Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Seems like I'll be bringing Linhof's to this Meet-Up, a Polaroid back, and some Fuji FP-100 for fun.
The Linhof Select 100/2.8 Planar successfully had it's lens separation repaired for only $250.00. The Tech IV from 1958 that I bought for $800.00 BIN with all these accessories was worth it alone, but the 100 Planar was like a lottery ticket. The seller was very clear about the lens separation issue, so there was no surprise. Basically I won the lottery on this one. This Tech IV is kinda minty, even though it is almost 60 years old.
Because I'm stubborn, I found a cam I needed for the Tech V and 53mm Zeiss Biogon for only $10.00. Pretty much impossible to find, none the less for a cheap price. "No money." I say.
I find the Bankster blood in me coming out again, and it is time yet again to start gaming the markets. My plan is to quit my day-job 2-3 years from now and blow Dodge (NYC). Currently Mad-Rid (Madrid) and Barcelona look like destinations. Basically I'll be taking my money and running.
Somehow I'm involved with a "Brooklyn Acellerator" project, and this is not some partical beam physics lab, but is an incubator for start-ups.
Some business deals are lining up. I'm involved with a book project that will be utilizing and exploiting my Monochrom and B&W printing. This book project will feature and profile exceptional women creatives.
Last night blew off a Google party that featured a preview of new hardware. Somehow exclusive because only invites and was not open to the general public.
Next month a video interview will be released by a major U.S magazine that is a a long time fixture among print magazines. I will certainly be seen doing my street/runway shooting. Also my photography was discussed during the interview so I'll be getting some "press."
So since everyone is talking about sexual hur-ass-ment in the workplace, I figure why not. I tell this story not to forgive or diminish the wrong doings of "Harvey the Pig." I wish Brad Pit did give him a beating way back when. If I was on a jury, and Brad was charged with assault, I would say, "Not Guilty."
So when I was younger and working at Grumman in the early eighties, my first job there was kinda blue collar fixing CNC machines that built aircraft parts in plants that were 1/8 mile wide by 1/4 mile long.
After 2 1/2 years I applied for a job within the company as an Associate Technical Writer, so I went to being blue collar to white collar. I was being apprenticed into technical writing via writing repair manuals for Navy aircraft and weapon systems. I was required to have a secrete security clearance.
So in this building of writers, editors, proof readers, artists, and production people, it seems there was a concentration of old engineers and basically older men. The point here is that I kinda stood out as more than a bit "stud-lee" in this pool of men.
I took notice that whenever I went to the bathroom I would hear the sound of pens dropping, and I figured out that this was a signal among the young women that "he's walking by." The sound of pens dropping on a desk rolled like the surf like I was strolling the beach along water's edge on an incoming tide.
Then there were this flashing of cleavage by one cubby cheasted girl at my desk. Pretty much this gal leaned over so I could look down her shirt at her offering. Meanwhile there was a picture of my wife on my desk.
My boss took notice, and asked me why I didn't make something of the offer, because evidently he had. Know my boss was married and had children.
I also got solicited to go out to a bar by women at work. Summertimes was kind of a swinging place on Thursdays, but for me it was like incest, too close to home.
As far as being held as a sex object, understand that women can be as vulgar as men, and Harvey the Pig is not alone. All of this really skeves me out. I have too much self respect to fall for meaningless sex. Not worth the hurt, not worth the reputation.
Cal
The Linhof Select 100/2.8 Planar successfully had it's lens separation repaired for only $250.00. The Tech IV from 1958 that I bought for $800.00 BIN with all these accessories was worth it alone, but the 100 Planar was like a lottery ticket. The seller was very clear about the lens separation issue, so there was no surprise. Basically I won the lottery on this one. This Tech IV is kinda minty, even though it is almost 60 years old.
Because I'm stubborn, I found a cam I needed for the Tech V and 53mm Zeiss Biogon for only $10.00. Pretty much impossible to find, none the less for a cheap price. "No money." I say.
