a couple quick shouts...

first off, thanks so much for all of the great comment last time 'round.  glad you guys keep coming back to read whatever this is. 

i like being able to write blogs to kind of counter the non-working photographers like wank and theonlinephotoguy. 

one of my best friends was just featured and interviewed by his editor.  check out what mario says about his start in photography all the way to shooting the oscars at the reuters blog.  don't bother reading the next blog entry, though. ;)  not gonna name names but ... most of the oscar red carpet was COMPLETELY cookie cutter.  mario's was not. ;)  but i'm sure you'll have seen that for yourself.

um ... my friend clayton ... he shot cats. ;)

one of my friends at leica usa asked if i'd post a link to the oscar barnack award.  the winner gets either €5000 or the equivalent in leica gear.  not bad.

so .. yeah ... from a little napolitano bitch to a chicago cat photographer to ... the barnack award ... that's what i've got. ;)

hope you're all well.

cheers from the very overcast l.a.!

Comments

[Mark Greenmantle]

I wonder if wank notices each time he gets a pingback from here that it's referred to as 'wank'. *laughs*

Spent last night with some of Australia's print press shooters at the Nikon Walkley Press Photo Awards and only really found some of it inspiring. Not surprisingly, I discovered that those shots that did make me really stop in my tracks were shot on a film Leica. Portraits in warzones in black and white, ultra shallow DOF and sharp as a tack at the eyes. Last year's selection was quite a bit more interesting.

[tzaj]

Damn, best cat shots i've ever seen, and the guy has some really damn good street shots too. Too bad Leica's contest's only for professional photographers tho,... ah, one day! :D
Also, this guy gives a whole new meaning to the words "shoot some photos" http://i.gizmodo.com/5142970/us-soldier-explains-why-he-uses-a-rifle-stock-to-shoot-photographs

Cheers,
tzaj

[Sonny Thakur]

Wonder how much traffic you give to the non working photos and wank. :)

Cheers!

[Ajovah]

Good to see you post again Chris.
Cant wait for your next blog with pictures :l

[Ajovah]

Good to see you post again Chris.
Hope you're doing well and all.
Cant wait for your next blog with pictures though so hurry up ^^

[Nhat Nguyen]

That cat looks like my fav cat breed, an Abyssinian. Good cat shots.

[Alda]

Thank you, Chris, for this post. I was delighted when I read the post about the cats and subscribed that blog, so I'll follow all the posts.
As for the Reuters' blog, that particular post, I saw a lesson on it. Mario Anzuoni is very clear and honest on his explanations.

Thanks!

[Ajovah]

Oh shit sorry for commenting twice man...feel free to delete the first one ^^

[Daniel Gomes]

Hello! Just read your last posts. Been busy doing... nothing. Anyways, always nice to check your latest photos, visit wank's website thru the usual link, read your stories and laugh like hell.

The out-of-focus shot... it hurts my eyes too. Guess it tries to put it back in focus, not a pleasant sensation.

Love the cats... And their texture. Cool that friend of yours - is he a cat person? ;)

Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Brazil!

* checking out Chris' etsy *

[Dan]

Saw this and thought of you.
I think you will appreciate the last one especially.

* Ken Rockwell's camera has similar settings to ours, except his are: P[erfect] Av[Awesome Priority Tv[Totally Awesome Priority] M[ajestic]
* Ken Rockwell doesn't color correct. He adjusts your world to match his.
* Sure, Ken Rockwell deletes a bad photo or two. Other people call these Pulitzers.
* Ken Rockwell doesn't adjust his DOF, he changes space-time.
* Circle of confusion? You might be confused. Ken Rockwell never is.
* Ken Rockwell doesn't wait for the light when he shoots a landscape - the light waits for him.
* Ken Rockwell never flips his camera in portrait position, he flips the earth
* Ken Rockwell ordered an L-lens from Nikon, and got one.
* Ken Rockwell is the only person to have photographed Jesus; unfortunately he ran out of film and had to use a piece of cloth instead.
* When Ken Rockwell brackets a shot, the three versions of the photo win first place in three different categories
* Before Nikon or Canon releases a camera they go to Ken and they ask him to test them, the best cameras get a Nikon sticker and the less good get a Canon sticker
* Once Ken tested a camera, he said I cant even put Canon on this one,thats how Pentax was born
* Rockwellian policy isn't doublethink - Ken doesn't even need to think once
* Ken Rockwell doesn't use flash ever since the Nagasaki incident.
* Ken Rockwell wanted something to distract the lesser photographers, and lo, there were ducks.
* Ken Rockwell is the only one who can take self-portraits of you
* Ken Rockwell's nudes were fully clothed at the time of exposure
* Ken Rockwell once designed a zoom lens. You know it as the Hubble SpaceTelescope.
* When Ken unpacks his CF card, it already has masterpieces on it.
* Rockwell portraits are so lifelike, they have to pay taxes
* On Ken Rockwell's desktop, the Trash Icon is really a link to National Geographic Magazine
* Ken Rockwell spells point-and-shoot "h-a-s-s-e-l-b-l-a-d"
* When Ken Rockwell went digital, National Geographic nearly went out of business because he was no longer phyically discarding photos
* For every 10 shots that Ken Rockwell takes, 11 are keepers.
* Ken Rockwell's digital files consist of 0's, 1's AND 2's.
* Ken Rockwell never focus, everything moves into his DoF
* Ken Rockwell's shots are so perfect, Adobe redesigned photoshop for him: all it consists of is a close button.
* The term tripod was coined after his silhouette
* Ken Rockwell never produces awful work, only work too advanced for the viewer
* Ken Rockwell isn't the Chuck Norris of photography; Chuck Norris is the Ken Rockwell of martial arts.
* A certain braind of hig-end cameras was named after people noticed the quality was a lot "like a" rockwell