Year: 2010

Gratuitous Hugs

It looks like a favorite sport of many participants at this year’s Nijikon was giving hugs for free, this made me remember about the hugs I wanted to offer and were denied… because they here not gratuitous.

free hugs @ nijikon

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New glass, so what? Too little, too late. Miss the blue.

newglass I lost faith on many things those days, including in ever getting F64 to ever fix my lens, so in the end I followed my my friend‘s advice and bought a new, better lens – even if I still disagree with her, you can’t buy happiness with money… well, unless is an enormous sum, like 1,000,000€ or such…

And if you know me, you know I’m following the principle “or la bal or la spital” (translation from Romanian: “either at the dance, or at the hospital”) so I went for f/2.8 and a weight that will break my back. Middle way is not an option.

My biggest regret is losing the opportunity to use this gear to capture one of the most beautiful blue eyes I ever saw, every time my gear was incomplete, I missed the opportunity and tried to do the best with what I had available. Not what I wanted. I am sorry.

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My world

My friend asked for a series of photos showing my world, true and real, just as it is, with ugly parts and beautiful parts. So I am doing it.

sucky world

As you can see, now the world is sad, dark, dirty and lacking any hope. Welcome to the reality.
sucky world

To complete the mood, let me share a poem written by one famous Romanian artist:

Lacustine
by George Bacovia

So many nights I’ve heard the rain,
Have heard matter weeping …
I am alone, my mind is drawn
Towards lacustrine dwellings.

As though I slept on wet boards,
A wave will slap me in the back –
I start from sleep, and it seems
I haven’t drawn the bridge from the bank.

A void of history extends,
I find myself in the same times …
And sense how through so much rain
The heavy timber stilts are tumbling.

So many nights I’ve heard the rain,
Always starting, always waiting …
I am alone, my mind is drawn
Towards lacustrine dwellings …

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Stupid stuff from keyord searches

My lens is still broken, I am still broken, I can’t do productive stuff, have to wait and see. But since someone lured me into that, and I need to pass some time, I’ll go to the classic posting of funny keyword searches that made people visit my blog (together with my smart-ass comments), maybe this will bring a smile to the face of one or two persons. Have fun.

The Bridal Department

  • bride panties – I swear, I don’t know anything about that 🙂
  • bride with no panties photos – hmmm…. we can start talking…
  • brides show their panties – where? let me bring the camera…
  • the bride erotic – lucky you?
  • drunk mariaj – don’t do that! just don’t.

The Panties Department

  • are you looking at my knickers – I don’t know, should I?
  • are you looking at my panties – can’t deny nor acknowledge.
  • do you want to look at my panties – thanks for the invitation.
  • i want to show you my panties – I can’t disappoint a lady, sure.
  • he was looking at my panties – she complains now?
  • my man in my panties photos – i have a feeling that may hurt…

The Beauty Department

  • perfect 10 blonde blue eyes 33 – yes please.
  • show me girls close eyes photo – someone got my weakness…
  • beautiful contact lenses – if you ask me, naturals are better.

The Me Department

  • model from hell – i don’t do that often, but from time to time people do use me as a model

The Naughty Department

  • a picture of a girl not wearing any clothes – again, yes please.
  • ero shou – leanr to spell.
  • hookers in bucharest – maybe at the above mentioned “shou”?
  • where to find a girl in cluj – last time I visited the city of Cluj Napoca, there were a lot of girls there. Oh, do you want a nice one, or an available one? Sorry.
  • focus girls sexy college girl – should be they from Cluj or Bucharest?
  • most beautiful and sexy porn stars photos – certainly, you are on the right blog.
  • blonde bikini filterui:imagesize-large – surely you want the imagesize to be large? Not other things?

The WTF Department

  • you tub – me tub?
  • comics strips love story – a girl, a boy, maybe another boy, plenty of broken hearts.
  • baldur’s gate sexy portraits – OK, I am sold.
  • fbl goth – methinks he’s watching too much TV.

The Linux Department

  • fedora sexy woman$ – uh, Fedora is Free as in Freedom, do you know something about the “$”?
  • fedora linux sexy hot wallpapers – yes, in Fedora 14 we have waterfalls, lakes, skies, forests and so on…
  • sexy linux girl fedora tattoo – hmmm…. he knows something…

The Better World Department

  • nicu fundraising campaigns – sure, I can use some new, better lens.
  • cum sa faci aparate de bani – nope, the money aren’t supposed to be fake.
  • mititei la grill – at least that… Don’t forget the beer.

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Adventures in Piatra

Over the last week-end I was in a trip to Piatra Neamț, if I recall correctly it was my first time in that city. The trip was planned long before so I went, even if I was too sad for it (being hit by the thing called “life”).

