Boo-ya!

For all of you who don't know, bokeh are the bubbly circle things in the background-essentially lights which are out of focus.

runnin' over the same old ground, have we found, the same old fear? wish you were here.

RIP Zach, we'll miss you.

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anyways, they don't know you like I do.

Photoshoot with Emily yesterday. saw some really sketchy things. no worries though, it was all fun!

The Dining Room.

These photos are from a school play called The Dining Room put on by the 12 grade drama class.
Please note that these photos are copyrighted, and cannot be used by anyone for any other purpose. Drama people, if you want them, buy the CD!

these are the nights we'll never forget.

Brendan and I in the party van..partying!

Arts Projects.

The remaining of my Digital Photography projects that did not get published on the blog.



Simply a panorama project...use photoshop's stitching tools to make a panorama. (autoshitch for the win!)




the 'signs' project. we had to take a picture which contained text, and alter it to create irony and juxtaposition between the text and context of the image.



the 'signs' project. we had to take a picture which contained text, and alter it to create irony and juxtaposition between the text and context of the image.



called 'punography', the intent was to display a pun using photography,

Daniel

Last one, I promise.

Here's a funny story.

So, as I am looking into buying some lighing equipment, I sent a letter to alienbee asking if they could give me the student discount which, as of now, only applies to post-secondary enrolled students in the US. the letter is as follows:

To alien bee (which ever one of you reads this email):

Let me first say, when I saw people using 'AB800's" I though it was some weird Canon flash. Then my friend told me that you guys were an actual company, and I decided to check it out. I love the whole informal image your company creates..kind of like flickr, where the writing isn't so litigous and it's actually an interesting site. plus I love how your equipment is affordable to non-millionaires! I was wondering why this is..in comparison to say, Lowel or Elinchrom?

Also, as a high school student, naturally the first place I turned to was the 'specials' tab. I was delighted to notice that you guys had student discounts, yet my heart broke when I read the restrictions.

I'll get straight to the point: you guys request it's a post-secondary institution enrolled student from the United States. I'm a high school student in Canada. can I grab the discount? here are my reasonings:

America, North America, same thing, right? we say 'eh' more, but who notices? Your grade 12 students (according to Maclean's) do 40% better in first year university calculus than canadian students..thats extra money I'll need to put towards a tutor, so I need all the savings I can get!
We both have red in our national flags.
Our dollar is cheaper than yours. even though outs is technically uses more gold metal by mass.
It's REALLY hard to put windows in igloos, so window light is out of the option.
Although snow is quite reflective (I am looking into a reflector), it is only available 4 months out of the year, and for the golden tint...well that's only possible if i drank too much that morning...)

Post secondary institution, secondary institution, they're close. Plus I will be attending a post-secondary institution next year, so I'm just down on the age-catergory.
High school students might have an even tighter budget - they're younger, less skilled, thus have lower-paying jobs. Again-our dollar is worth less up here. so my less paying job pays...well..even less. And I'm saving for university, which is just as expensive as attending it.

Plus, if i have some of your equipment, I can do some friend-to-frriend promotion up north..although word of mouth travels slowly when your only method of transportation is dogsled.

Well, I believe I covered some of the main points which will help encourage my cause. If, for some reason, this testament does not appeal to your financial generosity, hopefully it will appeal to your humor.

sincerely,

-Myles Tan (Toronto, Ontario, Canada.)

P.S. Just in case you didn't notice, some of my facts are not..as persuading as they should be..as a matter of fact, I downright lied in one of them, and for this I apologize...it is quite easy to make a window in an igloo :)

Apparently, it didn't appeal, or wasn't even read..here was the response:

Hey Myles,



Thank you for your interest in our company. The student discount is available only for students currently enrolled in an accredited college in the US. Since we have customers all over the world we limit the student discount to those attending an accredited college here in the US, were we can verify enrollment as needed. We do offer an accessories discount when you purchase light units with your order. The way it works is if you purchase one light you get 5% off all your accessories. If you purchase two its 10%, 3 is 15% and 4 is 20% off all accessories. You receive this discount either online in the shopping cart or over the phone with customer service. I hope this helps you and if you have any other questions or need anything else please let us know.



Have a wonderful day,

So, I am discount-less and helpless. I'm looking at getting a reflector or a strone, anyone have any suggestions?

AKA: REJECTION!!!

spoof!

this was the summative project for my grade 12 digital photography class. this image is a spoof of a picture of Sean Connery and Michael Caine, by Michael O'Neill .

d-d-d-daniel!

Pricey car.

This is an (really bad) image of the car that Nik, Andy, Cynthia and I made for the University of Toronto Engineering Kompetition (UTEK). We had to make a car that optimized speed and distance using only stored potential energy. our car, quite frankly, obliterated everyone else's, and we got first place.

Jon.

So..this is a portrait of Jon. I'm still offering up senior portraits for people, I need to make some money to pay off some photo equipment. If you want some really nice photos of yourself, let me know! it's really cheap! I also do...any type of pictures, band shots, still life, etc.

Spread the word!

worldliness.

The compilation will be up shortly.

wisdom.

The colours are really ugly, blame theyebo computer :(

Flowers are Red.

This is a tangle in a spider web, caught by lens piling a 70mm on cam and a 50mm F2. It represents the frailty of our human mind, specifically the innocence and eagerness of youth.

The next link below is a video of Sir Ken Robinson talking at the TED conference, and I encourage you to watch it. It deals with the oppression of creativity within our modern schooling systems and the heirarchy of subjects. very interesting and mind-opening.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY

the below lyrics are a song by Harry Chapin, and deals roughly with the same thing.

The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin' young man
I'm paintin' flowers he said
She said... It's not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
And a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one

And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

Well the teacher said.. You're sassy
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me.....

And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

The teacher put him in a corner
She said.. It's for your own good..
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
And all responding like you should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said.. and he said

Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

Time went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin'
She said...Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's use every one

But that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said.. and he said

Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.

Flowers are Red - Harry Chapin

J-WU

Snow fallen.

Rolling Hills.

D-TOWN.

Say goodbye to love, and hold your head up high.

We are lost and we are found.