I find the Bankster blood in me coming out again, and it is time yet again to start gaming the markets. My plan is to quit my day-job 2-3 years from now and blow Dodge (NYC). Currently Mad-Rid (Madrid) and Barcelona look like destinations. Basically I'll be taking my money and running.
Somehow I'm involved with a "Brooklyn Acellerator" project, and this is not some partical beam physics lab, but is an incubator for start-ups.
Some business deals are lining up. I'm involved with a book project that will be utilizing and exploiting my Monochrom and B&W printing. This book project will feature and profile exceptional women creatives.
Last night blew off a Google party that featured a preview of new hardware. Somehow exclusive because only invites and was not open to the general public.
Next month a video interview will be released by a major U.S magazine that is a a long time fixture among print magazines. I will certainly be seen doing my street/runway shooting. Also my photography was discussed during the interview so I'll be getting some "press."
So since everyone is talking about sexual hur-ass-ment in the workplace, I figure why not. I tell this story not to forgive or diminish the wrong doings of "Harvey the Pig." I wish Brad Pit did give him a beating way back when. If I was on a jury, and Brad was charged with assault, I would say, "Not Guilty."
So when I was younger and working at Grumman in the early eighties, my first job there was kinda blue collar fixing CNC machines that built aircraft parts in plants that were 1/8 mile wide by 1/4 mile long.
After 2 1/2 years I applied for a job within the company as an Associate Technical Writer, so I went to being blue collar to white collar. I was being apprenticed into technical writing via writing repair manuals for Navy aircraft and weapon systems. I was required to have a secrete security clearance.
So in this building of writers, editors, proof readers, artists, and production people, it seems there was a concentration of old engineers and basically older men. The point here is that I kinda stood out as more than a bit "stud-lee" in this pool of men.
I took notice that whenever I went to the bathroom I would hear the sound of pens dropping, and I figured out that this was a signal among the young women that "he's walking by." The sound of pens dropping on a desk rolled like the surf like I was strolling the beach along water's edge on an incoming tide.
Then there were this flashing of cleavage by one cubby cheasted girl at my desk. Pretty much this gal leaned over so I could look down her shirt at her offering. Meanwhile there was a picture of my wife on my desk.
My boss took notice, and asked me why I didn't make something of the offer, because evidently he had. Know my boss was married and had children.
I also got solicited to go out to a bar by women at work. Summertimes was kind of a swinging place on Thursdays, but for me it was like incest, too close to home.
As far as being held as a sex object, understand that women can be as vulgar as men, and Harvey the Pig is not alone. All of this really skeves me out. I have too much self respect to fall for meaningless sex. Not worth the hurt, not worth the reputation.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Saturday November 4th John will be able to do a fly-by.
Awesome.
Cal
Awesome.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
From Photoville 2017 I got hooked up with a very cool site that comes at a timely moment. For the past decade I just concentrated on my work, documenting NYC 2007-2017, and now I finally need to try and get this work out there.
Wonderfulmachine.com is a start-up, so it is a new platform, and basically it is a place where I might be able to sell my work via stock photography. I might also put myself out there as a photographer for hire.
I'll be looking into this more. First I need to set-up a website...
Anyways could be good for you. Seems like a timely opportunity for me because I'll be getting some "press" from a household print magazine online.
John this can serve you even though you are in Chile.
Cal
Wonderfulmachine.com is a start-up, so it is a new platform, and basically it is a place where I might be able to sell my work via stock photography. I might also put myself out there as a photographer for hire.
I'll be looking into this more. First I need to set-up a website...
Anyways could be good for you. Seems like a timely opportunity for me because I'll be getting some "press" from a household print magazine online.
John this can serve you even though you are in Chile.
Cal
Saganich
Established
Hea sexy Cal,
Do you still have a Tele Rollei in your possession? I've been wanting to check one out in person.
