Eric Hart is the awesomest photographer ever. I'm not saying that Eric's photography is necessarily awesome. In other words, he's a photographer, and he also happens to be incredibly awesome.

4.30.2005

Ice Dog fights on Ice!

Ice Dog
I got a couple of dog pictures going up on Snaps Magazine, a nice little online magazine run by Clay Jackson. Check 'em out (they're going up this weekend, so if you can't find them yet, it's because they aren't up yet. catfish?)

4.27.2005

Purify yourself with the strength of the fire

Purify yourself with the strength of the fire

I have an article posted about sepia-toning in Photoshop. Specifically, how I sepia-toned this and other photos using gradient maps.

Throwing a pot does not mean ditching your weed when the cops appear

Throwing a pot does not mean ditching your weed when the cops appear
I began a series following my da around as he makes a pot. Obviously, this set is not complete, as there was not yet enough time to make a pot. But it turned out so well, I just had to weblog (or 'blog) it right away.

In other news, Derek showed me Doom 3 the other day. It looks pretty cool. Scientists on Mars conduct an experiment that accidentally rips open a hole to hell. Demons are unleashed and mayhem ensues (that's passive voice! use active voice!) That happened to me in high school chemistry class once. I was doing an experiment in paper chromatography and accidentally ripped open a portal to hell. Luckily, it was only about three inches big, so the demons could only stick their fingers through. Keith Reader broke open a stink bomb and wiped it on the one demon's fingers. Man, that must've sucked walking around hell all day with smelly fingers! Poor demons.

4.23.2005

Strip Mine

Strip Mine 3
My bus in middle school used to drive up these man-made mountains of coal dirt to pick up kids who lived in a trailor park back there. I wonder if those kids graduated yet?

Save the Clock Tower

Save the Clock Tower
Remember the Back to the Future cartoon? Man, that was lame.

Capture the Rain

Capture the Rain
It's a leaf. But it's so wet.

Entered this as part of Photo Friday. Check out the latest on my site here.

Sunset at Pillow

Bell Tower in Pillow
Pillow is a pretty lame name for a town. Unless you owned a hotel there. Then you can say, "Take a rest in Pillow." Which doesn't make much sense. People will go, "Take a rest in a pillow? You mean, like, climb inside the pillowcase? Or actually cut it open and get covered in feathers?" And the hotel will be all like, "No, no, take a rest in Pillow. You know, the town of Pillow." And the people will just be like, "Where the hell is Pillow?"
I guess this would make sense if the town of Pillow actually warranted a hotel. There is a restaurant called the Hotel Pillow, but I think that's run by Russian mafia who beat you if you complain about the food... which does indeed suck, but you didn't hear that from me.

Reaching for Resurrection

Reaching for Resurrection
I was going to
write a haiku for this shot
but I just wrote one

Spring Wasp

Spring Wasp
It's a description, not a command. Spring, wasp! Spring for your life!

4.22.2005

Frog Cereal

Frog
He's swimming in milk. Actually, I had to shoot a black frog in white water so I could blue-screen him under the bridge that Indiana Jones was hanging from. Cause that... well that just makes sense.

4.21.2005

Ohno7's Concert at Shames

Ohno7 2
A long time ago, my brother heard the term, "vested interest," and vowed one day he would use it. Of course, the opportunity never arose, unless you're making a bad pun about tuxedos. But then, when the band stopped playing, he saw his chance. Not only was he able to use the phrase, but it was the only phrase at that point in space at that moment of time that was able to get them out of the cluster-love formerly know as "their first gig."

4.20.2005

Flying While Still

Flying While Still
Like a duck with its feet nailed to the floor.

4.19.2005

I yike football!!!
So they elected a new pope a couple minutes ago. I beat the odds with the name but lost money on the point spread. Luckily, I hedged it against pork futures.

High-Speed Water Drop

High-Speed Water Drop
I used to think people who took close-up pictures of flowers should be shot. I haven't changed my mind since getting a camera. But I should add, "shot with pillows containing money." But isn't that everybody's dream? I mean, everybody except the person who had to buy the bullets.

4.18.2005

Explosion of Spring

Explosion of Spring
It's the time of year when Mother Nature eats winter and craps flowers.

Tressler Park
"...he says it could eventually lead to complete corporate manipulation of consumers..."

"...governments using brain scans to create more effective propaganda..."

"...transform otherwise rational people into consumption-driven zombies..."

"...buyers saying they identify with the brand as an extension of their personalities..."

Check it all out at Neuromarketing: Is it coming to a lab near you? It's the Ross Jeffries of the business world.

4.17.2005

Rorschach Leaf

Rorschach Leaf
I had to look up Rorschach to see how to spell it correctly. That's what my years of schooling have reduced me to; looking up the spelling of a scientist's name because my photo looks like the picture in Batman Forever that Nicole Kidman uses to psychoanalyze Val Kilmer.

4.16.2005

Catching the Sun

Catching the Sun
Ok, it's not really "catching" the sun. It's not like the sun fell, and this one leaf caught it. Like the sun became really small and flew across space into the Earth's atmosphere and got pulled towards the ground by gravity but didn't burn anything and managed to land on this leaf at the precise moment I took the picture. Yeah, it's not like that at all.

4.15.2005

Ying-Yang Lanscape

Ying-Yang Landscape

I'm trying a new format with my blog. Hopefully, it's the format that makes Eastern European models fall in love with me. Or even better, a format that's standards compliant! Yes!

4.14.2005

Every Step Counts!

Geese Climbing the Stairs
I was going to make an inspirational poster out of this. You know, for schools and doctors' offices.

4.11.2005

Rocky


Play with Me!
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
It's stupid and cute! Buy it!

4.07.2005

Burning Bush


Burning Bush
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
As I came to the edge of the forest, I saw a large bush, engulfed as if with flames. A thunderous voice spoke, "Eric, I command thee."
"Lord," I asked, trembling. "Is that you?"
"I am but a messenger of the Lord, here on Earth."
"Well, then where's God."
"He's..." The bush paused. "He's making a phone call."
Suddenly the sound of a Giant Toliet Flushing filled the sky, and I heard a Large Door open and close up in the heavens.
"Bush," spoke a voice mightily. "We are almost out of toliet paper."
The bush shuffled his feet awkwardly.

Ephermerality of Existence


Ephermerality of Existence
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
Life is a tenuous series of moments, each glowing for but a second, even if that bitch tells you otherwise.

4.06.2005

Truss


Truss
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
Here's a picture I took to show how artier I am than you. That's right... I went there. Zing!

A again


A again
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
Yagoohoogle is a new site combining the best of yahoo and google. Actually, it just searches both pages and shows the results side by side in different frames. But I Yagoohoogled Eqqman and the top results actually point to me. Yeah me! I guess I'm finally famous.

4.05.2005

This just in

I just saw a commercial for "the patch", intended to take the place of birth control pills. Among its many side effects, women are urged not to use the patch if pregnant. Good to know they're warning women about the adverse effects to their health that may result from them trying to become... less pregnant.

4.02.2005

After the Flood


After the Flood
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
It's been raining forever. The creek out back is way higher than it should be. I just saw two groundhogs getting in a boat... the boat built by Noahs and his wife, Joan-of. The Ark family.

4.01.2005

Awesomest Flower Ever


Awesomest Flower Ever
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
Do those flowers have talons?

Another New Life


Another New Life
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
The clouds were really strange today, so I took a picture of them with this giant tree in the foreground. It's one of the yoogest trees around.

Another Life


Another Life
Originally uploaded by eqqman.
Taking pictures is fun and easy. It's not like rocket scientist.

 
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