One of my personal favorites, shot at the Storm King Art Center in The Hudson Valley, NY. (http://www.stormking.org/) It’s a massive expanse of a space, and the fields were brimming with life. It took me a good while to get done taking photos of bees, lady bugs, and of course butterflies. View my photoset and see what’s what. I personally love the photographs that came out of that trip. I used my Pentax K-20D with a DA* 50-135mm Lens, processed in Lightroom.
I’m not quite sure if this is sad news or not, but I’ve read from various sources that G4 will be dissolved, and rebranded by parent company NBC Universal. From what i’ve read, they will want to focus more on the male GQ type thing (I really don’t know what that means), and still keep the “tech savvy roots”. I think, when G4 first started about a decade ago, it was just that, like a Maxim on TV. I’ve been watching G4 before it was even G4. Back in the TechTV day’s mostly. But most of the shows from TechTV got dumped with the exception of X-Play. They did bring out their own original programming like Cheat, (which somehow got replaced with Cheaters), and Arena, but those soon bit the bullet too. The only other long time running program they have is Attack of the Show.
Most of their program lineup really just consists of Cops, Cheaters, and Movies that Don’s Suck. They will play Ninja Warrior on occasion. AOTS hasn’t been the same since Olivia Munn left, don’t get me wrong, Candace Bailey is hot in her own right, but I think Olivia Munn just has a certain X-Factor about her. With the recent departure of Kevin Pereira, I was sort of concerned with where the show was headed. His departure came not long after Adam Sessler’s sudden departure from X-Play. Practically 2 staples, and 2 faces of the G4 suddenly gone, in the back of my head, it made me question what the future of the shows, or even the stations was going to be.
After that fall out over the summer, I found myself not catching up to X-Play and AOTS. It was just not the same without Sess, and KP. I still did DVR it, but I just never bothered to watch it that night. As it stands I’m still in the July shows for both.
Now with this news of NBC Universal rebranding the channel, I’m not quite sure X-Play or AOTS will still be in the mix. I’m gonna be honest though, X-Play has sucked a bit in the last year or so. It was just not the same anymore, even more so with Adam gone.
I don’t know if i’m even going to miss the channel being gone if i’m honest.
I was a sophomore in HS when I first found about the Spice Girls from my little cousin. She was going crazy about them, and had me search the interwebs when she came over for a visit. Back in the day, we had to dial up, and get amazing speeds of 28.8 Kbps. Imagine the speed at which we were to get info then. Anyway, I later found out one of my buddies in school also liked them, and i mean what’s not to like, 5 very attractive British girls, ’nuff said.
From then on in, I sort of followed them on and off, and with my buddy liking them more than I did, he’d just share his cd’s and gave me recordings on a cassette. (burning a cd wasn’t a household thing yet)
This song in particular reminds me of those days long gone by.
This would be my final entry into our school week special. Next week, Cartoon Themes!
And today’s most viewed photograph on my Flickr photostream with a whopping 13 views is….
Canon Powershot S95 @ f/2.0
I shot this when I first got my Canon Powershot S95. By far one of the best camera’s i’ve ever had the pleasure of using. I was never much for a point and shoot person, but after I picked this up, I cannot recommend this camera enough. It is up there in price, (the S100 it’s replacement, is about $4-500) but it is also up there in quality. In full auto mode, it still produces amazing shots.
I shot this during my aunt and uncles renewal of their vows. I also got a stern looking at from the priest after I did, as I stepped on the alter side of the church, and that apparently is a big no no.
This was a shot from 2009 using my Pentax K20D. What I really love with the Pentax bodies is the anti-shake built in the bodies, and not in the lens, granted, my D700 can shoot at low light with no problems at higher ISO’s. The joy’s of having a bigger sensor.
In any case, this was shot in RAW, with some minor corrections in processing via Lightroom.
It’s that time of year again here in good ole NY State. Probably most of the US, but… Well… Yeah. So.
Back to school time. Really not my favorite time of the year. It’s stressful. All the parents are rushing to Staples to grab the supplies, clogging the highways to finally rid their houses of their college-bound sons and/or daughters. Meanwhile, the non-veteran students are frantically jogging to class, trying to make a good first impression.
What shocks me about this time of year is that manyhigh school freshmen don’t realize that it is a chance to reinvent themselves. Change your image for the better. Forget the peer pressure and be you. And high school is the perfect place to express yourself! There are bound to be at least tens of kids with the same interest. If you don’t mix in well with a group of kids, who cares? Be that universal guy. Attack all sides of life, people.
I’ve never been a normal kid. I’ve always been weirder and more unusual than most. I’m one of those universal guys. I can mix in with the likes of anyone. There’s no reason to be afraid of tackling new horizons.
Oh, you’re not afraid of making friends? You’re terrified of the workload? Trust me, everyone is. I’m taking a college level course this year. It hasn’t even been a whole week of school yet, and I’m already feeling overwhelmed by the curriculum. But it isn’t a reason to not accept the challenge. It’s a way to better yourself.
Do you have your own thoughts on back to school season? Do you have any advice for the incoming freshies and new students? Leave some comments down below and make sure to like this post!
I am down with O.P.P. even though you may not know me. Sorry couldn’t resist. I remember this song back in grade school. I didn’t get to listen to rap/hip-hop much back in those days, so I never really got appreciate it back then. Anywhoo, I just remember walking through the halls of my school back in 7th grade when this song came out. Not sure why, but I just does.
I just wish hip-hop was still this good. I find myself listening to more stuff from the 90’s and early 2000’s than the stuff they have out now. This song also, samples Jackson 5’s ABC, which in itself is a time-less classic, and I think to me anyway, this song too is a time-less classic.
And today’s most viewed photograph from my Flickr photostream with a whopping 5 views is….
Oh yeah, very sexy. I’d like to see her without the make up.
Again, like yesterday’s photo, this was shot at last years New York Comic Con. At first I thought she was a femme-Joker, but I was quickly told it was Duela Dent.
I can’t wait for the Comic Con this year. Hopefully we will bring you some awesome images, and maybe even some video.
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