This guy took a polaroid of himself every day until he died. Fascinating stuff.
I would love to start a project like this but I know I would forget to take one some random day and the entire project would be ruined!!!
The pictures at the end are pretty hard to look at. You can tell everyone in his family knew his was going to pass away soon. He probably knew it himself as well.
http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/
This is what he was doing on my birthday, February 2nd, 1983. What was he doing on your birthday?
Light Warfare
Every time I see a video like this I think of ravers. They have ruined my appreciated for this type of photography. At least they aren’t wearing 40+ neon colored bracelets and sweating like a leaky faucet.
Polaroid might be dead, but instant film is not.
In 1948 Polaroid introduced instant film to the world and photography was changed forever. Everything about the highly innovative product was exciting and new, especially for its time People used to wait days for their film to be developed, now they had the ability to create a photograph on the spot. Just like Andre 3000 said in Outkast’s hit song “Hey Ya,” they would “shake it like a Polaroid picture!” Shaking the photo became an iconic part of the instant film experience.
Everyone from your uncle to Andy Warhol was using the film. Polaroid was, and always will be, a legendary company in the world of photography. Unfortunately, after years of bad business and the rise of digital cameras, the company was forced to file for bankruptcy. Polaroid stopped selling cameras in 2007 and the production of film will end in December of 2009. Though some have created timeless memories using Polaroid instant film, readers should know that instant film doesn’t end with Polaroid. Meet Fuji Instax.
Since the departure of Polaroid from the instant film market left a serious void, Fuji released their own version. Fuji’s version features a wide format which is unique and slightly cheaper than Polaroid. The colors in this new instant film are crystal clear and the images are ultra crisp. If you want to relive the Polaroid experience, you can find the Fuji Instax 200 camera on eBay for around $70 and film for around $.75-$1.00 a picture. The camera itself is somewhat bulky but the pictures it produces are priceless.
Instant film still remains the quickest way to create a photo memory. Even with all the new-age digital cameras and the conveniences they have provided – Fuji has given our generation and those to come the chance to experience the fun when you “shake it, shake shake, shake it.”
Hulk Hogan vs. Rick Flair: Hulkamania
This is another awesome tilt-shift video shot this past month.
If you are unfamiliar, “Tilt-shift photography” refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes the term is used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital postprocessing; the name may derive from the tilt-shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically.
Rita’s O-Gee Photos
It’s been a loooooong time since I threw up pictures from O-Gee/Get Right/Whatever. Rita has been kind enough to send over the photos from last weekend at O-Gee. I’m pretty sure we’ll have these after every event she attends, so big ups to Rita!
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A Mountain’s Ghost
Visit the top of Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka and you’ll see a striking sight — at sunrise the mountain’s own shadow is caught in the morning mist before you.
“The shadow seemed to rise up and stand in front of us in the air,” wrote a correspondent to Nature in 1886, “with rainbow and spectral arms, and then to fall down suddenly to the earth as the bow disappeared.”
A Spring in New York by Fred Lebain
Last spring Lebain took images of various areas in new york city, each one of them an occasion of a ‘first visit’ to the location, in which he photographed and then printed in large poster format. later, he returned to the same spots for a second visit, capturing a larger framed shot in which he aligned the poster documenting his first visit to the current scene.
Leaping Wolf
A picture of a hunting wolf has won the prestigious Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 award. Jose Luis Rodriguez captured the imaginations of the judges with a picture that he had planned for years, and even sketched out on a piece of paper.
“I wanted to capture a photo in which you would see a wolf in an act of hunting – or predation – but without blood,” he told BBC News. “I didn’t want a cruel image.”
With a great deal of patience and careful observation of the wolves’ movements, he succeeded in taking the award-winning photograph.
We got more bounce in Columbus. 
More Photography from Steven Hamilton
So Steven left a bundle of pictures at my old house about 6 weeks ago. I finally got around to scanning them and I figured I would share them.
These were the days… MAYNARD
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January 13, 2010 | Categories: columbus, photography | Tags: bmx, columbus, CSJ, maynard, no comment, photography, pictures, steven hamilton, trails | 9 Comments