Creative Tips | Things to Do With Bad Photos
Not many people still use film to take photos. Unless you’re an artist/media-curious/enjoy vintage bicycles and gold lame, I’m pretty sure the convenience of digital has completely taken over your personal memories. Digital is perfect. One click, and the mistakes, blurry photos and bad memories: all gone! The good shots usually just sit on your external or get boasted on Facebook, and if you do decide to order them as beautiful matte prints, like in the olden days, the surprise factor is already gone…
Still, once in a while you might accidentally order an imperfect digital print from Costco. Or get disposable underwater cam for a nice day at the beach (which will surprise you with a plethora of blurry blue photos of nothingness, I assure you). Or maybe you’ll forget your camera at a restaurant and be forced to revert back to film for a spell. One way or another, photo print imperfections will find their way into your life somehow, and you’ll ask yourself, “How can I be creative with these bad prints, and recycle at the same time?”
Thankfully, I am an artist, media-curious, and enjoy gold lame bicycles. Hence, I am extremely useful- but only in these types of situations. If you ever find yourself in one, I hope you’ll remember the following.
What to do with bad photos-
#1 Make them look worse by painting crap over them-
Holga 120N, E100 Print, Gouache
You want more? Come get it, sucka…
Lookback: Fashions and Styles of Yesteryear
LA Times has a gallery of what people once thought was cool in fashion. Had to put the Lakers + On a Boat pic up, of course.
SlapChop Remix
I knew that autotune can be used to make folks sound better, but I thought the extent was fixing someone who was slightly off-key. This commercial proves to me that autotune can be used for anything and everything. For me, the question remains, “If autotune can make Vince for Slapchop sound like Afrika Bambataa, why aren’t there better songs on the radio?”
Bonus: The Shamwow Remix
You want more? Come get it, sucka…
“How can she slap?”
My friends and I looped this all weekend. I know it sucks to see a woman get slapped on TV. But I ran all the scenarios in my head and the result is the same: she was pretty much asking for it. I even watched some of the old episodes to see how she acts on the show, and she is one bona fide b***h. As the show’s host, how can you just up and slap one of your contestants for being a little mouthy?
And while I’m not condoning the dude’s actions, I understand. You want more? Come get it, sucka…
Transformers 2 Almost Beats Dark Knight
I still haven’t seen it, so I don’t know exactly what all the hoopla is about. From what I’ve heard, Revenge of the Fallen is an exciting film to watch, albeit an incredibly mindless and dumb movie. As much as I remember, that’s how I felt about the 1st Transformers. I recall being on the edge of my seat when Sam was being chased by the evil cop car and satisfied at the movie’s end as the credits rolled. And then I thought about what I had just seen and conceded that the movie was not a great film in any sense, except for its action value, which is something I and all of the internet have come to expect from a Michael Bay film.
All things considered, I can’t wait to watch this movie even though it probably doesn’t deserve my money.
[The Dark Knight and Quality Wins... Barely]
[Image via Ffffound]
Pride
It’s Pride Weekend here in SF. We may or may not cover events. But for everyone out there celebrating, stay safe and stay prideful.
Quotation Rotation | Leslie Chow in “The Hangover”
“To-da-loo, motherfucka!”
Let’s Stay Together
How about some mood music?
Michael Jackson says Goodnight to His Fans
And we say goodnight back.