AND Are we planning meet-up on Nov 4th? I'm good with that.
Chris
Do you still have a Tele Rollei in your possession? I've been wanting to check one out in person.
AND Are we planning meet-up on Nov 4th? I'm good with that.
Chris
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Chris,
My Tele Rollieflex I sold to Andre who still owns it. I had this close up filter that was flipped on a hinge. Last Sunday I went shooting in the Bronx with Andre. I likely could borrow the Tele Rolliflex at some future date to show you. For a while I was known to carry a Rollie 3.5F "Whiteface" and a Tele Rollieflex in a Domke book bag. The Tele features a 135mm Sonar that is really great in compressing space. Tele Rolieflex's are prone to lens separations BTW. My Tele was perfect.
Yes we are meeting at Lorelie's on Saturday the 4th.
I'll have a folio of business cards that I printed to annoy people. These are actually Piezography Pro 2x3 inch prints that I print out on sheets 50 at a time. I will publically masturbate and say they are the prettiest business cards ever made. Pretty much I'm printing a retrospective that I can carry in my pocket.
On the sexy note. Women take exception if you do not respond to their advances. I have been rather coy, and in fact I am particularly selective when it comes to women. Perhaps it is because I like crazy women. LOL.
So anyways if a good looking man does not respond to a female's sexual advances, women really get frustrated and ask rather bluntly, "Are you gay?" LOL.
Basically they just want to use me. Meaningless sex. Kinda boring after a while.
Cal
finguanzo
Well-known
I was harassed raccoon once, that’s about it...
Another meet Ill miss, wanted to get together with John, O well.
Going to Mex City that Monday, fam would probably be pissed if I disappeared right before Im gone for 2 weeks..
December it is!
Another meet Ill miss, wanted to get together with John, O well.
Going to Mex City that Monday, fam would probably be pissed if I disappeared right before Im gone for 2 weeks..
December it is!
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Fidel,
Ever been stalked?
I remember riding my bicycle with my friend Mike out in the Hamptons. Mike is a good looking guy and mucho muscular. So Mike and I were riding wearing lycra, minding our own business.
We took note that a white convertable BMW with the top down was keeping pace just behind us for a bit. Then the B'mer pulled right alongside us, two very happy girls sporting grins were so happy to see us after checking out our butts. "Good morning," they said together.
The girls were likely sisters and could of been twins. My friend Mike said, "Take two of those, go to bed, and call me in the morning." LOL.
The problem I had with all the harassment at work is that these girls did not quit. To me it really was harrasment. I could not have been clearer that I was not interested. Realize I had kids, I had a job that I worked hard to secure with a Fortune 500 Company, and I did not want to blow it.
It almost seemed like a game to them. I wonder if they placed bets or had a pool going on.
Cal
finguanzo
Well-known
Did have a stalker in Spain once... Good time. lol
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Fidel,
My raccoon storie's: one is when camping on the Apple-ate-chee-N Trail I was asleep and I wake up feeling this weight on my chest. I basically shoved a raccoon that was licking out the remains from a tunafish can. I sceamed like a little girl. Kinda freaked me out.
Then out on Long Island I was living with my sister in the burbs, and we had this raccoon that weekly made a mess out of the garbage. He really pissed me off. So one night I come home and I catch him in the act. I go in the house and exit through the garage with a shovel to give him a beating.
I when he saw me with the shovel he just looked up at me, and then I cracked him in the head. I kinda stunned him good, so I did the Brooklyn tough guy thing and hit him again even harder.
I was going to crack him a third time figuring perhaps I should finish him off, but he ran off. Never had a problem after that.
This raccoon was likely about 30 pounds.
Cal
Saganich
Established
LOL..PITA and ERA smashed in one thread.
I was wondering how well the Tele Rolei managed portraits; seems a bit short, but then the Roleinars to the rescue I suppose. I found a Mamiya C330 with 180mm under my bed... no raccoons... but the damn thing is large...the C330 that is and a lot less sexy then the Rolei. But that 180mm IS nice.
