Re: stan's Chicago GESOs

2010-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
Stan Halpin wrote: I have put up four galleries: One reflects a couple of walks in the Oak Park area: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p584621166 A second has a few shots from the PDML Gallery opening: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p552583829 Some shots of fellow PDMLers:

Re: GESO - slideshow of an old set of pics - Miss Rock n Roll

2010-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
Derby Chang wrote: The Annandale Hotel is coming up to a major anniversary and they are asking around for photos. Looking through some old stuff, I thought I would do a (Flash) slideshow of the Miss Rock 'n Roll competition from a few years back.

Re: PESO from Chicago

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: I've got a gallery put together, but I won't have time to get it on line for a while. So here's a PESO... Say what you will about Eggleston, viewing his exhibit really does make you *think* about photography and what you do and don't like. And it may even give you new ideas.

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Christian Skofteland wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:46:46PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14/05/2010, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I thought I'd start another one. Actually, I just wanted a place to post PESO's and blather on about photography and writing, when it strikes me. so

Re: OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Doug Brewer wrote: Christian Skofteland wrote: On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 08:46:46PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14/05/2010, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I thought I'd start another one. Actually, I just wanted a place to post PESO's and blather on about photography and writing, when

Re: PESO: Chicago - Central Camera

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: I had an absolute blast last week in Chicago! Huge thanks to Mark and Christine for all their hard work and dedication to make the exhibit a reality. So good to meet you PDML'ers that were there. You all are an awesome group of very talented folks. I

Re: PESO - Free as a Bird (Chicago)

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single song. The trip to Chicago last weekend, in addition to being a ton of fun, unexpectedly yielded my first shot for the collection. We were at

Re: Chicago GESO

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/chicago2010/index.html I remember you taking that minivan and first photowalk shots. Didn't notice you getting the wildlife is abundant shot in that little museum. Overall, fun gallery. Favorites are still hanging around O'Hare and

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Very nice gallery -- lots of interesting juxtapositions, snippets of things, and angles. I especially like the tattoo and leaves juxtaposition. (Also the Buddha, photographer and mirror.) Marnie :-) Thanks, Marnie. That tattoo is part of our own Jay Taylor, who

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Northeast Media wrote: I liked the red umbrella in the trash can. Isn't Chicago the windy city ? Phil Northeast www.northeastmedia.biz northeastme...@bigpond.com Thank you, Phil. Looking through this gallery and some other shots, I seemed to have been on a red kick.

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
Fernando wrote: I really liked 4, 7, 5, 9 the most -in that order-. I appreciate the look and the comment. I wish I could have joined you guys -would love to see that exhibit. I still remember my first time in the MOMA, looking at some classic photos -not from Eggleston but from other

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-14 Thread Doug Brewer
AlunFoto wrote: Me neither, Doug. The gallery as a whole made me smile. Some of them are really nice too. Admire your eye for situations and symbolics. Jostein And I admire your eye for frozen continents. Thank you for looking, and for the nice words. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Gold

2010-05-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Bruce Dayton wrote: Probably great foolishness on my part to submit a PESO amidst all this discussion of good/bad photos and what is art - I'm guessing that some will like and some will dislike this...but what the heck. I have a thick skin - at least in some places... Pentax K20D, Sigma

Re: For the Weegee fans

2010-05-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Fernando wrote: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2010/05/interview-famous-photographers-tell-how.html I liked this Now the easiest kind of a job to cover is a murder, because the stiff will be laying on the ground, [..] and he would be good for at least two hours yikes...

Re: For the Weegee fans

2010-05-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Fernando wrote: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2010/05/interview-famous-photographers-tell-how.html I liked this Now the easiest kind of a job to cover is a murder, because the stiff will be laying on the ground, [..] and he would be good for at least two hours yikes... man, it's easy to

Re: For the Weegee fans

2010-05-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Fernando wrote: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2010/05/interview-famous-photographers-tell-how.html I liked this Now the easiest kind of a job to cover is a murder, because the stiff will be laying on the ground, [..] and he would

Re: Augenblick artists portraits...

2010-05-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Larry Colen wrote: I'm uploading pictures in both raw and unfinished jpegs to my server at: http://red4est.com/augenblick/ My apologies to those I missed, or I forgot that the camera had been switched to manual focus and such. The ones in the 3star tree weren't posted. -- Larry Colen

OT: since my blog is such a resounding success...

