are fine products. I love the attitude and feel of the brand and I’ve been smitten with them since Day 1. Everything I’ve heard about this company of people has only been good and it makes me appreciate them all the more.
Today I came across a set of wallpapers available for download on their website. These were all shot by Ben Ingham, one of my favorite photographers that works with them. Go there quickly, download and enjoy. The one featured above is my current desktop and I’m reminded again of how much I love this brand.
Reminds me of Simon & Garfunkel
This Sad Brad Smith title song, “Help Yourself” from the upcoming movie, “Up in the Air” has been on the play recently. Take a listen. Reminds me of some good old Simon & Garfunkel.
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It’s been crazy busy lately but some new posts are coming. How is it December already?
Fixing RSS Issues
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Happy weekend to you all.