New York April NYC Meet-Up

[Calzone]

Tell her Congrat's on her special Shorty award. Just watched the video of here getting the
award, Nice!

Bob,

Pretty funny some of the guys from the Fav-Five (cast from the Netflick series "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy") bowing repeatedly to honor her. This really touched my heart.

It was acually really awesome likely being the oldest people in attendence.

Back to you Bob: I think you will be impressed by your two portraits. You are a compelling guy. I printed two different shots, both 12x18 on 17x22 rag. Make sure you bring an M-T 17x22 box for safe transport at the May Meet-Up.

I rigged the 50 Lux "E60" with the Lietax "F" mount Almost Auto Aperture rear lens flange. Now the CL focus is very much like a SLR with a bright contrasty electronic VF'er assist.

Really easy to focus without needing magnification. Frame, focus and using F5.6 could not be any easier. A lever opens the iris, and all you need to do is release the spring loaded lever and the lens stops down. Second nature and very fast. The 75mm FOV has mucho focus snap.

I use a Mandler M-lens 50 non ASPH profile instead of the proper "R" profile. This is a deadly rig.

The short battery life is a handicap, but I do a "John" and only turn on the camera to shoot. The camera is so uncomplicated that if I turn on the CL, by the time I raise the camera to my eye, the camera is ready to shoot.

On my SL there is a long delay like booting a computer. With the SL I need to keep the camera on a ready or I miss shots due to start-up.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

Pretty funny some of the guys from the Fav-Five (cast from the Netflick series "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy") bowing repeatedly to honor her. This really touched my heart.

It was acually really awesome likely being the oldest people in attendence.

Congrats to her Cal!

 

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[Calzone]

Congrats to her Cal!

John,

This was a crazy experience.

Definitely a different world for a guy like me who does not even text on a cell phone, let alone carry a cell phone.

BTW I made a nice package out of those 4 "Orlando" shots I had that date back from the Trayvon Martin verdict. I included a rally poster I photographed earlier with you that day to create a series of five images as an entry for "The Fence" at Photoville.

This years The Fence will be exhibited in eight cities, and since one is in Calgary, now it has gone international.

Only two hundred word "work statement." I tell the story of how we were confronted about race, privilege, and entitlement, not knowing about the verdict that happened that day. I present that Orlando was trying to "stand his ground."

These five shots I would be surprised if they were not included as part of The Fence.

Cal

 

[Range-rover]

Thanks Cal and the way you print it should be great, I don't have any
of those 17X22 boxes.

 

[Particular]

Cal,
Congratulate Lyn, this is very cool and well deserved. Congratulate yourself also, because your work is a huge part of it. I think you’ve been working pretty hard for someone who claims to be a slacker!

 

[robert blu]

Cal and Lyn, congrats to you both, it must be a great satisfaction!
robert

 

[jsrockit]

I think you’ve been working pretty hard for someone who claims to be a slacker!

It's all a front... he'd make me meet him at 7:00am to photograph. That's very unslacker-ish too.

 

[rajmohan-fotograf]

Yesterday was the 10th Annual Short Awards, held at Playstation Theater, in Times Square.
Later Maggie says, "Winning is kinda cool," and I laughed.
Cal

Brilliant - congratulations to you both!

 

[Calzone]

It's all a front... he'd make me meet him at 7:00am to photograph. That's very unslacker-ish too.

John really knows me. I'm a jerk. LOL.

Also know the truth is I'm kinda brutal. Not easy to being my friend. Like I said, "I'm a jerk."

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Fashion Frenzy: So at 9:30 AM I have to make an appointment and buy a Tux before the weekend for some fancy black tie art event in Mad-Rid.

"Maggie" is mucho annoyed too because she has 4 days to find and get a gown fitted for Mad-Rid. Last time they did the same thing to her, but now I too have to get frenzied.

I kinda did not want to go last time because an Opera was on the itinerary, and I dreaded knowing I would have to fight staying awake, but it ended up being a VIP guest backstage invite to see the set design and costume area which would of been a grand shooting opportunity.

This is what I really hate-hate about the world of fashion: they always wait till the last minute to surprise you with B.S.

So now I should get a haircut because my hair is a bit feral and perhaps too old hippy.

So now I have to clean myself up, turn down the tough guy from Brooklyn act, and act rather crusty and privileged. I can't do a "Calvin" and shake Mayor Bloomberg's hand on the porch of Gracie Mansion wearing a Hawian shirt looking like a surfer for this gig.

This is one of those times that I have to revert and regress to being a performance artist again. So now inadvertently I am being sucked in further; this time as a model. Pretty sure I will be exploited. LOL. Also know that the "American Romance" book party is May 10th, and there too I am a model.

"I was just walking along, minding my own business."

Looks like it will be wise to bring both the CL and the SL for shooting. How crazy is it to travel with nearly $20K worth of gear?

