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Is when someone finds themselves in one of my photos. It just happened where the curious eyes in the photo above commented on Flickr. That’s so great, I get goosebumps.
Sunset Fans at Devendra Banhart @ Coachella 2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!.

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Play this now: “Satan Polaroid” - Idlewild
My sense of timing is impeccable. I figured now that Polaroid has stopped making any kind of instant film, now would be an awesome time to get a Polaroid back for a toy Holga camera when I saw it for cheap on Craigslist. A “back” allows you use Polaroid [...]

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Just because I like graphs, especially ones with huge spikes: Here’s the effect on my Flickr stats for when one of my photos got featured on LAist.com and subsequently in Flickr’s Interestingness archives.Superstar!
Now, it’s back to obscurity for the time being. But, it’s a good excuse to play this old classic…
Song of the Day: “I’m [...]

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Play this “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” - The Animals
Every click of the shutter is a moment shared between three people: The subject, the photographer, and ultimately the viewer. Every party in this exchange must give up something. Is the transaction mutually beneficial? Should it be? I suspect that every deal has a [...]

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LAist: Add This to One of Our Favorite Photos of LA.
Just noticed that LAist.com liked my photo of Los Angeles. That’s so great. I’ve always liked those peeps.
View it large and on black, too.
I took this photo a couple weeks ago when I walked up to Griffith Observatory. I developed the film and scanned it [...]

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Listen now: “Blacknuss” - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
“The piano has fifty-two white notes, thirty-six black notes. On this tune we feature nuthin’ but the thirty-six black notes.” - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Blacknuss
The first thing I did when I got my Mamiya was drag it out at night to Venice, CA. I shot some poorly-metered snaps [...]

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Play while reading: “Mamma Mia” - Abba
I kill time by browsing craigslist for all the things I can’t get: Jobs, cameras, casual encounters. (Kidding). I’m not looking for those things per se, I’m just feast on distraction. But, it can be risky.
FOR INSTANCE:
I saw a post for a Mamiya 645E. No pics, $200. In [...]

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When times are hard, we look for clues. Clues about the escape route, the treasure map, the method to slay the beast. We seek these clues in the usual places. Or, we don’t look for clues at all. Sometimes clues find us. Every morning, I need to imagine a new reason to get out of [...]

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Play it: “Winners Take All” - Aesop Rock
The MLB Playoffs mean way more photogs assigned to cover each game. I was at the Phillies win on Monday night. Quite a tense experience, I can say. I can’t say it was completely fun. For 7 innings, I was the lone red hat in a sea of [...]

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Play while you read: “Blinded By The Light” - Manfred Mann
Thirty-six hours straight! When someone asked me what I was up to this weekend, that’s how long I claimed I was going to sleep. I figured that was about how long it would take for life to finally leave me alone. If I could sleep [...]

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