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VERDICT NEWS: NEW VERDICT BLOG !!

2011-05-08T19:13:00.000-07:00

What's up to all the Verdict Blogees out there?!

We have been working hard behind the scenes to bring you the freshest stuff out there...and we want you to join us at our new blog!!!

Check it out here:

VerdictPhotographyBlog.com

We have a lot of stuff in the works, so expect to see some new stuff (again) pretty soon.

This blog with still remain as a jump off spot, but all the posts are available over on the new blog.

Please join us!

VISUAL STIMULI: COIN

2011-05-02T10:35:00.000-07:00

Coin from Olly Newport on Vimeo.

Have you ever wondered what mischievous things that gang of loose change that is always loitering around is up to when we are not looking? Well finally there is video evidence, and now the mystery of why I can never find things on my desk is solved. This video was created by teenage filmmaker Olly Newport of Brighton, UK.

AUDIO/VISUAL STIMULI: OI VA VOI

2011-05-02T10:19:00.000-07:00

Oi Va Voi "Everytime" from Kijek / Adamski on Vimeo.

This video for the song "Everytime" by the UK group Oi Va Voi was masterminded by Kijek and Adamski out of Warsaw, Poland. This unique effect was created using a shredding machine. Every third frame of the footage was printed, shredded and shot three times blended with adjacent frames by different stripes configuration.

CHECK THIS: FREE VECTOR GRAPHICS

2011-05-02T09:57:00.001-07:00

The folks over at DryIcon have an astounding number of vector graphics as well as icons available for free download, should you be in search of such things. They also offer custom logo and icon design services, for an appropriate fee of course.

CHECK THIS: 1,235 POTENTIAL ALIEN PLANETS

2011-05-02T09:45:00.001-07:00

A photo may be worth 1,000 words, but a new depiction of NASA's Kepler mission is worth 1,235 potential alien planets.
The illustration shows all of Kepler's candidate planets — which await confirmation by follow-up observations — crossing the face of their host stars. This provides scale, and it's also a nod to Kepler's planet-hunting strategy: The spacecraft detects alien worlds by measuring the telltale dips in a star's brightness that occur during these planetary "transits."

COOL QUOTE: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

2011-04-29T22:30:00.000-07:00

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."
- George Bernard Shaw

VERDICT NEWS: FORESHADOWING...?

2011-04-27T11:10:00.000-07:00

There's some crazy things happening around Verdict Photography Studios.

This image has been popping up all over the place...

...but what could it mean?

- Verdict now builds custom closets?

-a new Verdict Blog?

-the end of mankind as we know it?

Guess we'll have to just wait and see...

CHECK THIS ARTIST: CHIARA FERSINI

2011-04-27T10:54:00.000-07:00

"The only way we have to fight against our demons is not to delete them or to get rid of them. They are part of us, we just can try to transform them and to do that, we have to know them, give them a name, love them definitely.
This can be hard but only when we'll learn to accept our demons we will be able to turn them into something good, that means turning ourselves into something better too."

Italian photog Chiara Fersini of Himitsuhana Photography took this concept on demons given to her by a friend, and created her own visual representation. For this and other strikingly beautiful imagery for your viewing pleasure check the above link or visit her photostream.

CHECK THIS: TELEVISION IS A DRUG

2011-04-27T10:17:00.000-07:00

Television is a drug. from Beth Fulton on Vimeo.

This video, created by Beth Fulton of b. fulton media, uses a poem by screenwriter Todd Alcott which castigates the addictive passive-receptive state the moving picture box produces.

CHECK THIS: CHASE JARVIS - PHOTO TIPS

2011-04-27T08:46:00.000-07:00

Check out tips from Chase Jarvis...be sure to read

'10 Things You Want To Know From An Art Director'.

VISUAL STIMULI: KIM PIMMEL

2011-04-27T08:41:00.000-07:00

Light Drive from Kim Pimmel on Vimeo.

Check out this cool video from SF based photog Kim Pimmel...

a new way to use the 'ones and twos'.

BUY THIS: f STOP WATCH

2011-04-24T13:26:00.000-07:00

Buy the The F-Stop Watch at the Photojojo Store!

VISUAL STIMULI: THE IMAGINARY FOUNDATION

2011-04-24T12:55:00.000-07:00

The genius force behind the amazing installation 'The Undivided Mind' which fuses art with science is aptly named The Imaginary Foundation.

