Its not photography, its Farktography | Yoyo | Activity https://www.farktography.com/members/yoyo/activity/ Activity feed for Yoyo. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:09:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 62cde4b99892de9698dc2c5ff5532d95 Yoyo replied to the topic 8-5-15 - Oops.... the Inept Farktographer II in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/8-5-15-oops-the-inept-farktographer-ii/#post-53415 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 23:13:37 -0400 Ok, I’m back, Farkers. And I’ve got some commercial grade crap after four weeks in Philadelphia inspecting schools for capital improvement needs. I think I need higher ISO. 12800 isn’t cutting it. 5D3 time!

]]> 8c8dc5252ce65a10ad7d9784667efeb9 Yoyo replied to the topic 5-6-15 - Club House in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/5-6-15-club-house/#post-53524 Thu, 07 May 2015 05:46:00 -0400 More about the Colorado City Masonic lodge building:

]]> db0c40dde048061d4769a0c3b56525d1 Yoyo replied to the topic 3-4-15 - Wallpaper This II in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3-4-15-wallpaper-this-ii/#post-53465 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 04:57:03 -0500 Dang it! I’m a week off. I shot some scenes for Tilt-shift Miniatures today. Time to dive for this one I guess.

]]> b24c83c03ce65f3a219d3baee48dd120 Yoyo replied to the topic 3-11-15 - Tilt-Shift Faked Miniature Scenes II in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3-11-15-tilt-shift-faked-miniature-scenes-ii/#post-53249 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:44:33 -0500 How wide can we go now? The FArQ still says 640. I thought the limit got upped.

]]> 1a4bdf1cab587deadd32b45a6cb324aa Yoyo replied to the topic 11-11-15 - Soldiers in Uniform in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-11-15-soldiers-in-uniform/#post-53259 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:36:15 -0500 How do you feel about sailors and Marines? 😀

]]> 35baacf8a4915ec9a0549971ed3989e4 Yoyo replied to the topic 11-11-15 - Soldiers in Uniform in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-11-15-soldiers-in-uniform/#post-53258 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:35:51 -0500 +1 ’cause I look good in a uniform.

]]> 6dd1ae3483f3742e6f96c83068d90eb9 Yoyo replied to the topic Photoshop THIS! in the forum Themes http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/photoshop-this/#post-53279 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:34:49 -0500 +1

]]> 2da77a932daee91860e8126dce77a1de Yoyo replied to the topic 3-11-15 - Tilt-Shift Faked Miniature Scenes II in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3-11-15-tilt-shift-faked-miniature-scenes-ii/#post-53247 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:33:38 -0500 +1 ‘Cause I got the hardware for this one now. Canon TS-E 24mm.

]]> e0dd927c26b00fa5dbc40c51783f0f05 Yoyo replied to the topic 3-4-15 - Wallpaper This II in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3-4-15-wallpaper-this-ii/#post-53456 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:32:27 -0500 +1

]]> 3d8a299f0f81faf2f305e0b9b54731bd Yoyo replied to the topic Cards Against Humanity in the forum Themes http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/cards-against-humanity/#post-53390 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:30:37 -0500 Including unauthorized imitations, like Crabs Adjusting Humidity or Farking Cards Man?
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]]> e47285878b5b2eec57abc8fb6f1903a8 Yoyo replied to the topic 3-25-15 - I like big balls, they're such big balls in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3-25-15-i-like-big-balls-theyre-such-big-balls/#post-53504 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:29:41 -0500 +1

]]> cb54b49062e2c421980b6119eff41fc3 Yoyo replied to the topic 6-10-15 - High Key in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/6-10-15-high-key/#post-53429 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:28:14 -0500 +1

]]> 53b06bebdd40fe5c8b10e28eb3f4894e Yoyo replied to the topic 3-18-14 - Chocolate in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3-18-14-chocolate/#post-53496 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:26:20 -0500 +1

]]> 287414e368227a21df12ff6bcda85659 Yoyo replied to the topic 2-25-15 - Frozen in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/2-25-15-frozen/#post-53435 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:25:53 -0500 I hate you. I have a pair of ice skates that have traveled the world with me since 2009, and they have yet to see freezing weather. They’re cursed, I tell you. Cursed!
+1 just because I want to see what people will come up with.

]]> 067f50094843022f19ab7f99a1f40c31 Yoyo replied to the topic 4-22-15 - Feet around the world in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/4-22-15-feet-around-the-world/#post-52956 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:22:15 -0500 I imagined this theme a la the National Geographic guide to feet and footwear customs around the world. I’m still thinking it over.

