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I often pick up old books around town; there’s a good used bookstore down the street that puts out their excess books on the sidewalk for free. I grabbed one last year called America The Beautiful, published by Reader’s Digest in 1970. Many of the photos have a look that is common these days, though produced with Photoshop filters and settings to produce an older saturated film appearance. I’m a big fan of this but find the irony in owning a DSLR to take 10+ megapixel photos only to make them look old.

I used the Instagram iPhone app to take photos of some of my favorite pictures in this book, and I’m really pleased with the outcome. The photos in the book are already very old and somewhat degraded to begin with as you’d expect from a book that’s 41 years old. The Instagram filters really brought out the best in these pictures.

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Pritzker Pavilion – Chicago

July 19, 2011 by mg33

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Forum Snowboarding – Vacation Teaser

July 17, 2011 by mg33

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As the summer temperatures keep at a steady 80 – 90 degrees here in Chicago, I’m getting anxious for winter and the start of snowboarding season – which is sadly six months away. Aside from actually snowboarding, I’m not alone in being excited about the new videos that will be coming out in the Fall, one of which is Forum’s Vacation. The trailer comes with the requisite goofy music, following up Fuck It’s trailer song (Playing with the Boys, by Kenny Loggins) with Just Like Paradise by David Lee Roth. Plenty of good riding within and it’s bound to be a good followup to Fuck It and Forever.

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Renascent.nl – The Work of Joost Korngold

July 4, 2011 by mg33

Renascent.nl is the portfolio of Joost Korngold, a designer and director from the Netherlands who has always made me wish I knew anything about 3D and motion work. I first came across Renascent in the early 2000′s when his work consisted only of static 3D images, and as I’ve checked his site over the years his skills and style have just exploded in so many different directions. Much of his motion work is truly unlike anything else I’ve seen, and he’s worked with an incredible list of clients including Nike, Discovery Channel, MTV, Mercedes, Audi, and many others.