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Consume Before Sleep

Post author By Pete Prodoehl
Post date 2009-12-23

Paul had a blog post titled Produce Before You Consume, which points to this original post titled Produce before you Consume, which is a call to people who make things to make things before you look at all the things other people made.

So somewhat related to that, I’ve gotten in the habit of consuming content before bedtime, that is, getting caught up with Google Reader, specifically visual design, photography, and video sites. I find it a good way to relax and ingest things after a long day…. if I’m lucky, a long day of trying to create things. This is my answer to working 12+ hours and just not having the energy to produce anything myself, I find it inspirational, and I hope that somehow it may influence my thoughts and dreams while I sleep.

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Self Portrait, December 2009

Post author By Pete Prodoehl
Post date 2009-12-20
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Self Portrait for December 2009.

Taken with a Nikon D40 digital camera with plastic wrap affixed to the front of the lens.

(Special thanks to Dischord Records.)

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Film Days

These are photos I shot with a 35mm Canon film camera back in college at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. I’d estimate the year to be 1991 or 1992. I did not develop the film (it was black and white) but made 8×10 prints in the darkroom. I don’t remember what grade I got in the class, but I remember that I enjoyed going out and shooting. Thinking about it now, I’m actually surprised how long it took me to get back into photography after a long hiatus. (I blame Z2 Photo.)

I really enjoyed the environment and serenity of the darkroom. The actual waiting to see what would come out. Sometimes I think that’s missing in the digital world. Nowadays you take a shot, or 5 shots, zoom in on them on an LCD screen, see what looks good, and what doesn’t and then do all sorts of digital manipulations back at your 27″ monitor. Yeah, I do miss the simplicity of it all…

I don’t think I’ll shoot film again, but I may make an effort to get into that film mindset from time to time when I’m shooting digital. I think it may help the image making process…

I’ll try to upload more of these as I scan them in. Keep an eye on my Flickr stream for more…

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Red One

Post author By Pete Prodoehl
Post date 2009-12-04

Yeah, it’s pretty amazing…

The Red One (seen here with the Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 lens mounted on it) is a digital cinema camera. It just can’t be considered a “video camera” by any means.

It’s interesting how much of what you know from photography and film seems to come into play when using it, as opposed to what you know about video, and your old fashioned video cameras.

Not that I’m much of an expert yet, as I’ve spent just a very short amount of time working with the Red One.

But I do have to agree with anyone who has used the word “amazing” to describe it.

Red One. Amazing.