Hipster vs. analog hobby photographer

Jockos said:
The new words for this year in SAOL (The Swedish academy dictionary) included the word "Conversesjukan" which translates to "Converse disease".

The word arose among doctors specialized in foot, knee and hip damage.
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Yeah, that's true too... it's funny, I'm flatfooted and like flat shoes because they are comfortable for me. However, they are probably the worse things I can wear in reality. :)
 
Roger Hicks said:
Shoes that can be worn out in a week in anything less than extreme conditions (e.g. a professional ballerina using toe shoes on the professional stage) are clearly rubbish appealing only to the financially overprivileged.

Cheers,

R.
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Roger,

My friend happened to be a big guy who played some serious basketball. Like racing tires on a car the rubber is soft for traction, and all the sudden stops, starts and pivoting were like doing holeshots or burnouts in a car.

Today Converse All-Stars remain affordable and are relitively cheap in comparision to modern basketball shoes. Sorry to correct you, but I think you are mistaken in your remarks. I believe I can buy a pair of All-Stars for about $69.00 at a store like DSW which mails me $10.00 off coupons all the time.

Cal
 
Well, I get the same from the wife, but then she kisses me and she says she finds it cool. So, no complaint on my Part. I can be her hipster if she wants, while I am practicing the basics of photography with my rather old rather quirky gear.
 
Calzone said:
Roger,

My friend happened to be a big guy who played some serious basketball. Like racing tires on a car the rubber is soft for traction, and all the sudden stops, starts and pivoting were like doing holeshots or burnouts in a car.

Today Converse All-Stars remain affordable and are relitively cheap in comparision to modern basketball shoes. Sorry to correct you, but I think you are mistaken in your remarks. I believe I can buy a pair of All-Stars for about $69.00 at a store like DSW which mails me $10.00 off coupons all the time.

Cal
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Dear Cal,

See post 158.

Cheers,

R.
 
jsrockit said:
All stars are still under $50 in the US Cal...
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John,

Thanks for the clarification.

Cal

Vintage Hipster behavior: I wear a lot of Paul Smith clothes, a boutique designer who kinda caters to men that have lanky boyish builds, but I purchase all this luxury clothing either at end of season sales, their outlet store in Williamsburg, or at sample sales. Recently I kinda loaded up the truck as they say at a sample sale that was held in SoHo on West Broadway. Loaded up on jeans that are normally priced around $300.00 for $40.00 a pair, but here's the catch: there were no changing rooms. Basically men went into the shoe department downstairs and stripped down in public. I also bought two pairs of $600.00 shoes for $100 each.

"Maggie" (not her real name) is an old vintage hipster with all white hair who is deemed the best dressed professor at the grad school where she teaches. She loves a store called Century 21 where she buys exclusive high fashion for almost no money, especially during their end of season sales.

Back on topic: Some of the display of fashion and luxury goods are just examples of value judgements. Perhaps a new generation follows in photography because of passion and a sense of history. When I was young I was accused of being trendy, even though I was an artist who was different. Old retro cameras today are a great value and are still very interesting today.

Cal
 
For a long while I wondered what a hipster was, but after reading some of this I now don't care ... so well done everyone :)
 
Murchu said:
Hipster = all style, no substance, imo..
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It sounds like hipster = poser. Correct?

I saw a hipster with a Rolleiflex TLR once. He obviously thought it was nothing more than a cool retro necklace.

I felt so bad for the poor Rollei that I momentarily pondered the possibility of comitting strongarm robbery in order to save it from a fate that no classic film camera desrves.











(Just kidding about the robbery bit ;) ).
 
Sorry, bro, but if you're getting butthurt on the Internet about someone calling you a hipster, you are the epitome of the problem you think you see.

Your work is your work. Either you're doing it because it's an honest expression of self or because you want others to recognize you, but it really doesn't f*cking matter. The point is you're doing it, and the results are either good or they aren't. People who worry about what label describes them are wasting time hoping the label will cover for the substance they feel they lack.

You're asking whether the frame complements an image you haven't even shot yet.
 
okto said:
Sorry, bro, but if you're getting butthurt on the Internet about someone calling you a hipster, you are the epitome of the problem you think you see.

Your work is your work. Either you're doing it because it's an honest expression of self or because you want others to recognize you, but it really doesn't f*cking matter. The point is you're doing it, and the results are either good or they aren't. People who worry about what label describes them are wasting time hoping the label will cover for the substance they feel they lack.

You're asking whether the frame complements an image you haven't even shot yet.
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Okto-dude -- wrong tone, man. The OP very genially asked because his girlfriend called him a hipster. In fact that might not even have been the main question, I can't remember now and so much amusing stuff has passed before us... like remembering last summer's low stream during this spring's freshet.

Plus, he's in Norway, so take it easy. Those people come in peace, as we used to say in all the alien pictures in the 50s.

The link I posted two days ago, to the musicians: classic brooklyn hipster style, the open lightweight plaid shirts over the obscure-message T-shirts, glasses, etc. But the music is good. They're decent guys (heard them interviewed). Let's all chill out and appreciate each other and appreciate what each of us brings to the table. The textbook hipster who ATMs his way to a Rollieflex (and that is the ultimate hipster machine, btw, used in the groovier fashion, young up and coming celebrity photo spreads all the time) is recognizing something -- he/ she is recognizing quality and style and authenticity of a kind that's hard to find in contemporary goods. (Although I was interested to learn all you gearheads respect the FJ Cruiser because I've long thought, though I know nothing, that it looked like the real thing). so, let him. Maybe he'll discover the deeper terrain of art. Maybe he won't, but most people don't anyway and we still enjoy sharing our holiday dinners with them. So let's not be resentful and sharp tongued about poseurs and the rich and the poor and the ignorant and the young and the old and the and the and the. We all have major flaws. That's why God invented Photoshop.
 
I forgot who was saying the hipster test fit the bill for IT guys: yes, of course it does. IT geeks were the progenitors of male hipster style. That's who they are, in many cases, and that's who they're imitating when they're actually English majors.
 
Anyone into traditional wet shaving? I buy usable razors whenever I find them in thrift stores or yard sales.

Gillette is bs. "The best a man can get" LOL. No, get a puck of tabac soap, a DE razor from when Gillette made the good stuff, a nice boar or badger brush, a pack of blades and some after shave balm, and you'll get awesome shaves.

If there ever was one thing technology didn't improve, it was our shaving tools. With a DE razor, or straight razor, you control your shave, rather than let your ridiculously overpriced five-blade vibrating plastic razor decide how your shave will be. Three passes: with the grain, against the grain and across the grain = smooth face.

You need to master the technique, of course, to truly get to the creamy inside. The shave is more rewarding, and will most likely stop being a chore and become a morning ritual. In several ways, it's like shooting film with a manual camera, as opposed to shooting digital at auto.

You will save money in the long run, blades are extremely inexpensive. Your razor will be give to your sons, who will then give them to your grandsons. Your brush easily lasts 20 years with proper care. You soap will last between six and 12 months.

I've converted my girlfriend into buying her own equipment.


edit: I'm hoping not to come off as hip from using vintage equipment. It's purely for practical reasons...........although a lovely gillette butterfly razor do look awesome.
 
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