]]> 25ad0ec64bc4c0e5c2aaba680e7e78c6 Yoyo replied to the topic 4-29-15 - Fairy Tales and Other Classic Childhood Stories in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/4-29-15-fairy-tales-and-other-classic-childhood-stories/#post-52869 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:20:46 -0500 +1

]]> cae26bcd8e66f3cae26b0109f7550250 Yoyo replied to the topic 8-19-15 - Cosplay and Steampunk in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/8-19-15-cosplay-and-steampunk/#post-52875 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:18:37 -0500 +1
Won’t someone think of the furries?

]]> 1fb125dd3d5b70f74525767a96c038bf Yoyo replied to the topic These Hallowed Halls [Scheduled] in the forum Themes http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/these-hallowed-halls-scheduled/#post-53041 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:22:38 -0400 +1

]]> cfb1972d71290eff032b528359785fdf Yoyo replied to the topic 7-9-14 - Into the Woods in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/7-9-14-into-the-woods/#post-53058 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 20:52:37 -0400 I hate you people. Here I am spending a weekend in Vegas compliments of the client’s per diem, and the local store just happens to have a TS-E 24/3.5 in stock, and you people choose trees for the theme while I’m stuck in the god-forsaken desert. SMH. Awe, who am I kidding, I’ll manufacture some trees if I need to. 😀

]]> a2647d937e137a40264bbf86cf3ccf21 Yoyo replied to the topic Animals 2 [Hoppered with 8 votes] in the forum Themes http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/animals-2-hoppered-with-8-votes/#post-52667 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:30:32 -0500 +1

I’ve got some nice shots of my local zoo on film.

]]> 141d62671ea5a85c32f80de09452c2af Yoyo replied to the topic Catching Fire [Hoppered] in the forum Themes http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/catching-fire-hoppered/#post-52676 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:09:28 -0500 +1

]]> 42854fee1463c02580e77c94fcafd4ba Yoyo replied to the topic Farktography Recipe Book 2 [Hoppered with 8 votes] in the forum Themes http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/farktography-recipe-book-2-hoppered-with-8-votes/#post-52765 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:07:13 -0500 Woo! I love taking pictures of food.

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]]> 180ad16fc90fcb81fae8f0d2e398355c Yoyo replied to the topic 7-17-13 - Signs 2: Everywhere a Sign in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/7-17-13-signs-2-everywhere-a-sign/page/2/#post-51945 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:44:02 -0400 In musical notation ‘fag’ indicates the bassoon part.

So, do I go with a sign about the creation of Memorial Day at Arlington, or Squirrel Gap Road?

]]> 082e4f1a949fc19fa81870af100bd27e Yoyo replied to the topic 7-3-13 - Military Grade in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/7-3-13-military-grade/#post-51663 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:13:46 -0400 Dang it! How did I miss this theme? Plus, what’s up with the low vote totals?

]]> 8f1d0d6fe2536ef48d8fe5b27d0dc042 Yoyo replied to the topic 7-17-13 - Signs 2: Everywhere a Sign in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/7-17-13-signs-2-everywhere-a-sign/page/2/#post-51941 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:59:07 -0400 If we allow the F-word, how about the N-word? J/k. I’m not that guy.
All I got from that link was a Chinese girl and a panda statue and some disclaimer about looking for photos.

]]> 078bb5595194a6954b65cdae21e84039 Yoyo replied to the topic So there I was, in New York City... in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/so-there-i-was-in-new-york-city/#post-52098 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:51:06 -0400 I didn’t know you lived in the area. I suppose I should have announced my plans here. I might have been in Orionid’s neighborhood as well.

She was a fabulous MC for most of the event, and Mr. Keith Price from the Morning Jolt satellite radio show took over for about the 3rd quarter of the event. I’ve been an MC before as well, so I know it’s…Read more

]]> 27c9c3f2acebff43a71d400fbdf589bc Yoyo replied to the topic Do I do it or not? Eos M on sale! in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/do-i-do-it-or-not-eos-m-on-sale/#post-52100 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:27:09 -0400 The reviews from B&H buyers all seemed quite positive. Also, the “pros” would be likely to rip on a Rebel, but I’m fine with it. Having identical sensors would simplify stereo work.

]]> 3d5cd3e01a0da7b27b1719fbc2d549b0 Yoyo replied to the topic Another "what lens to replace the 18-55" thread in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/another-what-lens-to-replace-the-18-55-thread/#post-52060 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:56:26 -0400 18-55 II 😀

When I broke my original kit lens, I initially replaced it with a 28-90 35mm consumer kit lens because it was available and economical, and I wanted a zoom centered around 55mm which was the dividing line between my normal zoom and telephoto zoom.