I was wondering how well the Tele Rolei managed portraits; seems a bit short, but then the Roleinars to the rescue I suppose. I found a Mamiya C330 with 180mm under my bed... no raccoons... but the damn thing is large...the C330 that is and a lot less sexy then the Rolei. But that 180mm IS nice.
finguanzo
Well-known
Cal, I moved out of Newark, first day in my new house, raccoon walks into my kitchen, confronts me, then takes a bag of wonder bread I had on the floor from emptying groceries.
So much for moving out da hood....
So much for moving out da hood....
MrFujicaman
Well-known
Cal, you need to try my Raccoon cure. I call it "Raccoon Cocktail".
We had Raccoons trying to get into the attic, so I left them a little cocktail for their nightly party....6 Perkaset ground up, 100 proof vodka and grape soda for taste.
I never saw them after they finished off a bowl of that....
We had Raccoons trying to get into the attic, so I left them a little cocktail for their nightly party....6 Perkaset ground up, 100 proof vodka and grape soda for taste.
I never saw them after they finished off a bowl of that....
finguanzo
Well-known
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
MFM,
Those raccoons should know better than mixing alcohol and pain killers. LOL.
I might of killed my pest. After my two shovel swings I was surprised he was able to run off. Might have been mortal blows.
Did you guys ever see the film "Grey Gardens?" Basically a documentry about a decaying estate and two mentally ill people, a mother and a daughter, who in a disturbing way are interesting and funny.
Cal
Ah, too bad... enjoy!
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
So a flurry of messages from Seattle: A jeweler friend sent an e-mail to find out when we are coming back for a visit; another friend, who is kinda the Queen Bee of creatives in Seattle, is setting up some big event that involves "Maggie;" so now it looks like another trip to Seattle during spring break.
So now Maggie is glad that I kept my Juki (commercial sewing machine). As an artist I'm really-really good with my hands. I'm publically masturbating again. LOL.
In art school I was encouraged to also embrace sculpture, even though primarily I was a painter. I have a Korean designer friend who gave me the smut that if you want to learn how to sew, it is best to learn by yourself by deconstructing clothing.
So anyways I have something to do when I get fired or quit my boring day-job. I basically have to keep this job for at least a few more months to take advantage of a loan forgiveness program that I enrolled in. I should get the approval in 2-4 months, and when that happens many tens of thousands of dollars in principle and interest will disappear, and the big bonus is I don't have to pay taxes on that money.
Believe it or not, even though I annoy people, especially my boss, I am considered working in "Public Service." LOL. Kinda funny that the goverment wants to sponsor and subsidize lazy slackers like me to work in public service. So anyways I feel like a "Bankster" because I'm not paying taxes, I'm taking advantage of tax payers; and the government is giving me a favored advantage to someone who really has too many advantages.
The hospital I work at reimbursted me for my education, and the student loans were just for cash flow, but I ended up using the proceeds to fund capitol expenses for cameras and printers that I now enjoy as assets.
So Maggie is 64 1/2, I'm almost 60, and we are recreating our lives and embracing risk. Fun exciting and a bit scary.
Next Tuesday is New York Magazine's 50th anniversary, and we have been invited to their party that oddly will be held at Katz Deli.
Last Tuesday we blew off a Google event that was a private preview of Google hardware at some pop-up event on 5th Ave.
Oddly Seattle becones and so does Madrid and Barcelona.
Printed another 600 business cards. Basically 12 different images 50 on a sheet. Now my folio of business cards looks more like a retrospective.
Cal
So now Maggie is glad that I kept my Juki (commercial sewing machine). As an artist I'm really-really good with my hands. I'm publically masturbating again. LOL.
In art school I was encouraged to also embrace sculpture, even though primarily I was a painter. I have a Korean designer friend who gave me the smut that if you want to learn how to sew, it is best to learn by yourself by deconstructing clothing.