It was not all drinking, I took some photos too, but between the before mentioned sadness and still lacking lenses the results are far from great.

There was a statue of Fane Babanu’:

piatra neamt

A plaza with an old air in the city center:
piatra neamt

I also saw a poster with one of the scariest foods ever (didn’t dare to try it):
piatra neamt

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Zurich

A few days in Zurich for FUDCon, I was on the conference most of the time but still caught a few moments in the city, doing some photography. Unfortunately, not having my lens, they didn’t came as I wanted and I didn’t took so many… didn’t got the time yet for editing, just dumped some of them in a small gallery.

zurich

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Hide and Seek

Is she here or is not? You never know for real… too bad for those beautiful big blue eyes to stay hidden.

hide and seek

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Photo comic: Medieval

Some time ago I also played with comic strips made as a combination of photography and illustration, but this time the idea was to aim for a longer story, evolving with feedback from the viewers. It will continue only if the audience want to.

medieval

Vote with your comments. Thanks!

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Hello Kitty, Hello Trashcan

Another piece in the awful flash photography series.

The toy was bought a few days ago to be offered as a reward on Friday or in the worst case on Saturday, now it looks like the trash can is going to be the receiver.

hello kitty

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Rat’s life

I have a rat infestation in my garden so finally I decide to take action: gathered some rat poison and spread it in a few strategic places, now waiting to it to take effect.

Friday evening when returning from work I was in a big hurry, being awaited and having hopes, as it was the time to make plans for the next day. But the very first thing I had to do was to feed my dog so I walked in the garden, where I saw my first victim, a rat was dying: eyes closed, unable to move any more bur still breathing.

Touchingly, next to him was another rat, keeping him company for the last moments. I was brutal, took a shovel, the poison has to be buried to not endanger my dog and I also was in a hurry (I said i was awaited) so the companion rat ran away scared by my presence.

Now I still remember the spark of light in the still living rat’s eyes and the relation they seemed to have and can’t stop asking: even a rat? am I cursed? am I broken?

Needless to say, my hopes also died that evening.

dead rat

Photo taken a couple of days later, this is probably the companion

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Cat, meet the bag, say goodbye to each other

I don’t understand people signing (or willing to sign) release forms but wanting to keep the photos out of some websites – obviously I talk about nude models and sites where they think the photos can be viewed by people they know or may know later (employers?)

And obviously this was rhetoric, I fully know why: they don’t understand some basic things about the internet and the ways it works. They don’t understand that after the cat is out of the bag there is no way in hell to put it back. And they are young (yes, models are usually young, with little life experience) and not ready to assume the consequences of their actions.

The hard truth is simple: once something is out on a website, no matter which website and no matter which protections techniques it employs (passwords, JavaScript routines, Flash players, referral checks) it will spread beyond your control: blogs, TGP, microblogging, social networks and so on. And you can’t delete it either, something will remain somewhere: a cache, a proxy, a mirror, many hard drives.

And the solution is equally simple: for models. if you don’t want someone (your dad, boyfriend, employer, false friend woman) to learn about it, just don’t do it. If you want the fun, support the consequences, if you were mislead by a photographer into doing it and not understand the implications… it breaks my heart but you will have to live with the consequences of your naivety.

For photographers: take care, use model release forms always and make sure they are signed before the shooting (always before the shooting). Either work with professional models able to understand the consequences or show the forms ASAP and explain their meaning. This way everything will be kept professional and everyone will be happy.

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ARTmania in my eye. A 2010 recap

High hopes, big letdown. very few photos, that’s summing-up ARTmania 2010 viewed from my eye. Epic FAIL.

artmania

Update: image updated, some faces were anonymized upon request (they are smeared, the subject face unrecognizable) and nothing of value was lost.

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Broken wings

Not much to comment: an medieval tower, the lady, the wings, the good versus bad conflict, the void ahead and so. Good night everybody!

wings

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Drunk dog

Probably people expected me to publish a lot of photos from ARTmania and I failed them… what can I say? from my point of view it had the potential of a so great event only to end so depressing… Still, I can’t disappoint totally (or can I?) and put at least something, a stupid photo of a cute drunk dog and a cute half-anonymous girl, made by yours truly, the idiot photographer:

dog

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Burqa / No burqa

I agree the burqas are a bad thing and despite being a supporter of individual freedom I pretty much agree with the West European governments that banned them (keeping the discrimination is the greater evil here) so this one was just a play which I think made her eyes look even more beautiful (I bet this was not the intention behind burqa). And too bad you can’t smell the mint plants she’s holding…

burqa

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