]]> 181b89a028c96b3842b2435c6e4111ce Yoyo replied to the topic So there I was, in New York City... in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/so-there-i-was-in-new-york-city/#post-52093 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:39:29 -0400 I even made prints of selected photos from my 5 1/2 week road trip, including 3 of these.

]]> ece9d81e0109a8d05c6dd4f80ee7ce5d Yoyo replied to the topic So there I was, in New York City... in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/so-there-i-was-in-new-york-city/#post-52092 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:31:14 -0400
Our master (mistress?) of ceremonies for the evening.


Even the Empire State Building was getting in on the action. I took this shot from New Jersey looking east across the Hudson river.

]]> ede2bb58e7a791a8a38aa5f5d8d7b45d Yoyo replied to the topic YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!! in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/youre-doing-it-wrong/#post-51849 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 05:46:49 -0400 FTA: “YOUR EQUIPMENT NO LONGER DEFINES YOU, YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS DO”

Hasn’t this always been true?

I think someone had 1,500 words to fill last month, and being a photographer instead of a journalist we ended up with this claptrap.

]]> 82e9418fbff2684dd047abc1234ea877 Yoyo replied to the topic Interesting photo project in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/interesting-photo-project/#post-51690 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:22:55 -0400 They could all use a sammich. Also, they seem to have picked up more pigment being in subtropical Asia compared to near-arctic Britain.

I could show you some before and afters from my own visit to Afghanistan if you like.

]]> fd37b0dde5b50bf68da25d1dc3290362 Yoyo replied to the topic Yugoboy's Macro on the Cheap Experiment in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/yugoboys-macro-on-the-cheap-experiment/#post-51603 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:08:18 -0400 Are you hand-holding these shots, because they look awfully blurry.

I too have extension tubes as well as +1, 2 ,4, & 10 diopter filters.

I like the tubes for when I have plenty of time to prepare everything and take lots of pics and adjust things just so. I usually go with the 50/1.4 in front of the extenders.

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]]> 007d660f1dc52d08e905a01f27f00fd6 Yoyo replied to the topic Goodbye to Scarlet R's? in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/goodbye-to-scarlet-rs/#post-51503 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:28:30 -0400 So there I was, it was early April, 2013, in New Orleans. The Big Easy. Mardi Gras central. Bourbon Street. We were all upstairs in a rented room above some cheap gin joint that sold overpriced hooch to tourists with more money that taste, and who should I run into but the legen-wait-for-it-dary Drew Curtis of Drew Curtis’ Fark.com (not to be…Read more

]]> cc7383fbe9b5deb4cf8003c31ac0058e Yoyo replied to the topic It's yours if you want it. in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/its-yours-if-you-want-it/page/2/#post-51173 Sat, 11 May 2013 04:31:29 -0400 I have no idea exactly what these can lenses are, but I’d be happy to have an Orionid custom. Canon EOS, the wider the focal length the better. Did you ever put together the kit I sent for X-mas? Pics…

Also, where do you get glass for these?

]]> 980474cc37707c5dbc97fd001eb9790f Yoyo replied to the topic 3D Printing and Photography in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3d-printing-and-photography/#post-51484 Sat, 11 May 2013 04:25:55 -0400 Also, SolidWorks is popular because it’s cheap. And by cheap I mean in the single-digit thousand dollar range. I just priced out IronCad and it’s $4k. Currently I’m using ViaCAD because it’s about $80 (and I haven’t crashed it yet).

Try taking a CAD class at your local community college so you could get a student edition of something for cheap…Read more

]]> 28a2dddf1e3c0617bd98738ded1e65a5 Yoyo replied to the topic 3D Printing and Photography in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/3d-printing-and-photography/#post-51483 Sat, 11 May 2013 04:20:03 -0400 This thread is TL/DR. I use Shapeways for my 3D printing. It’s cheaper than a big capital outlay and worrying about consumables. It does miss the instantaneous gratification. Shapeways has very good fine detail. (I was able to print usable M58x0.75 threads.) If you just want to make toy soldiers, get some lead and a meting pot, then make…Read more

]]> 01aa69758f546bccb947eb84feba2b98 Yoyo replied to the topic After the shoot... in the forum Pollage http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/after-the-shoot/#post-51144 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:54:09 -0400 Kool-Aid.

]]> 9fbe6f6cd4b18fa012907c217950bbdc Yoyo replied to the topic Pass the Farkolga in the forum Projects http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/pass-the-farkolga/page/4/#post-25090 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:52:20 -0400 Now you ask for it back?!?

]]> f217a5f29b40b8d56185b83d04864661 Yoyo replied to the topic How To Get Over A Fear of Photographing Strangers Fast in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/how-to-get-over-a-fear-of-photographing-strangers-fast/#post-51123 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:58:21 -0400 Yeah, on the few occasions that I bust out the flash bracket, people really think I’m a professional. The mere fact of sporting a SLR in these days of camera-phones or miniscule P&Ss makes people ask me who I work for, and a huge honking flash doesn’t help.

