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P042513LJ-0021 by The White House on Flickr.Hillary Rodham...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:07:26 -0700

P042513LJ-0021 by The White House on Flickr.

Hillary Rodham Clinton busts out her Kim Jong-un impression.

natgeofound: Actors dress for a pageant as Britannia and her...

Mon, 06 May 2013 09:41:45 -0700

Actors dress for a pageant as Britannia and her four knights in Hampshire, England, November 1928.
Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

Huh. Larping wasn’t any cooler in 1928.

natgeofound: Carson City firemen play cards while awaiting a...

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:22:36 -0700

natgeofound:

Carson City firemen play cards while awaiting a call, January 1946.
Photograph by W. Robert Moore, National Geographic

Wait, do firemen really wear their hats all the time?!

natgeofound: First Helicopter parent demands her son wear a...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:09:12 -0700

natgeofound:

First Helicopter parent demands her son wear a helmet Apple bobbing.
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

"It’s very weird to pull up a story about a game with frankly visionary art and hear why it shouldn’t..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:13:00 -0700

“It’s very weird to pull up a story about a game with frankly visionary art and hear why it shouldn’t exist, or to hear what I supposedly fantasize about, or what kind of power I supposedly revere, and any attempt to defend oneself from these psychotic projections or to assert that creators may create is evidence of a dark seed sprouting in the heart. It’s an incredible state of affairs. They’re not censors, though - oh, no no. You’ll understand it eventually; what you need to do is censor yourself.”

- Penny Arcade - Character Selection

Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade on the response to Dragon’s Crown.

5 Second Films 420 compilation. Personal favorites are...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:44:39 -0700

5 Second Films 420 compilation. Personal favorites are “Goin out Blazin” and “Stoned Alone”.

anotherasianwithacamera: Mariya, 2013 I don’t know what...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:52:54 -0700

anotherasianwithacamera:

Mariya, 2013

I don’t know what it says about me that I always like behind the scenes information better than the actual work. I prefer the documentary to the event, the story of how something comes to be rather than what it is.

A Day At The Park With Uncle Kenny (by ACoupleOfN3rds) Someone...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:30:20 -0700

A Day At The Park With Uncle Kenny (by ACoupleOfN3rds)

Someone get Ken Townsend on the horn this character needs to be revisited. My 3 favorite parts:

Ken’s voice
“What are you looking at?”
Frozen Yogurt

natgeofound: A replica of the Mayflower sails into New York...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:01:15 -0700

natgeofound:

A replica of the Mayflower sails into New York Harbor with a welcoming fleet, November 1957.
Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

This is not a photoshop. This is what life is like in my dreams. I would have joined the Navy if I’d known Zeppelin pilot was an option.

Hey! If you’re coming to this site because of the recent...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:56:00 -0700

Hey! If you’re coming to this site because of the recent engagement photos I’ve taken of Casey and Adam, you can check out those pictures by clicking here, or see some photos I took of them with clothes ON by clicking here.

Also!

I co-host a Game of Thrones podcast called Boars, Gore, and Swords.
You can find me on twitter at @red_scott.
For Stand-Up or Photography booking, email red@redscott.com.

Original Post:

I bought a used Mamiya RZ67 Pro II a month ago, a huge medium format studio SLR with a negative area a full five times larger than the sensor on a Nikon D800 or 5DMKIII “full frame” camera. A decade ago, the kit I bought would have sold for 5 figures, but thanks to film’s loss in popularity, I was able to get it for less than a tenth of what it cost new. It’s a bulky thing, its six pound weight demands to be put on a tripod, it doesn’t autofocus or zoom, and dealing with film is generally a real pain in my ass. But damn it’s impressive for an empty box with a hole on one end.

For a first project I had the idea, partially inspired by Jim C. Hines, of taking a couple and posing them both in the same feminine poses and then displaying them side by side.

I approached Adam McLaughlin, who officiated my wedding, and his fiancée Casey Grim (collectively known as ACoupleOfN3rds), who I suspected would be game. I’d photographed both of them before, and was stoked when they they not only agreed to do it, but were enthused. Casey mentioned they’d previously talked about doing some over the top boudoir parody, so the concept resonated with them.

This was my first time using the RZ67 and my first time using film since I last took photography classes in 2004. The shoot was generally a disaster: due to pure human error I shot everything 2 stops overexposed, I was having a hard time getting the lighting right without the digital crutch of instant feedback, I lost two whole shots because the focus was off, and figuring out the lighting took so long I didn’t have time to try any of the other film that I’d meant to experiment with. Adam and Casey were patient and up for anything, but I felt like I’d let them down on my end.

