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Month: November 2012

  • Bel Canto – Unicorn

    Bel Canto – Unicorn. Photography by Stephanie Taylor. Alaska in 2007.
    Video Rating: 4 / 5

    I made this video for my dog, Porthos, whom I adopted from rescue two years ago today. The song is “Like My Dog” by Billy Currington. No Copyright infringement intended. For entertainment purposes only. Porthos is a four year old Belgian Malinois, a type of shepherd from Belgian. Malinois are used for police and military work all over the world. They are the only dog the US Secret Service will use, they are the number one drug detection dog in the US, and they are the breed taken into the compound to capture Bin Laden. When I first heard the song Like My Dog by Billing Currington I knew I had to put some pictures to it. I always said if I could find a man who was as excited for me to get home as my dog is I would be set. This music video features pictures of my Malinois, Porthos, in celebration of his adoption day and remembering all the good times we have shared so far. I just want you to love me like my dog does baby. 🙂 We hope you enjoy. Photos: 1. Picture the rescue took of him. I got it off his profile on the internet. 2. Bath time photo shoot. 3. After he ate my couch. 4. Sleeping on the bed. 5. Hiking 5/6/11 6. Snuggling with mommy in bed. 7. Confidence building exercises at the park. 8. Dock diving. Dog Park. Summer 2011. 9. Photography by Melissa Korbe at Melissa Korbe Photography www.facebook.com 10. Meeting the sheep at County Fair. Summer 2011. 11. Didn’t want to be left at home and wouldn’t wait for me to take my massage table out of the car before he hopped …
    Video Rating: 4 / 5

  • MIT+150: FAST (Festival of Art + Science + Technology): FAST LIGHT — “INCEPTION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR”

    Some cool visual art images:

    MIT+150: FAST (Festival of Art + Science + Technology): FAST LIGHT — “INCEPTION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR”
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    Image by Chris Devers
    I have no idea what this was about. It’s clearly a reference to the movie "Inception", with the spinning top there next to Abraham Lincoln, and the briefcase they used in the movie to induce a shared dream state. But why is MLK in an Inception parody with Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi? Baffling.

    Anyway.

    • • •

    Quoting from the official pamphlet:

    FAST LIGHT • May 7 + 8, 2011, 7 pm – 10 pm

    Contemporary pioneers in art, science, and technology have come together at MIT to create one of the most exhilarating and inventive spectacles metro Boston has ever seen. On May 7 and 8, 2011, visitors can interact with 20+ art and architectural installations illuminating the campus and the Charles River along Memorial Drive at MIT.

    arts.mit.edu / fast

    Installations scattered around campus (we didn’t quite see all of them), again pasting from the official flyer:

    • aFloat
    MIT Chapel • Saturday, May 7th ONLY
    Inspired by water in the Saarinen Chapel’s moat, a touch releases flickers of light before serenity returns as a calm ripple.
    By Otto Ng, Ben Regnier, Dena Molnar, and Arseni Zaitsev.

    • Inflatables
    Lobby 7, Infinite Corridor
    A dodecahedron sculpture made of silver nylon resonates with gusts of air, heat from light bulbs, and the motions of passersby.
    By Kyle Barker, Juan Jofre, Nick Polansky, Jorge Amaya.

    • (now(now(now)))
    Building 7, 4th Floor
    This installation nests layers of the past into an image of the present, recursively intertwining slices of time.
    By Eric Rosenbaum and Charles DeTar.

    • Dis(Course)4
    Building 3 Stair, Infinite Corridor
    A stairwell transformed by a shummering aluminum conduit inspired by the discourse between floors and academic disciplines.
    By Craig Boney, Jams Coleman and Andrew Manto.

    • Maxwell’s Dream
    Building 10 Community Lounge, Infinite Corridor
    An interactive mural created by magnetic fields that drive patterns of light, Maxwell’s Dream is a visually expressive cybernetic loop.
    By Kaustuv De Biswas and Daniel Rosenberg.

    • Mood Meter
    Student Center & Building 8, Infinite Corridor
    Is the smile a barometer of happiness? Mood Meter playfully assesses and displays the mood of the MIT community onsite and at moodmeter.media.mit.edu
    By Javier Hernandez and Ehsan Hoque.

    • SOFT Rockers
    Killian Court
    Repose and charge your electronic devices using green solar powered technology
    By Shiela Kennedy, P. Seaton, S. Rockcastle, W. Inam, A. Aolij, J. Nam, K. Bogenshutz, J. Bayless, M. Trimble.

    • LightBridge
    The Mass. Ave Bridge
    A dynamic interactive LED array responds to pedestrians on the bridge, illustrating MIT’s ties to both sides of the river. Thanks to Philips ColorKinetics, CISCO, SparkFun Electronics.
    By Sysanne Seitinger.