So anyways I have something to do when I get fired or quit my boring day-job. I basically have to keep this job for at least a few more months to take advantage of a loan forgiveness program that I enrolled in. I should get the approval in 2-4 months, and when that happens many tens of thousands of dollars in principle and interest will disappear, and the big bonus is I don't have to pay taxes on that money.
Believe it or not, even though I annoy people, especially my boss, I am considered working in "Public Service." LOL. Kinda funny that the goverment wants to sponsor and subsidize lazy slackers like me to work in public service. So anyways I feel like a "Bankster" because I'm not paying taxes, I'm taking advantage of tax payers; and the government is giving me a favored advantage to someone who really has too many advantages.
The hospital I work at reimbursted me for my education, and the student loans were just for cash flow, but I ended up using the proceeds to fund capitol expenses for cameras and printers that I now enjoy as assets.
So Maggie is 64 1/2, I'm almost 60, and we are recreating our lives and embracing risk. Fun exciting and a bit scary.
Next Tuesday is New York Magazine's 50th anniversary, and we have been invited to their party that oddly will be held at Katz Deli.
Last Tuesday we blew off a Google event that was a private preview of Google hardware at some pop-up event on 5th Ave.
Oddly Seattle becones and so does Madrid and Barcelona.
Printed another 600 business cards. Basically 12 different images 50 on a sheet. Now my folio of business cards looks more like a retrospective.
Cal
Prest_400
Multiformat
Dad's a couple years your age and has waiting a company response on retirement. He feels quite lucky after the years of recession and basically also slacks around 😂 although he'd love retirement to just cycle and do other stuff sometimes he says the only annoyance is waking up at 6 for work.
People your generation with some luck could get in some nice positions, over here it was either Public service (9-15h) or a sort of utilities and banking company. Good work schedules and early retirement.
I think us the young don't have the same luck at the moment. Work and politics annoyance is why I am looking to move around europe for a while.
I'd encourage a year stay in each city.
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People your generation with some luck could get in some nice positions, over here it was either Public service (9-15h) or a sort of utilities and banking company. Good work schedules and early retirement.
I think us the young don't have the same luck at the moment. Work and politics annoyance is why I am looking to move around europe for a while.
I'd encourage a year stay in each city.
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stompyq
Well-known
So when's novembers meetup?
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Jorde,
Timberland, the boot company, is running an ad campaign directed at Mill-Len-E-als where they kinda suggest that you guys can forget retirement. Baby-boomers have enjoyed so many advantages, prosperity, and more than their fair share of the pie.
For me, a guy who grew up poor, I did really well. Only in the past decade though has my life dramatically gotten better. Affluence is still kinda new to me. At least I was smart enough not to squander my windfalls. I have hard assets and education that can be preserved.
Still looking into maintaining a simple life. I'm for not wasting my life at work, not because I'm a lazy slacker, but because I have better things to do with my time.
My situation is "Maggie" has so much going on that to make the next big jump she really needs to quit her day job. Know that if I retire that I will be busier and working harder than ever before. I surely will be working on promoting myself and my work. I know my lifestyle will have to be modest and humble. Don't know if Maggie can do that. Growing up poor teaches one how to get by on very little. No big deal to me getting a "haircut."
These business cards I'm making are not really cost feasible to print for someone else. My work looks best printed, even a 2x3 inch business card. The cost and the time is basically a loss, but it might lead to other opportunities.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Pro-Mone,
In the PhotoPlusExpo thread John mentioned that he will still be in NYC, and he suggested November 4th.
I'll be in Washington D.C. for "Maggie's" TED Talk and will be missing PhotoPlusExpo.
That is alright with me. I already got a lot of camera smut from the payed focus group I was involved with. Got the view of perhaps 2-3 years out, held prototypes, and helped with design of a camera as if for me. I have to contain my GAS. Game changing.
Cal