2010-05-13 Thread Doug Brewer
I thought I'd start another one. Actually, I just wanted a place to post PESO's and blather on about photography and writing, when it strikes me. so: http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/ yep, the posterous collective. For the two or three remaining fans of The Flies, I'll continue my

Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago

2010-05-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: We and I may be mixing up the terms art and good in this discussion... oh well... We can save the discussion about whether photography is art for later. I asked what makes a good photograph. There can be be no single answer to the question because photographs are taken for

Re: Something Funny Happened on the Way to Chicago

2010-05-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: On 11 May 2010 23:12, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: and I suspect Miserere was just being silly... Would it have helped if I'd used an emoticon? If so, e-mail Doug and let him know! I'm trying out writing Doug-style since I got back from Chicago and have been making enemies

Re: Chicago

2010-05-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: On 12 May 2010 00:47, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: OK, if we're going to discuss this, first you have to define what exactly makes a good photograph, without saying a good photo is not this... or a good photo is not that... Fire when ready. Doug, I actually wrote

Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago

2010-05-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: Hi Doug, (take everything I say as not an argument, but more or less musing) I don't know the history of Eggleston or how/why he became famous. From the exhibit I saw, I suspect either some beatniks in a coffehouse somewhere or some art professors who talk vs. do, were looking

Re: geso - Chicago

2010-05-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Sasha Sobol wrote: http://flickriver.com/photos/sobol/tags/chicago/ --Sasha Sorry I didn't respond sooner, Sasha. I was busy erasing any trace of my sanity. I very much enjoyed these. That shot of Jostein is classic, and the one of Meg, Stan, Larry, and Christine is just luminous. --

Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago

2010-05-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Bob Sullivan wrote: Wow Tom, your really pressing Doug's buttons. This is the most he's written to the list in years. Regards, Bob S. :-) I'm between sessions and don't have to shoot anything until tomorrow. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: What Makes a Good Photograph? Was: Chicago

2010-05-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: On 12 May 2010 20:51, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Tom, perhaps what's bugging you about Eggleston's work subconsciously is that same thing that bugs me consciously about it. I'm not an Eggleston hater - quite the contrary, I find I have a greater appreciation for

Re: GESO - Chicago exhibit by Karin

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Bob Sullivan wrote: Chris, Tell Karin she did good! I especially like the shot of Doug Brewer. He doesn't like to pose for photos, but that one is a good capture of his soul. Regards, Bob S. Silly Bob. I have no soul. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: GESO - Chicago exhibit by Karin

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Chris Mitchell wrote: Here's a mini gallery from Karin (aka Mrs M). Included is a group shot where she pointed and shot while the experts were faffing around with the flash... Oh, it's Pentax too (Optio S50) http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GalleryNight/ Chris good job, Karin. -- PDML

Re: geso pdmlers in chicago

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.caguila.com/caguila/pdmlchiphotowalk/content/pdmlchiexhibit_42_2_large.html Best photo of Doug Brewer ever. +1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: GESO - The Usual Suspects (Chicago)

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: After pizza Saturday evening we fell out of the joint and took up a huge amount of sidewalk space blocking egress into the restaurant momentarily. It was time to get out the DA 14/2.8. The ladies always remember me, first for getting up in their face, and 2nd for the images. I

Re: Chigago, This Time with Pictures

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
William Robb wrote: Doug, you really should have come for pizza on Saturday. If we do this again, we should probably arrange our hotels to be closer. I don't know where you stayed, but my hotel looked pretty heavy. I hope we do this again. It's funny, the things that we do, and the things

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: BTW, this shot: http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/content/DBK70454_large.html needs someone riding a bicycle through it. :) A white car passing through it was what drew me in, but I klunked it. Forgot I was on f/8. I waited around for another car, then settled on

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
John Sessoms wrote: From: Tom C I totally missed Hopper's Nighthawks. That's been a favorite image of mine since elementary school. I'd have loved to have seen it. I always imagine myself in the diner drinking a cup of coffee out of a heavy ceramic mug with a thick rounded lip. Good to see

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
David J Brooks wrote: Enjoyed them all Doug Dave thanks Dave. Enjoyed taking them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Jay Taylor wrote: Doug, I had a great time meeting and spending time with you and the other PDML'ers ! Great gallery presented here with some very nice compositions with tons of interest. A few standouts for me are: #7 - brilliantly executed with the transparency and framing of the statues.

