“Better out than in” is the clever title of the new outdoor Banksy piece that recently appeared in LA.
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on the webz
One of my favorite motorcycle blogs recently ran a series called “Broventure” wherein two guys rode some enduro-touring bikes through southern Utah and AZ. The photos and stories are awesome. Start with number 1. There are links to the rest of the installments at the end of each post. I was extremely envious of this entire story. Sounds like one of my dream vacations.
Additionally, Jakub is back in action on ISO50. I’m loving the latest mix that he posted over there.
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some snaps from 9-11-13
A great sunset, followed by the trade towers tribute lights.
mo stuff from the past few days
Some fashion. Some art, etc..
theq camera
I came across theQ Camera on Hypebeast, this week. I’m kind of curious to try one of these out, if nothing else because they seem to be so versatile and durable. TheQ Camera is designed to allow the user to share images directly to social media platforms. Although that idea is not particularly unique (other major camera manufacturers have attempted this idea [and failed] as a stop-gap for the bite that smartphones have taken out of the point and shoot market), the way that theQ is executing this idea is much more interesting than I have seen in the past. For example, they don’t get crazy with the resolution, capping it at 5mp. For images that people are only going to be viewed on computer monitors and mobile devices, 5 megapixels is more than enough resolution.
The two features that I find most attractive are the manual focus ring, and the fact that it is waterproof. I really like the idea of both of those features because, first: you aren’t going to find either of those features on your iPhone. Sure, you can get an underwater case for your iPhone. But even that seems a bit sketchy. If it leaks, you are losing a lot more than just your images. I like the manual focus ring because I feel like being able to control all aspects of the camera is essential to becoming a good photographer. Like Clive Thompson, I think that photo-centric social media platforms have been very instrumental in helping people discover their interest in photography. Tools like a manual focus ring will further enable people that may never own an SLR, to explore effects like macro and bokeh (which could produce some dramatic images with the f/2.4 max aperture). Additionally theQ comes equipped with a built-in ring flash. That is some pretty innovative design. Finally, theQ took aesthetics into account by making the camera available in 9 different colorways.
d.v.b.
D. V. Breinholt 1918-2013. I’m proud to be a part of his heritage.
fuji x100s rangefinder
Just a fair warning that this is going to be a very photo-heavy post. I recently was visiting my family in Salt Lake City and needed to purchase some medium format film for a Polaroid camera that I brought along. I discovered that a family friend from my parents’ old neighborhood had recently opened a camera store (Acme Camera Rental) that was basically right up the block from my sister’s house. When I dropped by to pick up the film, I was able to checkout the space and some of the cameras that were available for rental. I have been wanting a rangefinder camera for a long time. I love the portability and simplicity of design. They are especially appealing these days, since the image quality rivals that of pro-sumer level SLRs. I was especially perving on the Fuji X100 S (above). Jacob, the owner/operator of the shop was gracious enough to let me take it and test it out. It took most of the afternoon for me to get used to the controls. Once I got a handle on it, I basically didn’t put the camera down. I brought it along with me the next day to my granny’s house, as well as on a hike with my sister’s family. Below I have posted some of the snaps that I was able to get with the rangefinder. As a side note: If you are in the Salt Lake valley and have any camera needs, I would definitely recommend stopping through Acme. In addition to having a gangster selection of cameras and lenses for rent, they sell a wide variety of accessories from film to seamless backgrounds. Plus, they are cool.
a few snaps from the weekend
Above: a fox near the runway at SL Airport No. 2.
Below: some images from a hike in Big Cottonwood Canyon.
meteor shower
I headed upstate last week the evening of the Perseid Meteor Shower, to a relatively remote spot in Harriman State Park. I pointed the cam skyward on an intervalometer (aka PC computer) and fired off 45 minutes worth of 30″ exposures. It was the first time that I had every attempted to capture something like this. The first thing that I would do differently is shutter speed. The earth moves a long way in 30 seconds. you can see the star trails in the still image above.
Initially, I wanted to layer all of the images into a composite to show all of the meteors at once. That plan got a bit messy. Instead, I threw them all into this vid below. I sped it up, and looped it 4x. The track “Star Guitar” by Chemical Brothers seemed fitting.
Perseid Meteor Shower from Jacob Breinholt on Vimeo.
hot tea and spring st.
I snapped the above shot on Saturday night on Spring St. The artist is Hot Tea. I’m a huge fan of his yarn spun creations. One of the first Hot Tea pieces that I ever saw was the one below, almost exactly a year ago. It was up for less than a week before someone destroyed it. Hoping that the one above sticks around for a bit longer.
mo’ snaps from the weekend
I spent some time cycling over the weekend. I wanted to peep the new murals that went up in BK in connection with the Wooster Collective 10 Exhibit. They were all good. This Shepard Fairey piece was my favorite, though. And unfortunately, I snapped my favorite shot of it (with Trixie below) with my phone, and not a real camera. If you want to check out the work in person, Wooster posted a guide to the locations of all of the murals, here. Also, check out this.
in the studio with os gemeos
Complex recently shot a video of my favorite Brazilian street art duo, Os Gemeos “fazendo desenhos” in their studio. It is similar to a video that the artists posted on their blog called “um dia de chuva.” This one is subtitled. Check it, below–
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when the blogs collide
Leigh Viner recently posted on her blog this illustration that she created of Fashion Toast‘s Rumi Neely. Viner perfectly captured the facial expression that Rumi does in about 90% of the images on FT. I’m into it.
paintings of Emily Burns
Why not paint buck’s heads onto the bodies of bucksome women? A-Raj could have come up with a much better pun than that. Hey, at least I gave it a shot. I’m really digging this set by Emily Burns, wherein she paints the heads of big game animals onto pin-up style humans. Check out the rest of the set on BOOOOOOM!.
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is from Yelawolf’s performance at the G-Shock “Shock the World” event Wednesday. It was decent. Good weekend, to all.
‘stories of bike’
I came across the site “Stories of Bike” recently, thanks to Asphalt and Rubber. I agree with their statement, “It won’t take you long to realize that there is a clear moto-hipster vibe that’s going on with the Stories of Bike” Plus, the term”moto-hipster” made me laugh out loud. Even though these types of bikes aren’t really my cup of tea, I have to admit that I ended up watching all of the videos. I did identify with some aspect of what each of the featured riders/bikes were about. Even though I never did any heavy mods to my early bikes, the first two that I owned were a CB250 and a CB750, similar to the production versions of the modded bikes in the videos. I also found it interesting to learn about the Aussie version of cafe racer culture. The vids are very well produced and short enough to keep them interesting. To be honest, watching these vids kind of made me miss working on bikes. Check ’em.
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