Saturday Speedlinks, 10-13-2007
This week I took a day trip up to New York City (always fun) which led to two of today's speedlinks:• I was up there to be interviewed for Crossfader, which brings together people from the genres of photo, video and audio. Derek Mazzone, who is running the joint, has a pan-creative vision for sharing and mashup that is not unlike what we do here on Strobist.
(I'll also post a link to the interview when it is published.)
• While walking in NYC on 57th street (the main purpose of which is to show you how much money you do not have) I came across a wonderful exhibition of underwater photography by Alex Kirkbride. The photos are from a book that is available here. Amazing stuff.
• Still mooching off of my last trip up to NYC, PhotoShelter has placed several more videos of presentations from their national tour of meetings.
That there's some good Photo TV. Definitely worth a look.
• I have had several people ask how I snagged a Diet Mountain Dew sponsorship. (See button at bottom of sidebar.) Easy -- I didn't. That's just my beverage of choice, the caffeine inside which powers this site. Total fanboy linkup. If you click on the button, you'll see the shark commercial, but I also like the illegal puppet commercial.
(And if you happen to work for the folks who make Diet Mountain Dew, you have no idea how cheaply you could have me... )
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14 Comments:
This seems like it would make a cool speedlink--a sweet Vivitar flash mod tutorial!
Just be aware that diet anything is usually scary stuff. Unless you're NOT scared of cancer.
Maybe I'm a huge nerd (for so many reasons) but, I loved this line: "the main purpose of which is to show you how much money you do not have", though I may have thrown in an, "exactly" to make it more Douglas Adams-y.
Ah well, don't panic :D
The link in the first comment is broken. It must be pruned.
Derek Mazzone is a Seattle guy. I know of him from KEXP.
I heard Mountain Dew shrinks your nuts. I don't care if it's an urban myth or not. That's not a risk I'm willing to take.
Naw, Mt Dew doesn't shrink your nuts.. it just has Yellow 5 in it, which is known to decrease sperm count. :x Thank you, High School Health!
Anyways, about the Diet Mt. Dew Commercials, I really enjoy the "More people get attacked by ferrets than bears" one. That one cracks me up every time.
So, I looked at those underwater shots by Derek...and I'm not sure I understand the ones with the lens half in the water and half out when the water is so dirty you can't even see anything in it. I like the ones where the water is somewhat clear and there is visuals in the water...but for the ones where there is just gray muck on the bottom of the picture...I don't get it. I'm not saying it is bad...I'm just saying I don't get it.
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the underwater pics were by Alex Kirkbride...not Derek. My Bad y'all.
HREF="http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157602332453109/">Here is a fix for the first link. Seems cool...
Well, I already have three kids, and can't wait they start selling diet Dew in Finland.
beware of aspartame, dave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy
it WILL kill you.
David:
Thought you might want to check this video out:
It's a broncolor video about their expensive paralights.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=19935870
Check out this one Dave...
http://www.whitestripes.com/lomography/lomography.html
yes, not strictly off camera flash, but still cool. Especially the "meg" camera that comes with a "nobody knows how to talk to children" ring flash.
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