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Joseph McAllister wrote: So humble. A fine collection of an artists eye at work. Well, except the one of the alley. I did do a lot of the same in the 60s, but they never pleased me, so so I may be prejudiced against alley shots. :-) Look forward to Friday night. Thanks, Joe. What happens

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Christian Skofteland wrote: On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:02:52AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer Subject: GESO - Quality Human Hair http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/ enjoy Some fine pictures in there. William Robb What he said. Thanks

Re: Chicago

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: On 10 May 2010 19:48, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: I started out in the hole. Dropped the car Wednesday morning [snip] and I'm [...] someone who shoots pretty flower shots on occasion. Hopefully you didn't drop the car on any pretty flowers. It was a great pleasure

Re: Chicago

2010-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: I really thought one (Eggleston) was excellent and two others were very likeable. So I didn't totally dislike his exhbited work, though those three represent probably 5% of what was displayed. He just, IMO, seemed a charlatan. Maybe Picasso was too, based on some elementary

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Tim Bray wrote: Cool. I like the El with the reflection on it best. -Tim Thanks, Tim. It was great to meet you and chat with you about the PDML as an entity. http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Cotty wrote: On 9/5/10, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: Anyway: http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/ enjoy What a quality selection. Two or three beckon my walls Appreciate it, buddy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
paul stenquist wrote: Well done! Love the porthole pic. A lot of excellent compositions here. Some classic art/spectator shots from the art institute. The Hopper painting really comes alive in your shot. Paul Thanks, Paul. The porthole pic was taken in a new little museum in one of the

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a great gallery, IMO. I love the variety of unusual perspectives that transform relatively ordinary subjects into very interesting concepts. Dan Thanks, Dan. Chicago is a very interesting place. http://www.alphoto.com/images/chicago2010/ -- PDML

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a great gallery, IMO. I love the variety of unusual perspectives that transform relatively ordinary subjects into very interesting concepts. You'd never guess he'd seen an Eggleston exhibit that weekend, huh? ;-) yeah, I had the color

Re: Brought to you by Tom C

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
William Robb wrote: Ignore the last one. Friggin Microsoft. Well, that was fun. aw, now I feel bad for flipping you off so many times. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: Group Shot at Sharpenberg Gallery

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: I sneaked out just in time it seems. Good thing too, I wouldn't want my face out there for the whole World to see because then I'd be recognised and wouldn't be able to do my street photography incognito. For Doug's benefit: ;-) --M. incognito is not an issue for me, but

Re: GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: I totally missed Hopper's Nighthawks. That's been a favorite image of mine since elementary school. I'd have loved to have seen it. I always imagine myself in the diner drinking a cup of coffee out of a heavy ceramic mug with a thick rounded lip. Tom C. I actually have a small

Re: Please Ignore this Pedantic Test

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: I had inverse expectations. Or maybe I'm easily ignored... I spent 30 minutes writing my remarks about the Chicago trip and nobody gives a rat's ass. :-) I was waiting for the other six versions before deciding on a response. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Please Ignore this Pedantic Test

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: You're a mean man Doug. :-) no soup for me? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Tom C wrote: I had inverse expectations. Or maybe I'm easily ignored... I spent 30 minutes writing my remarks about the Chicago trip and nobody gives a rat's ass

Re: GESO: My Chicago

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Tim Bray wrote: My trip to Chicago was relatively unsuccessful aside from the couple of hours I got to spend with the PDMLers, but I did manage to take a couple of snaps that avoided the quick cull. The slide-show is at http://www.tbray.org/pdml/Chicago-May-2010/ (only 8) but since I can't

Chicago

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
I started out in the hole. Dropped the car Wednesday morning for a look-see at an issue I had neither the time nor equipment to handle and to get the aircon charged up; it hadn't worked since I got the car. Friday morning, two overnights and an astonishing ransom later, I finally got it

