http://mkaz.com personal blog of marcus kazmierczak Mon, 25 May 2009 15:29:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. I submitted the following series of work for the James D. Phelan Award in Photography. The award is granted in odd number years to two photographers born in California. Wish me luck. My statement for the series: NYC Winter, a series of street photography capturing the mood of the season in ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/CA4iMp8lIYs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/CA4iMp8lIYs/nyc-winter http://mkaz.com/archives/211/nyc-winter This morning my fiance and I were startled awake at 5am by the sound of very loud beeping. The first time it went off I wasn't sure if it was in my apartment, it actually happened or just a dream. About 15 minutes later it went off again, this time ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/YoqUf6zvO9w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/YoqUf6zvO9w/why-all-the-beeping-beeps http://mkaz.com/archives/208/why-all-the-beeping-beeps [photos]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/wD8r7VFQ0Vs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/wD8r7VFQ0Vs/embarcadero-and-ferry-building http://mkaz.com/archives/197/embarcadero-and-ferry-building On the road to great achievement, the late bloomer will resemble a failure: while the late bloomer is revising and despairing and changing course and slashing canvases to ribbons after months or years, what he or she produces will look like the kind of thing produced by the artist who ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/AhR_VanhsIg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/AhR_VanhsIg/late-bloomers-there-is-still-hope http://mkaz.com/archives/196/late-bloomers-there-is-still-hope [photos]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/u0RVcJT8mHk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/u0RVcJT8mHk/san-francisco-federal-building http://mkaz.com/archives/195/san-francisco-federal-building I took a Memorial Day photo excursion to the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno. I wanted to use my new Flip video camera, so my initial idea was recording a video of a flag waving in the wind. I ended up recording the following video which I like ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/x3nmDvtDcYA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/x3nmDvtDcYA/memorial-day http://mkaz.com/archives/194/memorial-day Original Message from Ann on LinkedIn<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/xV9hUmkUtak" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/xV9hUmkUtak/a-historic-document-in-the-annals-of-mayas-mom http://mkaz.com/archives/192/a-historic-document-in-the-annals-of-mayas-mom Tumblr is a new blogging platform which focuses on simple, quick blogging called tumblelogs. A tumblelog is a blog of very short posts, maybe just a photo, link or quote; a slightly richer form of Twitter. The Tumblr service has an elegant design focusing on simplicity. I was impressed with it ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/TpDs5-h1Lf4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/TpDs5-h1Lf4/wordpress-vs-tumblr http://mkaz.com/archives/189/wordpress-vs-tumblr Nascent Sexuality Polaroid Study is a photography project by Igor documenting his early sex life, or lack thereof, growing up in Alexandria. The project uses Google Maps where each map point has a Polaroid and a description of why that photo location is important. The map points are listed in ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/iitEcVvXGqk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/iitEcVvXGqk/nascent-sexuality-polaroid-study http://mkaz.com/archives/188/nascent-sexuality-polaroid-study I came across Sam's photos on flickr and was real impressed with her project. Sam is an art teacher who spent six weeks in Nicaragua teaching photography to underprivileged kids. She published the children's work in an online gallery on Flickr, even without the story, it is some ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mkazcom/~4/jyeA8BVMOL0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mkazcom/~3/jyeA8BVMOL0/lens-of-vision-and-expression http://mkaz.com/archives/187/lens-of-vision-and-expression