Ken Brown

Clay Model by Virgil Exner, Jr.

2010-02-10T21:28:00.001-08:00

Sorta knew how I wanted to light it right when I first saw it. Think the guys who did that Infiniti splash saw this model?

Parisian Love

2010-02-07T22:29:00.000-08:00

Apparently it's been out for a few months but airing during the Super Bowl was Google's first venture into Television Advertising. I think it's a fantastic start though I'm still curious what agency did it.

Here's Google's other "Search Stories"

Taboo

2010-01-31T21:02:00.000-08:00

The Ocean Again

2010-01-30T11:49:00.000-08:00

Found these while cleaning up the old hard drive.

Inspired by Mike Stacey's work.

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story | Video on TED.com

2010-01-26T21:47:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite talks. Being someone whose senior seminar was Ethnicity in Film, maybe I'm a little more partial to it:

Atrium

2010-01-18T22:52:00.000-08:00

Prague

2010-01-14T18:58:00.001-08:00

Birds @ the train station

2010-01-12T09:37:00.000-08:00

There were hundreds of birds at a train station in Rome. Not sure why but it was pretty ridiculous.

Vatican

2010-01-11T20:08:00.000-08:00

2010-01-09T23:20:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time since I posted anything. My computer recently crashed and I've since had to re-add all my photos to Lightroom. I've been going through them (all 50,000 of them) and think I'll post my favorites as they come by. First up is a random building in London.

Taxidermy

2009-09-22T22:53:00.000-07:00

Working on a new project but I'm still playing with how to light them. Here's a couple polaroids of my favorite little guy. Not a raccoon but something similar...

Commercial shot with a 5D MKII

2009-09-21T15:06:00.000-07:00

Shot a commercial for a local car Museum with a 5D MKII. Quality is exceptional. It airs nationally on The Golf Channel this Thursday-Sunday. Or you can check it out here:

New Camera

2009-08-07T12:21:00.000-07:00

Bought a 5D MK II the other day and went to the beach to try it out. It's nice and it has a shutter button like a 1DS series body (yes!). Shutter buttons are one of my biggest pet peeves...

2009-06-09T21:15:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you take crappy pictures. Sometimes those crappy pictures cost you $5 per sheet to eventually see. This is one of them. And I'm going to force myself to like it because $5 could have bought me a sandwich but instead I have this.

4.5 years remaining

2009-05-13T21:21:00.001-07:00

Honestly, I don't think the cd-rom drive would last that long. Freaking computers...

New Busness Cards

2009-04-22T21:10:00.000-07:00

Finally new business cards (I'm a big procrastinator). Big up to Josh Ross (www.joshrossdesign.com) for helping out with picking the card stock and printer.

Sometimes...

2009-04-10T23:55:00.000-07:00

Sometimes the driver adds to the list of what needs to be retouched...

Miniature Photos by Adam Makarenko

2009-03-30T15:42:00.000-07:00

I first saw Adam's work in American Photos Images of the Year 2007 in which he got first place in the Personal Work category (I got an honorable mention in that same category!). I never really knew his work until I just saw PDN Pulse's interview with him on his miniature photos.

Read the interview here.

Check out Adam's other work here.

GM CEO asked to leave

2009-03-29T21:40:00.000-07:00

The White House has requested GM CEO Rick Wagoner to quit. It seems the restructuring of the US auto manufacturers is finally seeing some action.

Read the article here.

Thanks Yahoo News.

The End of Intelligent Life

2009-03-25T22:11:00.000-07:00

This just in: Human Beings Reach New Low in Intelligence.

Reuters journalist Robert Muir has uncovered what I believe to be the final blow against what used to be considered one of the most intelligent races of the known universe. Muir's exquisite 2-page, short form essay entitled "Thirsty plants can Twitter for water with new device" truly defines a world gone mad with science.

Using state-of-the-art technology that is sure to have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money, researchers at NYU developed a way for a plant to tell its owner, via Twitter, that it was thirsty. Not only that but other technological revolutions have taken place in the daring experiment in which scientists matched each plant with its ~~supposedly~~ correct vocal intonations:

"Each plant had a 'voice' to match the plant type, such as the Scottish moss, which had a Scottish accent."

Even more disturbing is the fact that more than 2,300 people on Twitter are subscribed to one of the researchers plants, Pothos. I believe today is the day that I am now the only one without a Twitter account...

Pictured above: Pothos

~~Are you also not a media whore?~~ Do you also not have a Twitter account? Let me know in the comments! There are sure to be very few of us still around.

New Rebel shoots HD Video

2009-03-24T22:29:00.000-07:00

Just saw this over at PDN Pulse: Canon Rebel T1i Shoots HD Video & High-Res Photos. Shoots 20fps at 1080p, 30fps at 720p and is selling for only $799 (body only) making it the cheapest DSLR that can shoot HD video.

Advertising on the Rise

2009-03-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

The horrific economic downturn in the past few months showed a great decrease in the amount of ad spending. But with the DOW on the rise and many insiders saying they hope the worst has come and gone, the people over at Ad Age are blogging about auto manufacturers, McDonalds franchises (and eventually McDonalds HQ, and even the CIA increasing their ad spending.

Also of interest, Ad Age reports that Mini USA increased its sales in 2008 by 28% from 2007. Read more here.

Getting back into film

2009-03-10T21:36:00.001-07:00

Just got an Epson V700 and am loving the process of scanning my 120 and 4x5 film. The above shot (click it for a bigger version) was Portra 400NC. Need to buy some more of that...

Work

2009-03-02T21:58:00.000-08:00

Found this over at Dean Casavechia's blog. He ffffound it on FFFFOUND.

Andy Freeberg: Sentry

2009-03-01T22:42:00.001-08:00

One of my favorite photographers, Timothy Archibald, posted this on his blog. It led me to Freeberg's series entitled "Sentry," images of the reception desks at art galleries in the Chelsea district in NYC. Great concept, great images.