Chicago part II

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
So I was addled for a minute, forgetting the Send button on the message window is in the same place as the Check Mail button on the Inbox screen... Consider that Part I. I didn't take into account the social consequences of having suspect taste in art; I found myself alone pretty quickly, so

Re: Another one in the series WAS Re: Brought to you by Tom C

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Cory Waters wrote: http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/12119115_CrWVU#863303490_3KXzN-A-LB It really was a magical evening. CW har -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

GESO - Quality Human Hair

2010-05-09 Thread Doug Brewer
Most of these will not survive a more serious cull, but right now they don't make me spew. All taken over the too little time I had for shooting in Chicago, just a random collection with no thought to flow or chronological order. Friday night is missing until I move them from the laptop to my

Re: Chicago status report

2010-05-09 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: Good summary, Stan. I'm on the L en route to O'Hare, but wish I were seeing FLR houses. Had a blast with you guys and hope we can repeat again next year. As for Eggleston, we agreed he was an average photographer, right Doug!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ;-) --M. kiss my asteroids

Re: Leaving for Chicago

2010-05-07 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Lisa and I will be leaving shortly. Expect to be in Chicago by afternoon. See ya! getting in the car now. fingers crossed, I'll see y'all there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: SHOW

2010-05-06 Thread Doug Brewer
P N Stenquist wrote: On May 6, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Cotty wrote: Show us yer bum :-) I have a nice looking ass, and I enjoy showing it off: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10982480 how to keep people from clicking on a link, example 1. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: SHOW

2010-05-06 Thread Doug Brewer
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The best bums are Irish ... http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4584828924_78cea05394_o.jpg come on, Eileen, too rye ayyy... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: FS: MX, LX

2010-05-05 Thread Doug Brewer
John Francis wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:38:03PM -0400, wendy beard wrote: I was thinking of selling my DA* 50-135/f2.8 but it seems to be listed on Adorama at almost half what I paid for it (tho' it's out of stock at the moment) so it looks like I'll hang on to that for another month or

Re: For those who can't make it to Chicago...

2010-05-05 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: An online gallery (in HTML and Flash versions!) of the images from the Dank Haus exhibit: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/2010/gallery/ from the subject line, I thought the body of the message was going to be something along the lines of, nyah nyah nyah nyah. --

vote for your favorite street shooter

2010-05-04 Thread Doug Brewer
Brackets are tough: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2010/05/street-photography-tournament.html go for it -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: vote for your favorite street shooter

2010-05-04 Thread Doug Brewer
Cotty wrote: On 4/5/10, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: Brackets are tough: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2010/05/street-photography-tournament.html HCB gets 1 vote so far and 'Burk Uzzle' gets 16?? That's all arse-about- tit isn't it?? Uzzle is up against Robert Frank. I

Re: I've been Blurbed....

2010-05-03 Thread Doug Brewer
David J Brooks wrote: which is a lot better than being slimmed, i know. Had a quick look at the book, no obvious printing problems that i can see. There was some incoherent ramblings from some Brewer guy and this was a surprise? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Been missing from the list

2010-05-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Kenneth Waller wrote: Finally got a chance this morning to check on the List. A little over 1800 messages since a week ago last Tuesday. I'm in the middle of a 10 day shoot in Utah - Escalante/Grand Staircase and Captitol Reef N.P. Encountered almost all the seasons - we've had sun, clouds,

Re: an AP story on our exhibit

2010-04-29 Thread Doug Brewer
Bob W wrote: Very interesting - I did not know that about Germans. What is it about French films that you cannot appreciate? To be blunt they bore the living daylights out of me (and all the others) - it is some emotional je-ne-sais-quoi that is just totally lost on us... personnages,

Re: Exhibit Question - Dress

2010-04-29 Thread Doug Brewer
doing it as a costume party. I'm coming disguised as Doug Brewer. not me. I'm coming as someone with talent. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT: Free, as in time

2010-04-29 Thread Doug Brewer
So you'll be at GFM, then. On Apr 29, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: One of the fascinating aspects of long-term participation in the PDML is the soap opera aspect - reading and hearing about the changes in everyone's lives - marriages, babies, house moves, illnesses,

Re: PESO -- Black Leather Bookworm

2010-04-29 Thread Doug Brewer
That's excellent, Peter. On Apr 29, 2010, at 5:49 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Having nothing much important to do today, I grabbed the dog, K20D and a couple of zooms and took a nice long walk. This is one of the scenes I found.