I know enough about my Canon Speedlite to be dangerous, but I’d like to faster and less…Read more

]]> 3ccd4114f9dc2088db84d8b1ad07e269 Yoyo replied to the topic The health and well being of Farktography in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/the-health-and-well-being-of-farktography/#post-51204 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:51:44 -0400 I’ve been out of the loop this year as well. I think for myself, it’s just a general malaise that comes from being unemployed.

I don’t think Fark will be relegated to the /dev/nul of history anytime soon. Other sites have come and gone (or peaked and faded), yet Fark seems to have remained (or maybe I’m just hanging on far past the sell-by…Read more

]]> 8d80561d1a84dc3e0e37472d95eef18a Yoyo replied to the topic FarkCon in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/farkcon/#post-45560 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:30:04 -0400 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75838886/index.html

56k beware.

]]> 1e5679779890f011504b9c7772a7b2e3 Yoyo replied to the topic FarkCon in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/farkcon/#post-45557 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:32:57 -0400 Well, so there I was, taking pics at the $50 flat rate open bar on Bourbon St. in the French Quarter last night, when who should I run into but Drew Curtis and the legendary Mike Andrews. Shocking! I know! What are the odds of seeing both of them at once?!? Since I had their mostly undivided attention, I asked if they might have some server…Read more

]]> 13e12fd697fde77f237d82e7f76bcca7 Yoyo replied to the topic How To Get Over A Fear of Photographing Strangers Fast in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/how-to-get-over-a-fear-of-photographing-strangers-fast/#post-51118 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:26:48 -0400 Standing on the curb in the middle of Bourbon St. at the 2013 Fark World Party is a good way to photograph strangers. While it’s not exactly spy-photo sneakiness, I never had to ask for permission. On more than one occasion, people would see my flash going off and then pose for pics. Some people are better at posing (and more naturally…Read more

]]> dbc098f68fb27d3ac8ba592ffded629f Yoyo replied to the topic How To Get Over A Fear of Photographing Strangers Fast in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/how-to-get-over-a-fear-of-photographing-strangers-fast/#post-51114 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:59:43 -0400

It definitely ain’t “art” photography. Everything is shot at f8 to f11 because you need good DoF to see the stadium. It’s all Flash work, the shadows are hell in the stadium and everything is WIDE to give the booth techs plenty of room to crop the photo. (For me, this is the hardest part, I like to concentrate on faces and eyes when I…

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]]> 064b6628420fe9bcd7cb5af26ca33624 Yoyo replied to the topic FarkCon in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/farkcon/#post-45556 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:50:28 -0400 It’s going on right now! At this very moment. I’m Farking from inside the hotel!!!
Pics in thread.

http://www.fark.com/comments/7565174/World-Fark-Party-III-New-Orleans-Louisiana-April-5-April-7

]]> 6c3bccf55848936b75df87db42e7acf9 Yoyo replied to the topic FarkCon in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/farkcon/#post-45554 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:23:04 -0400 Just like this zombie thread being brought back to life, so too is the Fark World Party. Only this time it’s voodoo zombies in New Orleansinsstead of desert post-apocalypse zombies in Las Vegas. Anyone else coming? I’ll be the guy with the T2i, Tamron 10-24, and 580EXII.

]]> 6ef41189583de922ad0adb1f1d529b9e Yoyo replied to the topic Firearms in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/firearms/#post-51008 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:18:35 -0400 I like freezer wrapping paper for a white background. It’s cheap and disposable. Matte on one side and glossy on the other. Uber white and texture free.

/Allison. Last time I saw her was in New Jersey. I’ve still got her number though.

]]> 3532313afc21f092a9ebb86405b4a3c1 Yoyo replied to the topic New to these here parts in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/new-to-these-here-parts/page/2/#post-50915 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:46:32 -0400

Thanks. I really wouldn’t have believed what a difference shooting in RAW and post-processing makes until I got Lightroom. Shooting a lot of landscapes when the sun has started to go down makes it very difficult for me to get a perfect exposure for both the sky and the earth.

Post processing is a crutch. It’s easy to get well exposed land and…Read more

]]> 2865f16f0a63c641083eaca4f6ca94c8 Yoyo replied to the topic While my DSLR gently weeps in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/while-my-dslr-gently-weeps/#post-50962 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:17:10 -0400 Congratulations on your possible entry into the world of professional photography. Not everyone can be a bitchy mom trying to run a portrait studio shooting graduating high-school seniors while complaining about the costs of doing business.

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