I had pretty much written the whole thing off and was deep in the process of thinking I’d made a stupid choice buying the camera in the first place when a few days later I got an e-mail with the scans from Photoworks. Despite the meager resolution of their scans, you could still see extremely good resolution in the eyes (where I’d actually gotten them in focus), plus the look of B&W film was honestly even more captivating than I’d hoped. And though I was initially disappointed to see the few shots that hadn’t turned out and I never did get the lighting how I wanted it, they managed to save most of the shots from overexposure in the processing, and I realized I had enough decent pictures to try execute the initial concept. So I asked Lauren to photoshop the selects together and then uploaded the finished photos to facebook.

I did not expect any response.

Casey uploaded the pictures to an imgur.com album and posted it to reddit. Within a few hours that post got to #1 on /r/funny, which 3.5 million of reddit’s users subscribe to. In the time it was on the front page, my photos were viewed approximately 440,000 times, which means collectively they’ve had more eyeballs on them than all of the photos I’ve taken from birth up until that time, and likely more views than all of my photos I will take from now until I am buried. Since then the photos have been featured on a couple blogs, The Daily Mail, The Huffington Post, and even on nationally syndicated TV. I’ve had friends message me to say they saw the photos (even one friend I haven’t talked to since high school).

I still have a lot to learn to reach basic competency with this camera, but all things considered my first 3 rolls have done okay.

Big Spoon and Short Straw At the risk of becoming the first...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:21:18 -0700

Big Spoon and Short Straw

At the risk of becoming the first Cory and Donny fan tumblr, this trailer for the movie Cory co-wrote with Robb Boardman, directed by Jim Dziura, is must watch.

The anthropomorphic expression and the de-saturation are what...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:30:13 -0700

The anthropomorphic expression and the de-saturation are what take this internet-pet-picture to the next level.

A Softer World: 926

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:30:06 -0700

A Softer World: 926:

3 things I like about this comic:

The punch line. If you didn’t take the time to fully imagine fuck mountain, you didn’t get as much out of this comic as you could have.
Love the colors of Emily’s film captures. Wish she would post photo EXIF style data.
Hedburg Easter Egg when you click on it.

Luke’s Change: an Inside Job (by Graham Putnam) 3 things I...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:30:12 -0700

Luke’s Change: an Inside Job (by Graham Putnam)

3 things I like about this video

The name, Luke’s Change. Too perfect.
The music. It really shows how manipulative music can be in conspiracy theory documentaries.
Even knowing this is a fictional movie, I was still drawn in by the conspiracy. Part of me wondered if this is what George Lucas intended all along

Subjective Critics with Donny Divanian, Cory Loykasek, and Robb...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:09:50 -0700

Subjective Critics with Donny Divanian, Cory Loykasek, and Robb Boardman.

3 things I like about this video

HILARIOUS!
Cory’s realistic condescending description of the movies.
Donny’s enthusiasm for Karen. He loves that girl.

P021313LJ-0226 by The White House on Flickr.Strange choice for...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:00:41 -0700

P021313LJ-0226 by The White House on Flickr.

Strange choice for the new Whitehouse chef.

General Mills - Fruit Corners - Thunder Jets - NEW - fruit...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:00:16 -0700

General Mills - Fruit Corners - Thunder Jets - NEW - fruit snacks box - 1989 by JasonLiebig on Flickr.

3 things I like about this

IT’S A FRUIT SNACK IT’S HEALTHY MOM
Modified Corn Starch
B-2 STEALTH BOMBER!!!!!!!!!

natgeofound: A woman holds three seven-month old mountain lion...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:00:14 -0700

natgeofound:

A woman holds three seven-month old mountain lion kittens in Arizona.
Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic

3 things I like about this photo

The baby mountain lion on the left.
The baby mountain lion center-bottom.
The baby mountain lion on the right.

3 things I like about this video HILARIOUS! Incredibly catchy...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:00:20 -0700

3 things I like about this video

HILARIOUS!
Incredibly catchy tune.
It was originally cut from the show for being controversial resulted in its huge popularity. A great example of the Streisand effect.

3 things I like about this video HILARIOUS! The more serious...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:45:00 -0700

3 things I like about this video

HILARIOUS!
The more serious Nick Offerman gets, the less the audience believes him.
TICK. TOCK.