    • Sky Event
    Killian Court, Saturday, May 7th ONLY
    Immense inflatable stars soar over MIT in celebration of the distinctive symbiosis among artists, scientists and engineers.
    By Otto Piene.

    • Liquid Archive
    Charles River
    A floating inflatable screen provides a backdrop for projections that highlight MIT’s history in science, technology, and art.
    By Nader Tehrani and Gediminas Urbonas.

    • Light Drift
    Charles River
    Ninety brightly glowing orbs in the river change color as they react to the presence of people along the shore.
    By Meejin Yoon.

    • Unflat Pavilion
    Building 14 Lawn
    This freestanding pavilion illuminated with LEDs flexes two dimensions into three. Flat sheets are bent and unfurl into skylights, columns, and windows.
    By Nick Gelpi

    • Gradated Field
    Walker Memorial Lawn
    A field of enticing mounts create a landscape that encourages passersby to meander through, or lounge upon the smooth plaster shapes.
    By Kyle Coburn, Karina Silvester and Yihyun Lim.

    • Bibliodoptera
    Building 14, Hayden Library Corridor
    Newly emerged from the chrysalis of MIT’s diverse library pages, a cloud of butterflies flutters above, reacting to the movement of passersby.
    By Elena Jessop and Peter Torpey.

    • Wind Screen
    Green Building Facade, Bldg 54
    A shimmering curtain of light created by micro-turbines displays a visual register of the replenishable source of wind energy.
    By Meejin Yoon.

    • String Tunnel
    Building 18 Bridge
    A diaphonous tunnel creates a sense of entry to and from the Infinite Corridor and frames the surrounding landscape.
    By Yuna Kim, Kelly Shaw, and Travis Williams.

    • voltaDom
    Building 56-66 Connector
    A vaulted passageway utilizes an innovative fabrication technique that creates complex double curved vaults through the simple rolling of a sheet of material.
    By Skylar Tibbits.

    • Night of Numbers
    Building 66 Facade & E15 Walkway
    A lighting installation enlivens MIT architectre with numbers that hold special or historical significance to the Institute. Can you decode them all?
    By Praveen Subramani and Anna Kotova.

    • Overliner
    Building E-25 Stairwell
    Taking cues from a stairwell’s spiraling geometry, Overliner transforms a familiar and busy passageway into a moment of surprise and repose.
    By Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi.

    • Chroma District
    Corner of Ames and Main Streets.
    Lanterns react to visitors by passing sound and color from one to another, increasing in intensity along the way and illuminating the path to MIT’s campus.
    By Eyal Shahar, Akito van Troyer, and Seung Jin Ham.

    Artist Studio: James Cospito / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / 20090926.10D.54626.P1.L2.SQ / SML
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    Image by See-ming Lee ??? SML
    Artist toolbox, seen at the Brooklyn Art Project HQ (Flickr Group) during the Dumbo Art Festival 2009.

    See also
    + Artits on Art: James Cospito talks about his NYC Subway series (Flickr HD video)
    + Art + Artists: James Cospito talks about Brooklyn Art Project (Flickr HD video)

    13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
    www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html

    The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation’s largest urban forum for experimental art.

    Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists’ studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.

    The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.

    www.dumboartscenter.org
    www.dumboartfestival.org
    www.video_dumbo.org

    Related SML
    + SML Fine Art (Flickr Group)
    + SML Flickr Collections: Events
    + SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
    + SML Flickr Tags: Art
    + SML Pro Blog: Art

    Still Life Drawing (Detail) by James Cospito, Brooklyn Art Project HQ / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / 20090926.10D.54607.P1.L2.SQ / SML
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    Image by See-ming Lee ??? SML
    Drawing, seen at the Brooklyn Art Project headquarter in Dumbo, during the Art Under the Bridge Festival organized by Dumbo Arts Center in New York city, 2009.

    James Cospito (Brooklyn Art Project / Facebook / Flickr / LinkedIn / SML Flickr / Twitter) is an artist, painter, photographer, illustrator, designer in New York City. He is also the co-founder of Brooklyn Art Project.

    You can check out James Cospito’s portfolio at brooklynartproject.ning.com/profile/jcospito

    See also the 720p high-def video of James Cospito talking about BAP on Flickr.

    Brooklyn Art Project (FriendFeed / Twitter) is a free online social network that connects 5500+ artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts from over 44 countries featuring over 44,000 artworks and 800+ short films and videos.

    Members can participate in collaborative exhibits in Brooklyn and beyond while enjoying unlimited online gallery space, blogs, forums, chat, and tools to share / promote their artwork across the web.

