Wednesday, 12 Aug 2009
p.s. You aren’t human
posted at 2:18pm
Monday, 10 Aug 2009
The Loophole
Rewatched the Lost Season 5 Finale “The Incident” and googled some of my questions…
From Reliable Mike:
The loophole was for Mr.X to kill Jacob.posted at 9:36am
Two immortals, neither one capable of killing each other, play a game of influence over man to decide a long-standing argument over mankind’s true nature. One (Jacob) admires man, believes man to be good and wishes to share the island with man. The other (Mr.X) despises man, believes man to be evil and desires to be left alone to the island.
They’ve been at the game for ages, and Mr.X no longer cares. He just wants to be left alone on the island, but Jacob continues to bring man to him. Mr.X figures killing Jacob will free the island of man and leave him alone, as he desires. Mr.X can’t kill Jacob himself, but the loophole that will allow Jacob to be killed is for man to strike him down.
So Mr.X gets himself a dead body to possess and manipulates a man who serves Jacob but has been ignored by him, to kill him.
Thursday, 6 Aug 2009
I’m pretty much over “there”
Dunno what to tell you but most of my time is occupied by posting at blogspot now because it’s all photography related:
Click on the picture to link over:
Thursday, 23 Jul 2009
Gotta get a picture soon…
They let the chickens run wild on Kauai!
posted at 9:02pmTuesday, 21 Jul 2009
Mladenka Grgic
Shot Mladenka for 5 hours. 1200+ frames later, I’m exhausted but happy as a clam. Super excited about the results. Oh wait, I don’t post pictures here anymore.
Stay tuned to charlesyehstudios.blogspot.com
posted at 8:00pmMonday, 20 Jul 2009
Promoting their movie “The Inglorious Basterds”
From Wired magazine, “Ask a Basterd: Can I Answer My Cell at a Movie if It Seems Urgent?” Answer:
Never. It may be a brief interruption—just a few seconds—but what if someone sitting near you is trying to make a decent bootleg? Did you ever think of that? Now all those street-corner copies are permanently defiled by your so-called “emergency.” Don’t be so damn selfish.
(via Dean Minifie)
No way! Seriously??? I thought this was a replica!!!
Tie Fighter made completely out of Starbucks junk: straws, lids, sleeves, cups, etc. by Wired photographer Dan Winters. So now there is an open contest … to build something crazy.
Sunday, 19 Jul 2009
Portrait of Body Dysmorphia
I don’t normally post stuff photography-related anymore but this is more of a social commentary than photography. Straight from my flickr site here it is:
Portrait of Body Dysmorphia
I don’t really look like that.
To be completely objective the statement above is partially true and partially false and each has certain implications.
Technically speaking (considering the aspects of photography and retouching aspects), I don’t really look like this. The original picture is here The lighting with selective retouching produced a more compelling image.
But here’s the other implication of this picture and why I titled it “Portrait of Body Dysmorphia” (or body dysmorphic disorder); I actually don’t think I look like this.
When I look in the mirror (or when mentally picture myself), I don’t see this picture. Actually, I don’t see anything that resembles this picture. Instead, I see a scrawny Asian dude battling his genetics in response to social pressures. Should men be muscular? It’s been a while since we’ve hunted wooly mammoth and saber tooth tigers, yet it’s still deemed socially desirable (for reasons that deserve its own social commentary).
Ironically as I type this I remember a scene from Fight Club. As Edward Norton’s character and Tyler Durden (played by Brad Pitt) board the bus they see an ad with a male model. Edward Norton’s character turns to Tyler Durden and asks sarcastically, “Is that what a real man is supposed to look like?”
Knowing the difference between “right” and “wrong” however doesn’t mean we choose to do the right thing. Interestingly I almost named this picture “Portrait of an Eating Disorder” because counting your calories and planning meals in advance is considered orthorexia nervosa.
Camera info: Nikon D3, 24-70mm f/2.8G, 1/125th, f/11, ISO200, 70mm
Strobist info: 2x AB800 left and right camera front with barndoors, as kickers. Main light is an AB800 in a 20 degree grid ceiling high camera front upper left. Click here to see the lighting setup
Post-processing: Lr2 and PS CS3
Sunday, 12 Jul 2009
White Horse
When I first heard this song I was under the impression that it was too mature to have been written by Taylor Swift. I was partially right. Regardless, beautiful song. Incredibly well written. Great storytelling.
Songwriters: Liz Rose & Taylor Swift.
Say you’re sorry
That face of an angel comes out
Just when you need it to
As I pace back and forth all this time
‘Cause I honestly believed in you
Holding on,
The days drag on
Stupid girl
I should have known, I should have known
That I’m not a princess
This ain’t a fairytale
I’m not the one you’ll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain’t Hollywood,
This is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now its too late for you and your White Horse,
To come around.
Baby I was naíve,
Got lost in your eyes
I never really had a chance,
I had so many dreams about you and me.
Happy endings
Now I know
I’m not a princess
This ain’t a fairytale
I’m not the one you’ll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain’t Hollywood,
This is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now its too late for you and your White Horse,
To come around.
And there you are on your knees
Begging for forgiveness,
Begging for me
Just like I always wanted,
But I’m so sorry
Cause I’m not your princess
This ain’t our fairytale
I’m gonna find someone, someday
Who might actually treat me well.
This is a big world,
That was a small town
There in my rear view mirror,
Disappearing now.
And it’s too late for you and your White Horse
Now its too late for you and your White Horse
To catch me now.
Oh whoa whoa whoa-oh
Try and catch me now
Oh
It’s too late
To catch me now.