Re: Exhibit Question - Dress

2010-04-29 Thread Doug Brewer
Larry Colen wrote: On 4/29/2010 7:23 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: m...@robertstech.com wrote: Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'm assuming that the unofficial dress code for this type of thing, if any, on the opening day may be casual to dressy casual? A kilt would be questionable unless arriving

Re: PESO Putting a cap on it

2010-04-28 Thread Doug Brewer
That's amazing; you know where your lens caps are. On Apr 28, 2010, at 6:08 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Just a random fun shot - you simply must not leave a lens cap in sight with Mattis around or he'll try to put it back on. I was only just getting the camera ready so I kept

Re: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago

2010-04-28 Thread Doug Brewer
What's the wing velocity of a swallow? On Apr 28, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Here's the link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pdml-photo-annual-gallery-opening We'll turn it on at 6:00 p.m. CDT on May 7th. That's going to be midnight in the UK, but it'll be worth

Re: Book is out. Now help us promote it

2010-04-26 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Now that the books are reaching the general public, or at least, the PDML (as per Bob W's quotation from the book) we could use all the help we can get in promoting it. http://www.drivingtheflies.com/2010/04/26/augenblick/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Colors

2010-04-23 Thread Doug Brewer
New colors of the K-x are coming to the USofA. http://www.pentaxwebstore.com/product_list.asp?HDR=searchSEARCH=kx -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: OT - Death of a Caveman

2010-04-23 Thread Doug Brewer
Tom C wrote: An interesting story from the local paper: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/23/1164899/death-of-caveman-ends-an-era-in.html Tom C. quote of the story: Richard Zimmerman had been in declining health when he died Wednesday. One would think so. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: My Diner Blog on Posterous

2010-04-22 Thread Doug Brewer
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I'm still trying to figure out how to organize my diner images. I have started a little blog on Posterous, just to have someplace to park my images and my thoughts, and in order to learn a little about working with blogs, since I have not been very successful in the

Re: Hey Brewer

2010-04-21 Thread Doug Brewer
David J Brooks wrote: Im all out of apostrophes but i have lost of periods. Want to trade. Dave I'm missing the period from 1974 to about 1993. Also, last week. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Just got my WP site hacked!!!!!!

2010-04-21 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: On 21 April 2010 22:07, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:18 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: I just got redirected to monaprotectguard06td.xorg.pl, which according to my WOT plug in, has a very poor reputation. I downloaded

Re: Just got my WP site hacked!!!!!!

2010-04-21 Thread Doug Brewer
Miserere wrote: On 21 April 2010 23:24, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Look in your footer file and scope out the style.css as well. Nothing that I can see in the style files (I have parent and child style files). Nothing in the footer either. Do you know how the page is rendered

Re: Book orders for Chicago

2010-04-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Several people have emailed asking if they can get hardcover or imagewrap versions of the book from me in Chicago. Tha this point the answer is no. I have ordered 20 paperback books to bring to opening night, that's all. If I can get 10 requests for the image wrap book

Re: peso - fun on sand dunes

2010-04-19 Thread Doug Brewer
Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4529381164/ CC (not command and conquer this time) welcome as always. Thanks, --Sasha oh, yes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Archived Becky Carter horrors?

2010-04-19 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Tomorrow my Photoshop class is going to be on the topic of portrait retouching. I'd like to show some of the horrific work of Becky Carter but her site no longer exists and archive.org only has the index page http://web.archive.org/web/20080124003151/http://beckycarter.com/

Re: PAW15 - Boys...