    BrooklynArtProject.com

    See also
    + Artits on Art: James Cospito talks about his NYC Subway series (Flickr HD video)
    + Art + Artists: James Cospito talks about Brooklyn Art Project (Flickr HD video)

    13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
    www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html

    The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation’s largest urban forum for experimental art.

    Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists’ studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.

    The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.

    www.dumboartscenter.org
    www.dumboartfestival.org
    www.video_dumbo.org

    Related SML
    + SML Fine Art (Flickr Group)
    + SML Flickr Collections: Events
    + SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
    + SML Flickr Tags: Art
    + SML Pro Blog: Art

  • Empty Pews: 7 More Amazing Abandoned Churches

    [ By Steve in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ]


    Abandoned churches may symbolize to some the weakening of religion in the modern age but that’s far too simplistic an explanation – people can move, churches not so much. These 7 amazing abandoned churches stand as testaments to the power of faith and the construction skills of motivated craftsmen though their congregations have forsaken them.

    Augustinian Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation, Vilnius, Lithuania

    (images via: Wikipedia/Alma Pater, Foje64 and Panoramio/Dainius63)

    The six-story Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation in Vilnius, Lithuania, had its heyday long ago when the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of Europe’s largest and most populous states. Tough times were in the making for Vilnius, however, and the years 1710 through 1711 when the city lost approximately half its population due to an outbreak of bubonic plague were especially trying.

    (image via: Keith Ruffles)

    Like most large churches and cathedrals, the Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation was built to last and last it has, through wars, plagues, communism and more. The appearance of trees and shrubs that have taken root on the roof of the lowest floor indicate that the old gal has at least some life left on her, if not in her.

    Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, MI, USA

    (images via: Urban Ghosts, Verybadfrog.com and Waymarking)

    Known as “St. Curvy” by parishioners due to the spectacular sweep of its wooden upper balcony, the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church in Detroit, Michigan was dedicated in June of 2011 after nearly three years of construction. The English Gothic-style church’s fortunes rose and fell along with the city of Detroit and only its addition to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 kept it from the wrecker’s ball.

    (image via: Rick Harris)

    “This splendid building… stands as one of the most handsomest churches in the country,” wrote the Detroit Times on June 10th of 1911. Attendance declined in the mid-1950s and drastically accelerated following the 1967 race riots. After an unsuccessful stint as the Abyssinia Interdenominational Church, the building and its contents were sold to new owners unwilling to pay for its upkeep. A proposal in 2010 to turn the church’s cavernous carcass into a homeless shelter seems not to have gained traction and in the current grim economic climate it’s doubtful “St. Curvy” can hold out against vandals, the elements and time itself much longer.

    Church of San Juan Parangaricutiro, Mexico

    (images via: Artificial Owl)

    Located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, the remains of the Church of San Juan Parangaricutiro, rise from a still-warm lava field expressed by the Paricutin volcano in 1944. After suddenly erupting from a farmer’s cornfield the previous year, Paricutin expelled waves of molten lava that breached the church’s cemetery walls in 1944 and quickly subsumed most of San Juan Parangaricutiro’s centuries-old cathedral.

    (image via: Panoramio/Panamon-Creel)

    Only one tower, sections of supporting walls and the so-called “Altar de los Milagros” remain visible under solidified lava up to 40 feet thick. The church and alter are popular tourist attractions as it is said the lava’s stopping just short of the alter was a miraculous occurrence.

    Agnus Dei Church, Belgium

    (images via: Bestarns and Jan Hoogendoorn)

    Agnus Dei is a combination church and retirement home abandoned in 2005 after a devastating fire. The carnage was mainly restricted to the residential wing, however, leaving the liturgical areas comparatively unscathed.

    (image via: Haikyo.org)

    A more severe fire would have resulted in Agnus Dei’s exquisite stained glass windows being blown out, melted or both – they seem to have survived just fine. The relative isolation of the buildings has also helped keep vandals and graffiti “artists” at bay, which is why Agnus Dei’s precise location will remain unmentioned in this post.

    Cottam Chapel, Yorkshire, UK

    (images via: Mr Wobble, Nathan.Horner and 28DaysLater)

    Red brick Cottam Chapel (or Holy Trinity church) dates from 1890 though it looks much older than that. The crumbling structure is all that remains of a village that stood at the site for nearly 1,000 years. Services were held annually at the chapel around harvest time into the 1930s but the building has been unmanned and unmaintained since then.

    (image via: Grangefirth)

    The Cottam Chapel was slated to be demolished in 1990 but through the efforts of Arthur Mason of Cottam House, the Church Commissioners were persuaded to leave the structure in place, as-is. Nowadays the chapel is a popular stop for hikers in Yorkshire and it’s proved to be a boon for photographers after that quintessentially English composition combining the forces of time and the themes of pastoralism.

