Instagram (and) Catch Up

Hey there pic junkies.
Man, things have been hectic. Both school-wise, and family wise. It kinda sucks.
Anyway, I don't have any new or cool awesome photos to share with you guys as of yet. I haven't had time to go out in weeks, and in digital photo class, we've just been working on photoshop stuff.
I have, however, scrounged up a few awesome sky shots with Instagram, taken with my phone camera. So here are those:

Anyway, yeah, just a quick update. Hoo-ra.

A Chat with Michael Bloom

Credit Michael Bloom

Hey hey pic junkies! Like I promised a couple weeks ago, I sat down with Mike Bloom – my “mentor” of sorts – and talked to him about a couple of things including his past experiences and why he's a photographer.

Originally, I meant to sort of “interview” him, with myself asking questions, and him answering them. But, he took liberty and typed up an entire article! I didn't want to splice it to fit the interview style, because I felt like it would degrade the quality and interrupt the flow, so here are the questions I asked:

What drew you to photography? Anything specific?

(Where) Did you go to school/take photo classes? When?

When did you get into it? As a beginner?

When did things get serious?

What do you use when you take photos? When you edit them?

How do you like to take photos/edit them the way you do?

Any model photographers? Styles you've "stolen" from anyone?What are some of your favorite places/people you've photographed in the past? Currently? Anywhere you wanna go?

Mike went ahead and answered them, extensively and cohesively, in one big timeline. It's quite a read, but one well worth reading, especially if you're stoked about photography, and want to do it in the future. Anyway, without further ado – here it is! (Hit that jump first, though)

Remember Jason? Yeah, Nevermind.

Hey Pic Junkies, Aaron here.

So, remember that post I did about my brother a couple weeks ago? Yeah, the one where I said that he'd be posting poems and short stories on here, with my pics? Well...he won't be – as much. He's been a real pain lately, and we've been getting into arguments. Things are strained right now, for reasons I'd rather not get into.


So on that depressing note, I'm only gonna let him post stuff if it's really good. It's just me being a finicky douche, not letting him post, but it impacts his work more than mine. Whatever. Sorry for the early morning anger rant.



I'll leave you with a pic, at least, haha. Enjoy.

Shopping for Monsters

Hey there, pic junkies. What up.

I was bored yesterday, and decided to Google search alleged monster sightings. I love looking at these photoshopped pics of the Loch Ness monster, or the Mothman. I'm a sucker for urban legends, and the respective so called “evidence.” Oh man, some of these jobs are really unconvincing, too.



See some of my favorites after the jump.