I’ve had outages before and it is frustrating when you can’t do anything but wait for the internet gods to give you their blessing to come back. I’m happy that it is back.

We’re already talking a couple options to bake in a way that if one account gets borked, we can fall back on an alternate plan and be back up much faster.

If I want the…Read more

Enjoy!

I haven’t really paid attention to those links before, but do you mean “View unread posts?” These are the links I see at the top of the forum index:

• View your posts
• View unread posts
• View unanswered posts
• Mark all forums read

If you’re not seeing these, make sure you’re logged in. I started poking around this morning and wondered why there weren’t…

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The link has been posted in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

So hey! Guess what everybody! I got me a job! Yes indeed, I’m now the first assistant to a fella named Mark Leonhard who’s one of the owners of Acme Photo Works in Highland Park, MI (www.acmephoto.com). I’m in like Flynn I tells ya. I got a key, and a security code and a little clicker thing to open the security gate and a company credit card and…

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So we all know what time the threads go up…what about an official time when the threads come down? What’s the fairest way of doing this?

idle_hands and I were discussing this topic earlier today – one photo had ‘tied’ after the results had been posted, and now we’re wondering what the rest of ya’ll think.

Cuddlebutt used to call them at 24…

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What’s up, J-Hole?

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Caffeine drip musta run dry. I was trying to shout out to monkeybort (J-Hole = Jackson Hole), but inadvertantly left out her name – either that or aliens abducted it. Sorry for any confusion.

On a cross-linked note, synthemesc, hopefully we’ll see your son start posting to the contest in due time.

I knew it was for…Read more

What’s up, J-Hole?

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Very cool shot and it might be a good way to introduce him into darkroom burning – well, if it were b/w and all. But still, it’s a good opportunity to teach him about working on the contrast (via exposure) betwixt dog and flooring.

How old is your brother?

College freshman. He got a Nikon N75 for Christmas and I started him out on some nice C41…Read more

that sounds really cool – my SO and i are planning a collaborative art project involving doll parts in the shape of a xmas tree. we didn’t have it together enough to get it done for this year, but hopefully we’ll get our supplies and have it up next xmas.

other than that, i’m just trying to plow through everything i’ve shot in the past couple of…

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hey synthemesc!

What up monkey.

This month I have two fun photographic projects. An event poster for a private client where I get to do some creative ad work, and a studio shoot that will end up as part of a recruiting DVD at work. So 2006 is starting off well.

Once the event poster is done I’m going to post something on “the making of” from…Read more

Hey folks,

I’ve been a lurker for a few months. I’ve really getting into digital photography as of late (I FINALLY got a tripod for Christmas so I’m taking more pics now). I’m starting to flex my creative muscle, so I’m not that good yet. But I would love to get in on the Farkamera project! 🙂

Welcome to the show, Stu. What kind of equipment…Read more

that would be great! please go ahead and do it when you have time?

No problem; I’ll do it this week.

That’s just awesome. I’d totally use it if I weren’t currently powering Blogger. Maybe I should look into Wordpress for as much as I use and modify my Simpleviewer galleries…

There’s a demo over here for anybody that wants to see what it looks like.

From urban dictionary:

A close relative of an asshat, an assmonkey is best defined as ‘any disagreeable idiot who has successfully combined being an asshole with the brainpower of a monkey fed LSD’.

I find myself using it at work a lot. Time to look for a new job?

Time to introduce that term to my boss.

So should I remove it? I wasn’t trying to be directive more like not wanting anyone to get their feelings hurt or be offended.

It sounds fine to me. 🙂 Anybody that can stand photo criticism can probably stand the term “assmonkey”. 😉

The new forums are out there. Is anyone offended by the trem assmonkey at the end of the gallery description? It’s late and the first term that came to mind. I guess I could go with troll…

For a forum largely comprised of Farkers, it’s pretty accurate. 🙂

Haha, true. I just wanted to get the point across that it’s not a free for all poo…

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The new forums are out there. Is anyone offended by the trem assmonkey at the end of the gallery description? It’s late and the first term that came to mind. I guess I could go with troll…

For a forum largely comprised of Farkers, it’s pretty accurate. 🙂

i’m in! both tips and tricks and a showoff critique sound like fun.

as far as the crit session – once a week? whenever anyone posts? should there be a new category for that?