    Methodist Church, Bodie, CA, USA

    (images via: Not Over The Hill and KYCheng)

    Dedicated on September 15th of 1882, the Methodist Church in the boomtown of Bodie was a case of too little too late: the town’s population had suffered a decline of roughly 70% over the previous year as the gold-mining boom was rapidly turning to bust. Like many of the town’s buildings, the church was made from wood which has held up remarkably well in the arid climate 8,379 feet (2,554 m) above sea level at the California-Nevada border.

    (image via: Wikipedia/Thomas Fanghaenel)

    Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and a State Historic Park the following year, Bodie’s small but resilient Methodist Church remains in a state of “arrested decay”. Visitors are not able to enter the building but its door is open, literally, to those interested in how religion in a two-church town was able to coexist with over 60 saloons.

    Church of Hvalsey, Qaqortoq, Greenland

    (images via: Britannica, Judith Lindberg and J.S. Aber)

    The remnants of the Church of Hvalsey near the modern town of Qaqortoq, Greenland may look a little worse for wear but hey – how would YOU look after standing for 600-odd years in southern Greenland’s not-so-balmy weather? The most recent records concerning the church date from the year 1408 when a wedding was performed there. At that time the church was already over 400 years old, having been built shortly after Norse colonists from Iceland established the Eastern Settlement in the year 985. Skeletal remains of some of the colonists have been recovered from burial places just outside the church walls.

    (image via: ArcticPhoto/Troels Jacobsen)

    Qaqortoq means “the white place” in the language of the local Inuit people. Archaeologists surmise that the walls of the Church of Hvalsey were originally plastered with mortar made from crushed seashells though the plaster has completely weathered away. The church also featured windows which were small on the outside and large on the inside, a sign of advanced construction techniques employed by the “rough” Vikings.


    (image via: Prima Games Author Blog)

    Call ‘em creepy, spooky or just plain possessed but abandoned churches just seem to exude a certain vibe whether one is personally religious or not. Fictional representations such as the snap from Fallout 3 (above) can merely match the unsettling atmosphere of these monuments to monotheism; adding a neglected graveyard doesn’t hurt either. Take the time to visit an abandoned church sometime in your travels… you won’t be the first but you just might be the last!

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  • Review Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 DC lens

    Hey guys bear with me as this is my first review, I will try to review all of my photographic equipment to help you guys in choosing what’s best for you. More of these to come soon. This review was recorded using my Kodak Zi6

    Here I go again, spotlighting the detail captured in old fashioned film photography. This time it’s a frame of 35mm positive film (Fuji Provia-100). Scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 9000ED, this frame of film becomes a 30 megapixel file. While the Canon 5D MkII and Nikon’s D3x offer resolution very close to 30 megapixels, neither is a match for the detail and tonal quality captured by film.

  • 2PM with SmartAction 3D(red-cyan)

    2PM introduces SmartAction 3D. 2PM interview shot is also 3D. So you need red-cyan glasses to enjoy 2PM in 3D. Official trailer of Smart Action is following next to 2PM interview

  • 11. November 2012

    Ein Beitrag von: Thomas Mies


    kwerfeldein – Fotografie Magazin

  • Da Vinci & the Code he lived by (2005)

    Producer and director: Robert Gardner Director of photography: Nick Gardner Editor: David Grossbach Narrator: Sam Mercurio Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15. April 1452 — 2. May 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist,mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whosegenius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the “Renaissance Man”, a man of “unquenchable curiosity” and “feverishly inventive imagination”. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent and “his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote”. Marco Rosci points out, however, that while there is much speculation about Leonardo, his vision of the world is essentially logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time. Born out of wedlock to a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter,Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome …
    Video Rating: 4 / 5

  • Nikon D7000 – Promotional Video

    Nikon’s D7000 features a 16.2 MP DX-format CMOS sensor, 6 fps continuous shooting and breathtaking Full 1080p HD Movies with full time autofocus.
    Video Rating: 4 / 5

  • gallery class_9518

    A few nice visual art images I found:

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    Image by westconn
    WCSU art students hang the Faculty Exhibition

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    Image by westconn
    WCSU art students hang the Faculty Exhibition

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    Image by westconn
    WCSU art students hang the Faculty Exhibition

  • Team Beyond S2009 V02

    A movie for those who wish it was winter again.

    Chinese guy 26 who holds 84 wr’s on cosy-climbing and 2 wr’s on xtreme-jumps beats KeltA’s wr on bkz_goldbhop by 20 miliseconds.GJ 26 !!! Edit by me (STK) Run by 26 1280×720 , 200 fps , 88.5 MB , Render 6 h… Music: Mt Eden – When will the storm begin Links: Demo – xtreme-jumps.eu Xtreme-jumps.eu – xtreme-jumps.eu Cosy-Climbing – ocean.superhosting.bg