Year: 2011
As I’ve discussed previously the limitations of the iPhone’s camera often makes for fun results. In this case the shutter doesn’t know exactly what to do with the extremely fast moving propellers of Porter Airlines’ Canadian-built Bombardier Aerospace Q400 turboprop aircraft.
As you can see the results are multiplication and, at times, complete separation.
Awesome!
Okay, I get that this is a multiple image photo frame and that whoever designed the marketing for this product would want the images to seem like they could conceivably have come from one person or couple. But that does not explain or excuse why on earth these stock photos were chosen, or, for that matter, ever taken in the first place.
Picture 1 = “We just had a fight (possibly while sailing) and areGiving each other the silent treatment.” Not great but acceptable as a stock photo and appropriate in its use. Picture 2 = “I’m a technologically behind-the-times douche.” First-off, two words: blue tooth. C’mon images selectors let’s try and stay current with technology. Picture 3 = “After I’m done being a douche I like to vacuum.” WTF?!?! Why, WHY, was this photograph taken? And, even though their is
conceivably a market for photos of male models doing domestic chores, why would ANY REAL PERSON who might buy this picture frame place such a photo in it? “Oh, look honey. Remember that time you did a crappy job vacuuming while talking on you douchey earpiece?” Picture 4 = Makes sense but by the time I look at it the damage has been done. Again, wow!
Welcome to the second installment of Camera Crimes [view the first installment here: http://thedailymobile.posterous.com/camera-crimes-disheveled-in-a-red-KC
My friend Jarret Anderson turned me onto the iphoneography technique I used to take this self-portrait: Press the shutter button and them immediate spin/flip the phone in the air. You get crazy horizon-bending results like this. Works best in very bright situations.
This is a behind-the-scenes pic from a production I was on in August that shot around the kilns at The Don Valley Brickworks.
If you haven’t visited the DVB you really should. It’s an amazing historical/industrial space. But if you’re thinking of shooting there be sure to bring tons of extension cords (the longer the better). All the electrical outlets are along the building’s perimeter walls, and not all of them work.
On our first morning at the location we were delayed getting in because a film crew from the SWAT Team TV show Flashpoint was still wrapping. They had been shooting an action sequence the night before and the ground was left littered with spent shell casings.
And you thought your sets were tough.
On Monday my Dad and I decided to share a photo day in Toronto. At the last minute, rather than take my DSLR, I decided to pull my Mamiya RZ67 out of mothballs and shoot the box of Sepia Paul Giambarba Edition Polaroid Type 100 ISO 1500 film I purchased at The Impossible Project store in New York way back in November.
The Impossible Project is an organization that is attempting to keep instant Polaroid-style photographer alive by manufacturing their own instant film to replace the nearly-gone stock of Polaroid manufactured film.
There’s a photo of my Dad, Rod, in the lower left corner.
My Grandfather, Vic, was one of seven Brazier brothers who all served in the Second World War — and, miraculously, all returned home safely. This amazing fact along with the brothers and their families involvement in the Bracebridge community prompted the city to dedicate the new playground in their honour. My Dad, brother, sister and I were in the park before the dedication ceremony to help put some finishing touches on the new playground. Here’s a picture of my Dad and brother getting the ground ready for laying sod:
Changing out of my work clothes for the ceremony, I noticed this small, fuzzy spider had taken a liking to my striped shirt and snapped a few shots. Wish I had a macro lens for my iPhone.
