Flickrfan: Twilight on the beach.
July 31, 2009
Photographed by kern.justin
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It’s surprising how many photographs you can archive if you shoot once a week. When we first started creating content for this website, we thought we would aim to create between 3-5 great images each time we went out. The first time we went out I only made one image – and that was the very first post for this blog. Subsequent trips have yielded more images, and now that we’ve been at it for a few months, it is fun to go back through the archives and post some older material.
One morning I headed out for Olive Park and the Ohio street beach to catch sunrise. I took a bunch of images and then set up to wait for sunrise. It was no where near as cold as it had been recently, but it was cold enough that 20 minutes of not moving hit me like a ton of bricks. My hands were frozen despite the gloves and it was torture to turn all the dials on the camera. This was before I fully appreciated that the best light happens about 30 minutes prior to sunrise and those images that came after the sun peaked out were largely boring
This one I am rather fond of though, that’s the moon in the upper left, peaking through the near-north skyline.
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Flickrfan: Swirls
July 31, 2009
Photographed by slimmer_jimmer
Actionsampler + Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim + Jessops slide film + xpro
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Thanks to all who participated in the poll for our August Meetup. Based on your votes, we’ll have the next ViewFinder Meetup on 8 August at the Seenachtfest in Rapperswil.
We will meet at 20:00 at the Information Booth at the lakefront next to the Rapperswil Bahnhof. Have time for shooting around the festival and then walk out on the bridge to set up for taking photos of fireworks, which start at 22:00.
There is an entrance fee of CHF 25 to gain access to the lakefront festival area and the bridge across the lake – these areas have the usual festival features of food, bars and offer the best vantage points for viewing and photographing the fireworks.
According to the official Seenachtfest website, the entrance ticket includes train, boat and bus transportation and can be ordered in advance at TicketCorner.ch, or you can buy a special SBB Kombi-Ticket (CHF 30) that also includes Nacthtzuschlag supplement (that also covers trains and buses starting from about 12:50 am). You also have the option to buy your entrance ticket on-site that evening.
If you want to arrive earlier, you can see the airshow performance by the Swiss Air Force PC-7 team at 18:35. The Seenachtfest happens once every three years and runs all weekend with music, food and more.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Bryon & Kellie
Rapperswil – Switzerland
Saturday, August 8 at 8:00 PM
Attending: 1
FlickrFan Event: Boston Harbor Grape Island Camping
July 29, 2009
Boston Photography Center
THOSE WHO RSVP’d WERE CONTACTED IN EARLY JUNE, AS DESCRIBED BELOW. THE JUNE 30th PAYMENT DEADLINE HAS PASSED. IF ANYONE ELSE RSVP’s YES OR MAYBE I WILL CONTACT YOU IN LATE JULY IF SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
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Boston, MA 02114 – USA
Saturday, August 29 at 10:00 AM
Attending: 7
Fee: Price: USD 20.00 per person
Flickrfan: Orange
July 27, 2009
Flickrfan: Main Street #20: Shadow of the past
July 27, 2009
Photographed by kevindooley
Get off the Interstate highway, and America looks kind of tired.
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Flickrfan: Day Two Hundred Six
July 27, 2009
Photographed by Dustin Diaz
206/365. All those angels with their wings glued on ~ Smashing Pumpkins (Cherub Rock) — Who wants honey?
First, yeah, there are a couple photos missing from my 365. Need not worry, they’re on my hard drive… somewhere. The more important thing is that I was taking photos on those days.
Anyhow, here is Erin – showing her mischievous side. As a matter of fact today, a man drove by yelling at me saying "Duuuude! Watch out! She’s poison!" Erin happened to have been wearing this.
Regarding strobist… no need to document this one it’s been done all too much.
info: SB-900 @ 1/16 camera left into collapsed 45" umbrella
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Flickrfan: Signs of a SunSet
July 27, 2009
Photographed by The Bartender 007
Well, 2 days later I’ll be at the seashore, `cause now it’s really hot here in the city
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Flickrfan: AR-15 A4 MWS
July 26, 2009
Flickrfan: Such a Shame
July 26, 2009
Photographed by Renée Ann Wirick
Explore Highest position: 392 on Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I know it is a lot to read, please don’t feel obligated
Santikos Mission 4 Drive-In Information
Operating Status: Closed
Address: Santikos Mission 4 Drive-In
3100 Roosevelt Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78214More About Santikos Mission 4 Drive-In
Screens: 4 Sound: FM
Car Capacity: 2000 Typical season: March – NovemberTechnical details: none
Santikos Mission 4 Drive-In Timeline:
1947 – opened
2001 – purchased from Regal by Cinemark
2001 – purchased by Santikos Theatres
2007 – closed due to vandalism damage
2007 – reopened August 24 on a trial basisHistoric San Antonio Drive In Won’t Open This Summer Due to Vandalism
Mission 4 Theater may be forced to close for good
By Jim Forsyth
Tuesday, March 20, 2007The 59 year old Mission Drive In will not open this summer as scheduled and may never open again due to massive vandalism at the historic south side theater, 1200 WOAI news reports today.
We’ve been doing assessments by contractors and unfortunately the damages are more severe than we thought they would be," Santikos Theaters General Manager Richard Cieplechowicz told 1200 WOAI’s Cari Laque.
"We’re in the half a million dollar mark right now in our estimate of repairing the Mission Drive In. It does not look like it will be opening this summer."
Located on Roosevelt Avenue on the south side, not far from Mission San Jose, the Mission Drive In opened in March of 1948. It is the only remaining drive in theater in the San Antonio area and one of the few remaining in the country that still showed first run movies on a nightly basis.
"They broke inside the building, they broke windows, cash registers, projectors," Cieplechowicz said. "They ruined air conditioners, they wrote graffiti on the screens, the box office, and outpost, they really went in there and destroyed the building.
Nothing we could really tell was stolen. it was just vandalism."
He says Santikos owner John Santikos ‘wants to keep the Mission open because it’s part of the history of San Antonio.’ but he says the historic drive in ‘is not a big money maker’ and the vandalism may prompt the company simply to close the old theaters for good. He says Santikos owns the land the Mission Drive In sits on.
A final decision will be made in the coming months.
Cieplechowicz says an added problem is the fact that it’s getting more and more difficult for find replacement parts of drive in theaters.
"People aren’t designing a lot of equipment for drive ins. Its just hard stuff to get your hands on."
So far, no word on who the vandals were, or why they decided to trash the Mission.
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