Beyond cool...

COOL QUOTES: JAMIE WIECK

2011-04-24T12:44:00.000-07:00

Although geared towards designers, Jamie Wieck's book entitled 'The 50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know' has something for all creative minded types.

Check it out.

Here's some of our favorites:

5. Starting anything requires energy.

It takes more energy to start than it does to stop. This is true for physics, your career, and that idea you need to work on.

34. Embrace limitations.

Limitations are invaluable for creating successful work: they give you something to push against. From this tension comes brilliance.

47. Share your ideas.

You’ve nothing to gain from holding on to your ideas; they may feel precious, but the more you share, the more new ideas you’ll have.

CHECK THIS ARTIST: SURESH NATARAJAN

2011-04-24T12:32:00.000-07:00

Check this work from photog Suresh Natarajan.

This piece is entitled 'Green Guardians'...

more like red hot.

CHECK THIS: PHOTOSHELTER VIDEO - THREADLESS TEE

2011-04-22T14:12:00.000-07:00

COOL QUOTE: RUTH BERNHARD

2011-04-22T14:09:00.000-07:00

"I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help."

~Ruth Bernhard

BUY THIS: COOL SPECS

2011-04-22T13:41:00.000-07:00

Check out Madrid based designer Ruben Gomez.

His simple and straight forward design of these glasses won this guys some awards.

Fo realsies.

Cool Photos too.

CHECK THIS: FIND THE SWEET SPOT

2011-04-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

This graphic pretty much breaks it down for ya.'

As a creative person, it's all about being able find yourself in all of your professional work as in your personal stuff.

Found this over on swiss-miss.com. Here's what they had to say:

'This graphic was from Ji Lee’s Creative Mornings talk last month. (It should be up any day now, I’ll make sure to post it) He was making a point of how personal projects feed into your professional life and vice versa. He was able to track what personal projects lead him to new professional opportunities. So, the two intersect in the end.

It made me chuckle and nod my head in agreement. Obviously I am a huge proponent and believer of the importance of side projects. (Hello there, TeuxDeux, CreativeMorningsand Studiomates)'

VERDICT WORK: SOCIETY SKATE SHOOT UPDATE

2011-04-21T06:30:00.000-07:00

A while back we shot some cool footage for the boys at Society Skateshop in San Carlos, CA.

Well, after a little delay, the video is in its final touches in post production.

It looks cool, but we'll let you be the judge of that.

Stay tuned to the Verdict Blog as we are gonna drop this thing soon!

CHECK THIS: SHEPARD FAIREY - IN THE STREETS

2011-04-21T06:21:00.000-07:00

Check out my man Shepard Fairey at the 'Art in the Streets' gallery exhibit opening at the MOCA in LA.

Click HERE to read the whole article from TheFoxisBlack.com

CHECK THIS ARTIST: MR. TOLEDANO

2011-04-21T06:16:00.000-07:00

Hope and Fears care of Mr. Toledano

VISUAL STIMULI: LATEST HD SUN VIDEO

2011-04-20T21:52:00.000-07:00

To piggy-back onto the last post, today actually marks the one-year anniversary of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory beginning the imaging phase of it's mission. This is the absolute most sophisticated space-based solar observation instrument that human beings have been able to construct. The image quality is 10X that of an HD television camera, allowing us to see in vivid detail the supremely powerful, yet elegant forces at work on the star surface.
(For best quality video click here)

AUDIO/VISUAL STIMULI: BRILLIANT NOISE

2011-04-20T12:59:00.000-07:00

Brilliant Noise from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

The star we orbit is alive. It eats, breathes, moves, consumes, and expels energy. It wasn't until the advent of ground-based and orbiting telescopes that we were truly able to grasp this concept. This video was created by the artistic duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt who make up Semiconductor. It uses raw direct observation images (the graininess is from galactic cosmic rays and energetic particles from solar storms striking the CCD of the camera) and from their own description:

"The soundtrack highlights the hidden forces at play upon the solar surface, by directly translating areas of intensity within the image brightness into layers of audio manipulation and radio frequencies."

VERDICT WORK: EASTON RAPTOR TEST SHOOT #2

2011-04-20T12:51:00.000-07:00