Somehow I shot the jewelry by today's deadline. I only found out that the shots had to be sent in for approval by today on Saturday around dinnertime. In fact I was cooking diner for myself when Maggie informed me. I left the dishes and we ran out to do some shooting while we had some light.

On Sunday before the Shorty Awards in the windy cold we shot in Central Park to get other shots of Maggie wearing $3.6K worth of jewelry.

Maggie gets to keep the pieces she likes, and can turn in the rest for credit to select other pieces she prefers.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Thanks Cal and the way you print it should be great, I don't have any
of those 17X22 boxes.

Bob,

Don't sweat it. I'll gift you one from my stockpile. I've been hoarding empty paper boxes.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Kinda funny me getting dressed up. When I do, and I look in the mirror, I don't recognize myself, because I become a different person.

Back over 7 years ago, Professor Blackman at FIT asked me to wear my Paul Smith suit to his shirt sewing class to display the fine tailoring on a skinny/lanky Chinese guy with a poneytail.

The clothes are so well fitted and the materials so soft and refreshing it is almost like being naked in public because you don't feel like you are wearing clothing. Also I could feel the breeze through the clothing.

So in class the beautiful girl with naturally smoky eyes tells me, "You look like an Asian version of James Bond." LOL. Out on the street people yielded and moved out of my way. Pretty much it was obvious people treated me differently.

POSTSCRIPT: Another spin on this is that I feel like Elisa Dolittle from "My Fair Lady." My cockneyed accent is my "Lawn-Guy-Land" accent.

Cal

 

[Range-rover]

Bob,

Don't sweat it. I'll gift you one from my stockpile. I've been hoarding empty paper boxes.

Cal

Okay Cal, Thanks

 

[Calzone]

Tuxedo Emergency: So I dialed 911 and hooked up with "Robbie & Company" a high-end menswear shop on West 35th Street, explaining my sich-E-A-tion on needing a Tux and fitting within 4 days. I made an appointment for at 5:00 PM after work. Of course I love Italian designers as well as Paul Smith, and this shop does Italian.

Not sure I will buy or rent, but I am relieved and was reassured that fitting a lanky bitch like me is no problem.

So I need shirt and shoes to go full penguin disguise.

Next deadline is call for a haircut appointment with Maria in Williamsburg at noon when they open.

It is not easy being me. Kinda fun again going back to the decade I was a performance artist.

You can see that when I retire that I will still have a mucho crazy life. Pretty much I'm high maintenance.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

John really knows me. I'm a jerk. LOL.

Also know the truth is I'm kinda brutal. Not easy to being my friend. Like I said, "I'm a jerk."

Cal

Ah, we are all jerks in some way right? We had good times... walking, talking, and photographing.

 

[MrFujicaman]

Cal, just cut to the chase and buy a tux. As Maggie is getting more and more famous, events like this are going to pop up without warning more and more.

 

[Calzone]

Ah, we are all jerks in some way right? We had good times... walking, talking, and photographing.

John,

I think we both like people with character instead of boring people. I know I can be a jerk though.

Why do people love me? LOL.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

Cal, just cut to the chase and buy a tux. As Maggie is getting more and more famous, events like this are going to pop up without warning more and more.

MFM,

I am thinking that way also. I always now keep the plastic card with the magic numbers with me all the time.

I could of wore a Tux Sunday at the Shorty Awards Gala.

Moral of the story is don't be a cheap *******. Also for a skinny bitch like me I need really good tailoring and that is not cheap.

So I am also an odd looking guy that stands out in a crowd. Although a skinny bitch I am muscular and athletic looking. If I present myself well this could lead to more gigs. I can see this luxury hotel that formally was a palace trying to hook into those uber wealthy Chinese. Maggie is very well loved in China.

"Maggie" is only 5'2" so I look like a basket ball forward in height when photographed with her. Funny thing is her followers think she is tall.

I have been boning up on the black tie look. I'm liking the shawl collar. I have a muscular Vee so a waistcoat accentuates my build. My deformities like a 15 1/2 inch neck on a guy who has only a 38 inch chest when fully inflated is one monster characteristic. Then my right arm is an inch longer than my left. These deformities happened over time because of carrying around heavy cameras.

Take notice that the shots and video from last year's trip to Madrid to this very same luxury hotel has not been released yet, and here were already are coming back. Also last year I did not have my passport in order, and this was compounded by all this fashion short notice.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

I dialed 911 for an emergency haircut, and was able to get an appointment with Maria for tomorrow after work in Williamsburg.

Understand that my hair is overgrown and feral reaching my nipples. I'll get it trimmed to shirt collar length, but will have enough length to still tie it in a ponytail.

My sides are buzzed in a hipster fashion, but in my case I started this trend well over a decade ago due to repeated shaving accidents. In a way I started the trend way back when.

I am told by women that I clean up nice. Pretty much if I let my hair down it has that Italian model look that is kinda boyish that women love.

Cal