2010-04-18 Thread Doug Brewer
DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*55, 1/60s, f/4.0, ISO800 I suddenly noticed that the link to the most recent PAW is always the same. The other PAWs are here: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/page7.html DagT http://www.thrane.name

Re: PDML Photo Annual on line now

2010-04-17 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: I'm still re-installing all my apps after replacing my dead hard drive, so you won't be hearing much from me for a while. But I did take time to make the book available :) http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1286080 you da man -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Paris

2010-04-17 Thread Doug Brewer
Bob W wrote: Some photos from my trip to Paris earlier this week. Hope you find some to enjoy - comments welcome. http://www.web-options.com/Paris2010/ Bob some very nice work here. I've a cuppa joe and am going to settle in for a leisurely tour. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO: My headphone stand

2010-04-17 Thread Doug Brewer
David Mann wrote: Don't take this as being any kind of artistic photo gallery, it's just a bunch of quick photos I took of my new headphone stand. It's a small garage project I've been working on since Easter and I just finished it off this afternoon. http://www.multi.net.nz/headphone-stand/

Re: PDML Photo Annual on line now

2010-04-17 Thread Doug Brewer
Bruce Walker wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I'm still re-installing all my apps after replacing my dead hard drive, so you won't be hearing much from me for a while. But I did take time to make the book available :) http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1286080 Right on! I have my order

Re: exhibit artist statements bios misc

2010-04-17 Thread Doug Brewer
Christine Aguila wrote: Just got off the phone with our exhibit curator, Sue. She's received lots of contracts, and she's impressed with the professionalism of the PDML exhibitors. She also said they are very interesting to read. So, good work PDMLers for doing a great job. The DANK

Re: sudden stop

2010-04-15 Thread Doug Brewer
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: sudden stop On 2010-04-15 15:10, Larry Colen wrote: In the 60 minutes segment on the problem they were eventually busted for modifying the car to show the problem when they couldn't get it to happen on its

Re: PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Ken Waller wrote: Very nice but I'd crop out most of the branch in the URH corner, also eliminating the dark area in the LRH corner.. Yes, I believe you would. Thanks. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer d

Re: PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Bruce Dayton wrote: Getting nice blossoms is tough. You have done a very nice job here. thanks, Bruce. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
paul stenquist wrote: Very nice. The dakj background makes it pop. Crabapple? some kind of pear. Thanks. On Apr 12, 2010, at 11:38 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/2010/04/12/my-annual-flower-photo/ enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: PAW14 - spring 2

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*16-50 @50mm, 1/90s, f/4.5, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name very nice, Dag -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: I'm back!

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
m...@robertstech.com wrote: Returned from a few days of RR in North Carolina (recuperating from the weeks of exhibit/book/school work). We were roughing it by Cotty's definition -- getting by on only dial-up Internet. So if you sent me email and haven't had a reply yet it's just because I'm

Re: PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Bob Sullivan wrote: A Bradford Pear tree perhaps? Funny, I just took some shots of ours this AM. I'll be lucky to get any as nice as your's Doug. the LCD is your friend, Bob. Did you dodge out the 3 blossoms on the left? or was that just tricky lighting/composition. The lighting was a

Re: PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
ann sanfedele wrote: some kind of pear. Thanks. looks like there are more than two... took me a while to get this. (yeah - pretty picture:-) ann thanks. On Apr 12, 2010, at 11:38 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/2010/04/12/my-annual-flower-photo/ enjoy

Re: PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
David J Brooks wrote: No, you had a flower shot last year to, remember. we always hope it's a shot to remember. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/2010/04/12/my-annual-flower-photo/ enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO Ok just one more...

2010-04-13 Thread Doug Brewer
Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, The last K-x pano for a while, I promise! It consists of 2x portrait shots, again hand held using my trusty old A24/2.8 1/10th f4 @ ISO1250, I hope you enjoy the Harf. http://users.tpg.com.au/distudio/temp/Pano-IMGX01331.jpg Cheers, that's fun. good job. --

PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-12 Thread Doug Brewer
http://www.drivingtheflies.com/2010/04/12/my-annual-flower-photo/ enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - Lattice

2010-04-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Bruce Dayton wrote: Someone gave me this lattice work to use for a background. I thought I better take a couple of test shots to see how it was. This is my second daughter (the one who is always hogging my storm trooper). http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto-00042.htm Comments welcome

Re: PESO - Sunning

2010-04-12 Thread Doug Brewer
paul stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10903547size=lg admirable. No way I could bend like that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: PESO - my annual flower photo...

2010-04-12 Thread Doug Brewer
P. J. Alling wrote: That's really lovely, you should forward a copy to Mike Johnston. thanks, Peter. I will as soon as he finishes going through my Flickr album of funny cat pictures. On 4/12/2010 11:38 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/2010/04/12/my-annual-flower

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