They way I’ve seen it done before (just from my experience) is simply whenever anyone posts, it’ll get looked at. If someone wants to keep up with that section of the…Read more

I think it’s a great idea. Was also thinking about a Tips & Tricks space. Will post and see how they go?

Yeah, I like it. 🙂 Well, if we’re going the full mile, I would love to write some extensive reviews/howtos about cool products I’ve been using — films, cameras, scanners, stuff like that. Maybe that could go in Tips & Tricks, or maybe it…Read more

hmmm….just realized that you maybe weren’t offering – i certainly didn’t mean to trap you into doing it anything!!

/durr

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No, no, I’m certainly offering. It really wouldn’t take that much time, and it would be fun to track it across the world. As an example, everybody adds their address. When they receive the camera, they hit a link…Read more

i have been mapped!

it might be hard to just know the next person’s address…actually..hmm.

maybe if you sent an individual email to everyone, telling them who the next person in line was? that way only you’d have all the addresses….but then you’d have to send out 27 (or whatever) individual emails….hmmm.

Like I said, it would be pretty…Read more

Hiya synthemesc. How’s your week going?

Hey veruca!

My little brother got his first SLR for Christmas, a Nikon N75. He’s been following me around all week being half-confused because, as he confessed to me, the terms “fast” and “slow” apply to films, lenses, and shutter speed. I clarified it for him and he seemed to have gotten it. But then the…Read more

hey all – just wanted to poke my head in for this week’s discussion. i’m still in Florida, so i probably won’t be around for most of the conversation, but wanted to say hello!

so…hello!

and happy farktography! good stuff so far all!

Hiya monkeybort! Hi all!

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture.ars
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/aperture-followup.ars

Was curious which printing services are good for high quality photo printing. I have an Epson R200 for home use (pics on the ‘fridge and such) and have used Snapfish for ages. Now a couple of friends from back home have requested prints and I’d like them to stand the test of time.

Any suggestions?

While I don’t know much about the R200 series,…Read more

I don’t know if the logo has to be added to the web host first and then linked or ? Also with the color difference I don’t know if it would be able to come right over or if we’d have to modify transparent or change the colors.

More reading to do…

The image needs to replace /templates/FSGreen/images/logo.gif. Dimensions should be variable…Read more

I just scored a bunch of darkroom goodies, but I don’t have a safelight. Can I use a 25 watt red light bulb? I have one of those…

You can use a red light bulb in a pinch, because most B&W papers are completely oblivious to *most* of the red portion of the visible spectrum. You’ll notice, however, that a purpose-made safelight is actually amber…Read more

of course. i’m just really excited about it!!! and have no problem with my address being available. i think that when it gets to the implementation stage you (we) should include a sheet of paper with the participants names/addresses on it, and then as we send the camera on to the next person we make a note of the frame # that we shot so we can…

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Looking for suggestions for good mobile lighting solutions. My photos come out with this pink tinge using my current setup (architects lamp on dining room table). Any suggestions?

The lamp isn’t perchance, flourescent, is it?

okay, 800 iso, waterproof i saw one with zoom. is that a good idea?

That might be cool.. the closer to a full-featured camera, the better, I think.

that, in addition to idle’s idea of sending a disposable camera around the country/world to our various participants, sounds like SO MUCH FUN.

Oooh. I officially approve.

‘Cause that’s real important, that I approve. 🙂

there’s no rush about any of this imho i’m tickled that we have an up and running forum! thank you so much sythemesc 😀

Thank you, thank you all, but you have no idea how little work I’ve done, so really, not an issue.

where’s the button to get back to the farktography main page?

Good call — though clicking the “FSGreen” soon-to-be-replaced-I’m-sure logo up top will get you to the forum root.

It’s moving-in day and all 😳 . synthemesc is absolutely right – hope to have it done tonight/tomorrow.

I would offer, but I’m in Dallas, far and away from…Read more

you haven’t heard good things about aperture?

See: the review and the followup. Apparently it’s got some issues that if fixed, could be pretty cool — but right now they’re too slow or buggy to be of use.

where’s the button to get back to the farktography main page?

Good call — though clicking the “FSGreen” soon-to-be-replaced-I’m-sure logo up top will get you to the forum root.

oh yes, and SUPER HUGE thank you to pro tec, synthemesc, and idle_hands for getting this whole forum thing rolling – you guys rock.

Heehee. So, are we gathering here from now on at 8?